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Deloitte enables Bitcoin payments
April 10th, 2017
Deloitte is one of the many major corporations around the world keeping a close eye on bitcoin. It is good to see such a world-renowned brand promote the use of bitcoin, as it is a global payment solution everyone ...
Bitcoin Price Run Reaches $1,200
April 7th, 2017
The bullish bitcoin price trend continues in a strong start to April as price breaches $1,200 on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI) in the late hours of Thursday (UTC). In a month where Japan began recognizing bitcoin, the world’s ...
Kim Dotcom’s new Bitcoin venture will pay content uploaders
April 6th, 2017
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is rolling out a Bitcoin payment system that will allow users to sell their content uploads or charge for live video streaming. The New Zealand-based mogul recently took to YouTube where he announced a new ...
Bitcoin Could Soon Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores in Japan
April 5th, 2017
Japan’s legal classification of bitcoin as a payment method is set to trigger a bitcoin boom in adoption as retailers make haste to accept the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Late last year, Japanese officials took the formal decision to ...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Spurred by Chinese Capital Curbs: Australian Financial Analyst
March 29th, 2017
A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the recent surges of the value of bitcoin. Julia Lee, an equities analyst at Australian brokerage firm BellDirect was speaking in ...
Venezuelan citizens are adopting alternatives like the bitcoin to survive
March 28th, 2017
With its economy in shambles and its national currency in steep decline, Venezuelan citizens are adopting alternatives to survive—chief among them the crypto-currency Bitcoin. But that’s not the only option that’s popping up. In the wake of the financial collapse, ...
Alert: High Bitcoin prices inspire a wave of scams
March 24th, 2017
Earlier this month, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed the price of an ounce of gold for the first time ever. This news, coupled with the exploding adoption of its underlying technology – blockchain – beyond the financial world, ...
Bitcoin is back above $1,000 after plunging below $950 over the weekend
March 20th, 2017
Bitcoin rose back over $1,000 last night after it lost nearly a fifth of its value over the weekend. The cryptocurrency fell to a low of $943.06 over the weekend as a split in its developer community threatened its ...
The pirce of digital asset ether surged to a new all-time high
March 16th, 2017
The price of ether, the token that powers the blockchain-based smart contract platform ethereum, surged to a new all-time high today. The digital asset, which had been edging up throughout the week, rose to as much as $32.78 on ...
Dash price and volume have surged to all-time highs
March 15th, 2017
Dash Surges to Record High, Claims $0.5 Mln Monthly Development Budget Dash price and volume have surged to all-time highs, bringing what is likely to be the largest development budget in the cryptocurrency field. This year has seen a ...