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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 pm June 23, 2015 Binary options are an exciting, profitable and affordable way to trade in both long and short term. When you are trading with binary options, you dont trade anything, rather wagering. The investment brokers dont take commissions like bookmakers do, which is a welcome relief. Unlike what many believe, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:50 pm April 23, 2015 nnGetDotBit.comhas launched today, with a stated intention of breaking .bit domains to the masses. They hope to do this by providing free .bit domain names for every registered user, and providing competitive rates with only 1$ per domain name after accepted in Bitcoin or altcoins through their Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:52 pm April 22, 2015 Thailand, April 21, 2015 The Midas Rezerv team has launched a decentralized distributed 100 physical gold-backed token platform designed to enhance investments, trading, capital preservation, and payments in physical gold represented by its digital equivalent. The gold Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:36 am April 1, 2015 Overstock, the first billion dollar company to accept bitcoin, has invested $5 million USD in Peernova. This company is the product of a merger between cloud mining contractor CloudHashing and ASIC designer HighBitcoin, which took place in early 2014. Peernova raised $8.6 million USD in December of 2014. According to Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:11 pm March 30, 2015 Charlie Shrem, the first felon of Bitcoin, is starting his 2-year prison sentence today. The 25 year-old entrepreneur will spend his sentence at minimum-security Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania.nnIn December of 2014, Shrem was convicted of aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:36 pm March 27, 2015 7-Eleven Mexico is launching their own virtual currency as part of a new marketing strategy aimed at building its online presence.nnThe currency is called Big Coins, and it was announced by 7-Eleven Mexico earlier this week. The Big Coins initiative is a customer loyalty program in which people will be rewarded with Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:05 pm March 27, 2015 Bit2Me, a bitcoin-to-cash-service will no longer charge commission fees on its currency conversions. This move comes as an attempt to stay competitive in the Spanish market.nnThe company used to charge a 1 fee per transaction, but that will no longer be the case.nnIn addition to waiving transaction fees, Bit2Me Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:11 pm March 25, 2015 This morning, bitcoin payroll service Bitwage announced that it would be partnering with Xapo to offer an international bitcoin payroll debit card.nnThis new card is geared towards international employers and their workers, as Bitwage's blockchain-based payroll service will be combined with Xapo's global service area Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:35 pm March 25, 2015 Neteller, a payments processor and prepaid debit card provider, has added a bitcoin deposit option for its customers. This decision revises a previous terms of use policy that prohibited the trade, exchange, purchase or sale of bitcoins, or any other virtual currency.nnCustomers have broadcast news of Neteller's Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:31 am March 25, 2015 CoinFloor, a bitcoin exchange, has partnered with Estonian bank LHV to handle its user deposits. This move marks a continuation of LHV's involvement in the bitcoin economy LHV teamed up with Coinbase in September 2014 to expand Coinbase's exchange services to 13 European companies.nnAdditionally, LHV recently embarked upon a Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:11 pm March 23, 2015 Disqus is a popular commenting service used by many online media websites, including the largest Bitcoin news outlets. ChangeTip, the largest bitcoin tipping service, has integrated with Disqus, allowing readers to tip one another in the comment sections of their favorite media sites.nnNews of this integration came with Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:11 pm March 23, 2015 Bitt is the Caribbean's first bitcoin exchange, and it is looking to bring more efficient payment methods to the region. The exchange will launch on March 30, 2015, after completing a development period that has lasted two years.nnBitt sees a lot of potential for bitcoin in the Caribbean, estimating that 60 of people Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:52 pm March 20, 2015 Coinigy, a bitcoin trading platform, has raised $100,000 USD in funding for the expansion of its trading tools.nnWith this money, Coinigy plans to offer a range of new features, as well as improving features that are already available on the platform. Two new tools that are on Coinigy's horizon are stop-loss Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:22 pm March 20, 2015 ChangeTip is a popular tipping service in the Bitcoin world. It utilizes off-chain transactions to make bitcoin microtransactions more affordable, thereby enabling users to tip small amounts of bitcoin to each other. This company has revealed that it will be integrating with Twitch.tv, a popular gaming website where gamers Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:36 pm March 18, 2015 Ripple