Bitcoin Lending Platform BTCJam Stops Taking New US Customers
By Stan Higgins Bitcoin lending platform BTCJam is no longer taking new US customers, citing uncertainty around regulation in the
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Australian Bitcoin Miner Withdraws Bid for Public IPO
By Stan Higgins Australian bitcoin miner Bitcoin Group is returning $5.9m it raised from investors after the Australian Securities Exchange
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Las Vegas Sees More Business Volume Due To Bitcoin
By Jp Buntinx Accepting Bitcoin payments can do wonder for any business, and the gambling industry is at the top
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Bitcoin Transaction Delays: Growing Pains Or Sign of Things To Come?
by: Jp Buntinx The recent issues plaguing the Bitcoin blockchain and delayed transaction confirmations has made its way to mainstream
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Coinbase Initiates Bitcoin Purchase through US Debit Cards
By Samburaj Das In an announcement today, Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has announced the beta launch of a new feature that
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BitFury Invests in Pan-African Bitcoin Trading Platform BitPesa
By Samburaj Das Bitcoin mining giant BitFury has today announced a ‘strategic investment’ through its investment arm BitFury Capital in
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Does Bitcoin Pose a Threat to China’s Economic Security?
By Alessandro Arduino Dr Alessandro Arduino is the co-director of the Security & Crisis Management programme at the Shanghai Academy
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With President Bernie Sanders, Bitcoin Will Thrive
By Neer Varshney Socialist governments like to keep control of the entire economy in their hands by controlling the means
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US Prosecutors Believe Ex-Secret Service Agent Stole More Bitcoin from Silk Road
Stan Higgins The US government believes that a former Secret Service agent convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars
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21 Bitcoin Computer Enthusiasts Will Come Together In San Francisco
By JP Buntinx There are so many opportunities and possibilities waiting to be explored by [aspiring] developers all over the
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Bitcoin Miners Back Proposed Timeline for 2017 Hard Fork
By Stan Higgins A group of bitcoin miners constituting close to 80% of the network hashrate, as well representatives from
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Bitcoin Roundtable May Have Found an Agreeable Solution for Block Size Issue
By Gautham Recent Bitcoin Roundtable meeting suggests the implementation of SegWit and Core hard fork as solution to block size
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Dutch Burger King Accepts Bitcoin
By James Moreau In an effort to promote itself as the world’s most Bitcoin-friendly city, Arnhem in Netherlands has added Burger King
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OKCoin Adds New Security Features To Mobile Bitcoin App
by: Jp Buntinx OKCoin is one of the leading Bitcoin exchanges in the world, and they have recently updated their
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Cryptomarket wants to be eBay of bitcoin
By Steve Blum You can bid to buy pretty much anything on eBay, at least anything legal, but you need a
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IBM Bets Big On Blockchain
BY DAVID GILBERT IBM is looking to take a lead on the development of blockchain, the distributed ledger technology which
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SEC seeks default judgement against Josh Garza, GAW Miners over Bitcoin Ponzi scam
by Duncan Riley The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a request for default judgement against Homero Joshua (Josh)
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Bitcoin Roundtable Decommissions Bitcoin Classic, Puts Forth New Conditions
By Gautham Bitcoin Roundtable has shot down the Bitcoin Classic proposal to introduce a new set of conditions which it
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Gavin Andresen Announces First Bitcoin Classic Release “Doubling Blocksize”
By Hans Lombardo Former Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Gavin Andresen announced today the first release of Bitcoin Classic on GitHub,
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NADEX Halts Bitcoin Contracts; Cites Price Feed Unavailability
By Samuel Rae NADEX just announced it was halting its bitcoin daily and weekly contracts in its binary options offerings.
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Bitcoin group scores funds from biggest names in industry
By Daniel Roberts Bitcoin-related businesses raised more venture capital money in 2015 than in any year before: $485 million, according
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US Bankruptcy Court Set to Weigh in on Bitcoin’s Currency Status
By Stan Higgins A California bankruptcy court is set to weigh in on whether bitcoin should be considered a currency.
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Bitcoin Group delays public listing on Australian Stock Exchange
By Paul Farrell Digital currency ‘miner’ has another setback, telling investors ASX has requested additional information The Bitcoin Group has
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Simplex Raises $7 Million for Credit Card Bitcoin Buying Service
By Stan Higgins An Israeli bitcoin startup focused on enabling bitcoin purchases with credit cards has closed a $7m Series A funding
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Russia Proposes a 2-Year Prison Sentence for Bitcoin Adopters
By Samburaj Das According to a report, the Russian Finance Ministry is seeking to push for amendments to the Criminal
Read moreJapanese venture capital firm to invest in bitcoin exchange Kraken
by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Feb 1 Global bitcoin exchange Kraken said on Monday Japanese venture capital firm SBI Investment will invest
Read moreFrance and Germany to Strengthen Control on Bitcoin and Ripple
By Joseph Young If the European Commission confirms the requests France and Germany to regulate digital currencies, bitcoin startups and
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