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Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran

08/02/2016(0)
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how ... Read More
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EU says to monitor, not regulate ‘hyped’ virtual currencies

26/01/2016(0)
The European Union will monitor rather than regulate “hyped” virtual currencies for now, because too little is known to justify new rules beyond reining in specific risks like money-laundering, ... Read More
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How China’s Plans to Launch Its Own Currency Might Affect Bitcoin

26/01/2016(0)
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed that it is in discussions to launch its own digital currency. What does this mean for Bitcoin? A statement by ... Read More
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How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?

25/01/2016(0)
Banks are now officially collaborating on connected distributed ledgers, something of a milestone in the blockchain narrative. But how are they actually going to use computational blockchains that can ... Read More
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PwC launches new global technology team to harness Bitcoin technology

22/01/2016(0)
PwC has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to exploit and commercialise blockchain, the technology that powers the crypto-currency, Bitcoin. The new Blockchain team will be based in PwC’s Belfast ... Read More
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MasterCard on blockchain: ‘We don’t want to be blindsided’

22/01/2016(0)
Blockchain — the technology that underpins bitcoin — is one of the most exciting areas of technology at the moment. It has the potential to strip out huge amounts ... Read More
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China’s Central Bank Discusses Digital Currency Launch

21/01/2016(0)
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank, is moving toward the launch of its own digital currency. The PBoC said in a 20th January release that it had held ... Read More
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R3 brings eleven major global financial institutions together on a cloud based distributed ledger

21/01/2016(0)
Financial technology innovation company, R3 CEV, today announced the successful completion of a ground breaking distributed ledger experiment involving eleven of the world’s largest financial institutions. R3 and consortium ... Read More
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Government urged to use Bitcoin-style digital ledgers

19/01/2016(0)
The UK’s chief scientific adviser has urged the government to adopt the technology that powers crypto-currency Bitcoin to run various public services. Bitcoins are powered by blockchains – digital ... Read More
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The first cryoptocurrency miner in the world to offer shares through an initial public offering

14/01/2016(0)
After months of delays, Australian bitcoin company Bitcoin Group will finally make its share market debut in February. The Melbourne-based company is the first cryoptocurrency miner in the world ... Read More
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