Labs, a company providing Ripple, a Bitcoin 2.0 payment network, has brought on a former United States State Department official as an advisor.nnAnja Manuel, the former State Department official, said she was excited to help Ripple gain acceptance in international markets. She believes that Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 12:36 am March 18, 2015 Factom has announced that it will be holding a crowdsale for its crypto-token on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. These tokens will allow individuals to use Factom's blockchain-based recordkeeping network, which has garnered lots of attention from crypto media outlets in the past few months.nnAccording to Peter Kirby, the Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 12:36 am March 18, 2015 Rakuten, an international e-commerce business based in Japan, has announced that it will be accepting bitcoin as payment for its goods. This integration will initially take place in the United States, and will be followed by integration in Germany and Austria.nnThe company is accepting bitcoin through Bitnet, which will allow Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:22 pm March 16, 2015 BitGo, a bitcoin wallet provider, has announced several updates that will give customers significantly more control over the security features of the wallet. These updates bring things like multi-user bitcoin wallets and various risk controls, such as spending limits and the ability to whitelist addresses. Some other new Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:46 pm March 13, 2015 IBM is a major player in the computer technology industry, and it has been experimenting with Bitcoin for the past few months. In late 2014, the company revealed ADEPT, a proof of concept project that integrates the blockchain into the Internet of Things, allowing household devices to communicate with one another more Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:56 pm March 11, 2015 Coinbase, a highly popular bitcoin exchange and payment processor, has joined the Internet Association. This association is a Washington DC-based lobbying group, aimed at promoting policies that encourage freedom and innovation on the Internet.nnThis group, founded in 2012, has some high profile members that Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:32 am March 11, 2015 ShapeShift is a growing cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to instantly convert 25 cryptocurrencies for each other. Towards the end of 2014, the company received some attention for unveiling the Shifty Button, a product that allows merchants to use the ShapeShift exchange as a payment processor.nnThe company Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 12:35 am March 11, 2015 Block Verify is a new Bitcoin 2.0 startup that aims to provide a blockchain-based solution to counterfeit.nnThe company uses a private blockchain to monitor a distribution network for any counterfeiting activities. On the Block Verify blockchain, there is no possibility of creating duplicate product Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 11:35 pm March 10, 2015 21,formerly known as 21e6, has announced that it has raised $116 million USD over several rounds of funding.nnThis Bitcoin startup has remained in secret for some time, not disclosing the amount it has raised until an interview with the Wall Street Journal Digits blog. In this interview, 21 CEO Matthew Paukner Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:20 pm March 9, 2015 For the past couple weeks, the Bitcoin community has been talking about a piece of Bitcoin-friendly legislation in deliberation in Utah. This bill would allow Utah residents to pay for the state's public services with bitcoin. The bill was introduced by Utah state prepresentative Marc K. Roberts on February 10, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:00 pm March 6, 2015 uTorrent is one of the most popular torrenting clients on the Internet. When downloading uTorrent, users are promised with a light and fast piece of software that will efficiently download your torrents, so you can listen to your music and watch your movies in no time.nnHowever, some users are saying that the Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:55 pm March 6, 2015 Marcelo Miranda, a nine-year veteran of the German Deutsche Bank, is launching Brazil's first bitcoin exchange. The exchange, FlowBTC, is set to launch on March 6, and aims to bring bitcoin to a country where adoption has been surprisingly low.nnMiranda believes the problem with getting bitcoin Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:55 pm March 6, 2015 In February of 2015, Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange MyCoin declared bankruptcy without warning, and disappeared with up to $386.9 million USD of its investor's funds. Several MyCoin investors complained about the exchange's action, and filed police reports on the company.nnNow, Hong Kong police Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:25 pm March 6, 2015 Marcelo Miranda, a nine-year veteran of the German Deutsche Bank, is launching Brazil's first bitcoin exchange. The exchange, FlowBTC, is set to launch on March 6, and aims to bring bitcoin to a country where adoption has been surprisingly low.nnMiranda believes the problem with getting Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:23 pm March 4, 2015 QuadrigaCX is Canada's largest Bitcoin exchange, and it is set to become the world's first publicly traded Bitcoin exchange.nnThe exchange will be traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the name Quadriga Fintech Solutions, with the ticker XBT. Trading is set to begin in early April of Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 10:32 pm March 3, 2015 nnnnn nnnn nnOneHash is a cleanly designed platform for bitcoin betting that requires no registration and is completely adfree. Currently one can wager on UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches and soon more sports and special events will be launched.nnFIFA World Cup Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:17 pm March 3, 2015 DigitalBTC, an Australian Bitcoin company, has recently launched a new mining contracts platform, digitalX Mintsy.nnThis service allows users to lease their processing power for crypto mining contracts. Additionally, users with actual mining hardware can lease out their hashing power to other aspiring Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 8:55 pm March 2, 2015 The Bitcoin Foundation has announced the results of its runoff election on its official blog. The two new board members will be Oliver Janssens and Jim Harper.nnJanssens is an early Bitcoin adopter, which made him very wealthy once the bitcoin price began reaching high levels in 2013. He is a Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:11 pm March 2, 2015 The Bitcoin Investment Trust, a publicly traded bitcoin fund. has recently gotten approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority FINRA to trade.nnThe fund, founded by Barry Silbert began in 2013, and utilized a legal loophole that allowed the Trust's investors to sell their shares after 12 Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 10:06 pm February 28, 2015 Currency exchange,LazyCoins, took to social media yesterday to announce that Monday 2nd March will mark the official launch of their Bitcoin trading platform.nAfter recently passing security and stability tests in conjunction with careful consultation with users, the decision was taken to Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:21 pm February 28, 2015 Youth Business USA YBUSA is a non-profit organization that is aimed at educating young people about business, as well as helping youth turn business ideas into successful operations. This organization reaches out to people 18-29 years old and offers them education in business literacy, provides them Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:21 pm February 28, 2015 TeraExchange made waves in the Bitcoin community late last year when it became the first Bitcoin derivatives platform to get regulatory approval from theCommodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC. Now, the company is sure to make even more waves upon announcing its merger with MGT Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:21 pm February 26, 2015 Earlier in February, the financial regulatory agency in Quebec, Canada amended its Money Services Businesses MSB code to include owners and operators of Bitcoin ATMs. Therefore, Bitcoin ATM owners and operators are now required to apply for a MSB license in order to run their machine in Quebec. The Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:45 pm February 26, 2015 The Bitcoin Embassy, a Canadian Bitcoin advocacy group, is hosting a conference for Safecoin, the crypto-token for the MaidSafe network. This event is being planned in light of MaidSafe's release of the Safecoin whitepaper, which provides a detailed explanation of how the token works.nnThe conference is Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:57 pm February 25, 2015 Cody Wilson is popular in Bitcoin and libertarian circles for being very open with mainstream media about his Anarcho-Capitalist and Crypto-Anarchy beliefs. He is most well known for founding Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization aimed at providing digital tools that allow people to circumvent government Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:52 am February 25, 2015 Aquifer, a California-based Bitcoin mining firm, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company filed on February 19, but the official documents have just been made available today.nnIn the court hearing, Aquifer said that it possesses enough funds to pay off its outstanding debt, much of which is held by California Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 10:43 pm February 23, 2015 It has recently been reported that alleged Mintpal scammers Ryan Kennedy and Chelsea Hopkins have been arrested by authorities in the United Kingdom.nnSyscoin reports that it is working with these authorities to resolve the ongoing situation involving Kennedy and Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:53 pm February 23, 2015 Fidor, a German bank, has announced that it will be opening a cryptocurrency platform in the United States. This platform utilize the Ripple Protocol to create a real-time transaction network.nnThe bank expects to run into regulatory issues when launching their new platform in the US. The lack of federal Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:20 pm February 20, 2015 Seals with Clubs SwC, a popular Bitcoin gambling website, has announced today that it will be shutting down all gambling services.nnThe company cited potential security breaches as its reason for closing, stating that operational security may now be in jeopardy due to several eventsnOn approximately February 11th, 2015, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:15 pm February 20, 2015 Blockai is the project of Nathan Lands, who created the QuickCoin project — a Bitcoin wallet for Facebook. Lands used QuickCoin as the basis for Blockai, creating a blockchain-based social stream that he hopes will bring people into the digital currency world through a non-financial avenue.nnInstead of focusing Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:35 am February 20, 2015 Stripe, a payment processor, has integrated Bitcoin into its payments platform, allowing its clients to accept Bitcoin.nnThe company has been working on integrating Bitcoin for a long time, conducting itsfirsttestpayments with Bitcoin in March of 2014. Almost a year later, Stripe has successfully added Bitcoin to its Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:35 am February 20, 2015 In July of 2014, Dell began accepting Bitcoin as payment for its products. This news sent waves of excitement throughout the Bitcoin community, as Dell is one of the largest computer hardware manufacturers and retailers in the world.nnBefore today, only customers in the United States could purchase Dell Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 12:15 am February 19, 2015 The United States Marshals Service USMS has announced that it will be auctioning 50,000 BTC from Ross Ulbricht's personal holdings in March. Ulbricht was convicted of being the mastermind behind Silk Road, an infamous dark net drug marketplace, and is currently awaiting sentencing.nnThis auction is Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:50 pm February 18, 2015 Parkt is a parking rewards services that gives app users parking discounts based on the purchases they make with participating businesses. People who use Parkt can accumulate rewards by shopping at businesses that contribute to the Parkt business model.nnWhen a person checks into a parking garage, they can Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:55 pm February 17, 2015 CAVIRTEX, a Canadian Bitcoin exchange, has announced that it will be permanently ceasing all operations in March. The exchange cited security breaches as their reason for closing.nnCAVIRTEX reported that an older version of their database may have been compromised, giving a possible hacker access Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:35 pm February 16, 2015 Netagio, a growing Bitcoin exchange that received a lot of positive press in recent months, has decided to close its exchange service. Instead, the company will restructure its business model, hoping to transition into a wealth protection service.nnThis new service will apparently go Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:43 pm February 15, 2015 BTER, a China-based, crypto-currency exchange, has announced that its cold wallet has been hacked, resulting in the loss of 7170 BTC, approximately $1.75 million USD.nnThe exchange has shut off access to all of its customers' wallets, stating that withdrawals for customers will be arranged at a later date. BTER Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:21 pm February 14, 2015 The Canadian province of Quebec has issued a regulatory mandate that will require digital currency ATM and exchange operators to obtain a license in order to legally operate within the province of Quebec. This mandate comes as an amendment to the Policy Statement to The Money Service Businesses Act, which Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:07 pm February 13, 2015 A Multi-Cryptocurrency Community Crowdfunding Cooperative PlanWhat does the internet, crowdfunding, and cryptocurrency CC have in common Its how PICISI will find, fund, and promote many innovative inventions and ideas.PICISI Philanthropic Investment and Charity for Inventions, Startups, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:36 pm February 13, 2015 Mark Levine, a democratic New York City Councilman, has introduced a bill that would allow people in the city to pay tickets, fines, and other government fees in Bitcoin. Levine believes that a move by the City Council to accept Bitcoin as payment for fees would send a strong message to Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:06 am February 13, 2015 Bitpay, one of the most popular Bitcoin payment processing services, is sponsoring Justin Boston, a rookie truck racer in the upcomingNextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR event.The race is being held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida — the home of the famous Daytona 500, the most Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:36 pm February 11, 2015 Trucoin, a service that allows users to buy Bitcoin with debit or credit cards, has expanded its business to six more states in the US.nnThe new states that have access to Trucoin are as followsnn Californian Pennsylvanian Delawaren Utahn Nevadan MissourinnThese six new states brings Trucoin's total reach to Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:06 pm February 11, 2015 Coinbase, one of the most popular Bitcoin payment processors and wallet providers, has announced on its blog that it will be shutting down its Bitcoin tipping button.nnThe company cited the viral success of ChangeTip as the reason for its decision to end its own tipping servicenAnother Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:02 pm February 11, 2015 Universal Air Travel Plan UATP, an airline payments solution, has partnered with Bitnet, a digital currency payment management platform, to enable over 260 international airlines to accept Bitcoin.nnUATP is owned by 30 different private companies, and makes its services available to 260 Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:13 am February 11, 2015 BitPesa, an African Bitcoin remittance service, has recently completed a funding round, in which it raised $1.1 million USD.nnThe funding round was led by Pantera Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in Bitcoin startups. Other firms contributed to this round, includingCrypto Currency Partners LP, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:07 am February 11, 2015 In the summer of 2014, the small island of Dominica made waves in the Bitcoin community when it became the focus of a large-scale Bitcoin acceptance projects. The Bit Drop, a non-profit organization, announced that it was putting together an even on the island where it would give tens of thousands of people free Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 8:37 pm February 10, 2015 Users are reporting that the popular Bitcoin Wallet called MyCelium is not currently available from the Google Play store due to a violation on the Google Play content policy.nnIf you try to download it you will get the errornn nnnnReason of SuspensionnnGoogle informed the administrators of the APP that Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:06 pm February 10, 2015 Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC, a San Mateo-based venture capital firm, has increased the firm's Bitcoin portfolio by inviting a fifth batch, or tribe of 24 Bitcoin companies to participate in his firm's startup boot camp program, which involves an investment offer.nnThis boot camp is a three-month Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:52 pm February 9, 2015 Reports have surfaced of MyCoin, a Honk Kong-based Bitcoin exchange, shutting down and disappearing with its users' funds. Judging by the MyCon'sown reports of having served 3,000 clients, each of which investing$12,890 USD, the exchange could have ran off with up to $387 million.nnThe activities Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 8:51 pm February 8, 2015 ZenMiner, a popular cloud mining service, has halted operations due to unstable market conditions. The Bitcoin cloud mining company announced this decision as an update notice on the ZenMiner website. The company is planning to adjust its operations to changing market conditions in the future.nnThis Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:55 pm February 6, 2015 The Bitcoin Foundation Canada TBFC and the Bitcoin Embassy have teamed up to create GiveBTC.org, a source of Bitcoin knowledge for non-profit organizations.nnIn addition to the website, the two organizations have published theBitcoin Handbook for Non-Profit Organizations.This handbook is a compilation of Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:55 pm February 6, 2015 ChainPay is a new Bitcoin payment processor that has launched with hopes of competing with Coinbase and BitPay for the payment processing market.nnThe processing service was started by Isle of Man-based startup, AltXE. The company wants to start out focusing on bringing in European merchants by offering Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:05 pm February 5, 2015 Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto published the worlds first paper on bitcoin in 2008, many inquisitive folks have salivated at the ultimate promise of the cryptocurrency privacy.nnAfter all, the peer-to-peer electronic payment network allows users to send money to one another. These transactions are virtually Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:50 pm February 4, 2015 HashRabbit, a Bitcoin mining management and security software developer, has raised $500,000 USD in venture capital funding.nnThe funding round was led by Tim Draper's Draper Associates, VegasTechFund, and an investment firm ran by Zappos founderTony Hsieh.nnHashRabbit has also announced that it Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:50 pm February 4, 2015 CryptUse is a Bitcoin service provider that aims to improve users' Bitcoin shopping experience while ensuring that users never lose control over their coins. People on the platform will be able to use Bitcoin to buy goods from other users, put their own goods up for sale, and search the web service for Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:41 pm February 2, 2015 Spondoolies-Tech, a Bitcoin mining hardware company, has partnered with Genesis Mining to provide a new Bitcoin cloud mining service.nnIn this partnership, Spondoolies will provide the Bitcoin mining hardware, while Genesis will operate the machines in their data centers, splitting the Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:05 pm February 2, 2015 Google Now is an app for Android smartphones that provides the user with a plethora of information. Google Now users can use the app to get whether updates, news updates, traffic status during morning and evening commutes, stock market information, and more.nnNow, Coinbase has been integrated into this Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:05 pm February 2, 2015 Bonafide, a Bitcoin startup, has raised $850k USD for a project aimed at providing reputation tracking to the Bitcoin world. This funding round was leadby Quest Venture Partners, Crypto Currency Partners, and the AngelList Bitcoin Syndicate.nnBrian Moyer, the co-founder of Bonafide, believes that Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:20 pm January 30, 2015 LocalBitcoins, a highly popular platform for peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading, has suffered a hack into its chat client, which resulted in the loss of funds.nnNikolaus Kangas, the Vice President of LocalBitcoins, announced the hack on January 27, 2015 on the LocalBitcoins forum. In his post, Kangas Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:20 pm January 30, 2015 TheDigital Securities Exchange DSX, a new UK-based Bitcoin exchange, has launched with the backing and support of ePayments Systems Ltd. ePayments Systems is an electronic money firm, which has been legally authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority FCA since July of 2015.nnMike Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 7:20 pm January 30, 2015 Gatecoin is a new, Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange thathas finallylaunched after much anticipation.nThis exchange provides a service that is common in non-crypto finance, but is currently unique in the Bitcoin world. Gatecoin will be using segregated bank accounts to protect its users' funds. Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 8:43 pm January 28, 2015 796, has reportedly lost 1,000 BTC in customer funds.nnAccording to a blog post on Weibo, hackers compromised parts of the exchange a few days ago, resulting in the loss of coins now being reported. The blogpost also says that the Bitcoin exchange has contained the situation and has increased security no Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 8:43 pm January 28, 2015 BitFlyer, a Japanese Bitcoin services company, has raised $1.1 million USD from some first-time investors in Japan. This round of funding is BitFlyer's third completed round, with their total invested funds now standing at $2.93 million.nnThe company is planning to use these funds to expand their Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:51 am January 28, 2015 CoinTerra, a Bitcoin mining company, has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy, meaning that the firm will likely have to liquidate all of its assets to pay its creditors.nnThe company will not be able to pay its unsecured investors, since its assets amount to approximately $5 to $10 million USD, with their secured Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:01 am January 28, 2015 HYPER was launched in May 2014 and introduced anew concept to cryptocurrency. The main objective of this project was to effectively fuse online games such as MMOs, virtual worlds and more with the innovativecryptocurrency technology.nThe project was immediately accepted by the crypto community which in fact Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:11 pm January 27, 2015 The Bitcoin Embassy, in partnership with the McGill University Cryptocurrency Club, will be launching a university Bitcoin drop for McGill students in the spring.nnThis non-profit project aims to give approximately 600 students 30 mBTC apiece. The Bitcoin will be distributed to Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:56 pm January 26, 2015 Coinbase has been one of the most popular platforms to store Bitcoin, buy and sell Bitcoin, and process merchant payments for a while. However, the company has never really been a full exchange like Bitstamp or Bitfinex.nnThat has all changed now, though, for Coinabse has gotten approval to launch its new exchange Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 am January 26, 2015 The recent Bitcoin price crash created fears that Bitcoin mining would become unprofitable. A decline in mining profitability would be harmful to the Bitcoin network, as miners would start to shut down their rigs in droves. Less miners opens the door for centralization since the difficulty is lowered, and Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 am January 26, 2015 nnThe company has spent months carefully and quietly planning to take the app public, running the payment and merchant services app through testing with a security firm and holding Q&As in order to perfect their software and get everything right before debuting to the world.nThe free Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:50 pm January 23, 2015 The Winklevoss twins, made famous by their case against Mark Zuckerburg, the founder of Facebook, have been supportive of Bitcoin for a few years. For over a year now, the twins have been wrestling with United States financial regulators for approval to launch a Bitcoin ETF. Now, however, they have Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:10 pm January 23, 2015 A few months ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates publicly stated his interest in and support of Bitcoin. Gates said that the digital currency had the potential to seriously improve international payments, especially for the unbanked population. Although, Gates said that Bitcoin would run Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 2:10 pm January 23, 2015 Braintree, a payments software company, has enabled Bitcoin payments for all merchants in the United States that currently use Braintree software.nnThe company has integrated Coinbase wallets into its software, and currently only Coinbase wallets can be used for making Bitcoin payments to merchants Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:35 pm January 21, 2015 Robert Faiella, a Bitcoin trader who worked with Charlie Shrem, has been sentenced to four years in a New York prison.nnFaiella plead guilty to the charge of operating an illegal money transmissions business he transferred Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark net market to fiat, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:35 pm January 21, 2015 Bitspark, a Hong Kong- based Bitcoin exchange and payments processor, is preparing to roll out its new remittance service.nnThis service is aimed at Hong Kong's population of Indonesian migrant workers, who have jobs and reside in Hong-Kong, but financially support theirfamilies in Indonesia. Bitspark Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:35 am January 21, 2015 Coinbase, a popular Bitcoin exchange and payments processor, has raised $75 million USD in a Series C funding round. What's surprising about this news, though, is not the amount of money raise, but the people who actually invested in the company.nnInvestors includenn Draper Fisher Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 4:35 am January 21, 2015 Lighthouse, the long awaited, decentralized crowdfunding platform, has finally launched.nnCreatedby Mike Hearn, a Bitcoin Core developer, this app seeks to remove third parties from crowdfunding. On normal crowdfunding platforms, which are controlled by centralized companies and hosted on Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 12:35 pm January 20, 2015 Glen L. Roberts is very well known within the Bitcoin community. Roberts recently obtained the Loss of Nationality of the United States Certificate and has been using bitcoin to help him live like a stateless person. He is a programmer and a long time privacy activist that lately became a bitcoin advocate. He Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:35 pm January 19, 2015 Netagio, a UK Bitcoin exchange, has announced that it will be accepting debit and credit cards for fiat deposits with the exchange.nThis development comes as part of Netagio's expansion strategy, which is aimed at increasing the convenience of Bitcoin-to-fiat trading for potential institutional and retail Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:35 pm January 19, 2015 Bitwage has gained popularity in the Bitcoin community for providing an easy way for companies to pay their employees in Bitcoin. Bitwage has also recently released a beta version of a service that allows individuals to automatically convert a percentage of their salary to Bitcoin, regardless of their Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 pm January 19, 2015 ChangeTip, a third-party Bitcoin tipping services, has now integrated its service with Facebook.nnThe ChangeTip team considers this development to be a significant advancement in the state of Bitcoin tipping. Facebook is currently the largest social network on earth, with over 1 billion users. Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 pm January 19, 2015 The Bitfinex Bitcoin exchange has officially added Tether to its trading platform Tether is a crypto-token that keeps a 1-to-1 parity with a given fiat currency.nnAccording to Tether, its partnership with Bitfinex will allow users to fund exchange accounts and withdraw United States dollars without going through traditional, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 3:20 pm January 19, 2015 As strange or exotic as it may seem to the average person on the street, Bitcoin was born out of the natural desire for there to be a way to exchange currency on the internet without an intermediary like a bank getting involved. Though Bitcoin may seem somewhat established today, its path from an Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 1:35 am January 17, 2015 Unin Progreso y Democracia UPyD, a social liberal political party in Spain, has recently submitted a Bitcoin regulation proposal to the Spanish legislature. The party believes that regulation is necessary to protect Spain's Bitcoin users from fraud and other criminal activities associated with Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 5:35 pm January 16, 2015 The Dogecoin community recently became an official sponsor for an African space program, Africa2Moon Mission.Jonathan Weltman, the CEO of theFoundation for Space Development, brought Dogecoin on board to participate in Africa2Moon Mission's crucial crowdfunding campaign.nFrom Weltman on the importance of the Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:51 am January 16, 2015 Coinplug, a Bitcoin company based in South Korea, is in the process of launching a major program that will bring Bitcoin to thousands of convenience stores across the country. Coinplug will be stocking stores with pre-paid Bitcoin cards, which can redeemed for actual Bitcoin.nnThe cards, Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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Via CoinFinance – 6:51 am January 16, 2015 Mark Karpeles, the infamous former CEO of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is now receiving a new wave of bad press.nnWhile being questioned by Joshua Dratel — Ross Ulbricht's defense lawyer–JaredDerYeghiayan, a Department of Homeland Security agent serving as a witness in the case, stated Continue reading at Coinfinance |
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