Mercator Advisory Group, “VC Investments Could Cripple Bitcoin”
B Holmes Mercator Advisory Group is an established advisory and consultancy firm in the financial industry. The specialised payment and
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BlockTrail Launches Multi-Platform Bitcoin Wallet With No Access To Your Coins
Natasha Lomas Does the Bitcoin community need another wallet? Amsterdam-based BlockTrail reckons there’s space for another player, despite some sizable
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A crypto-currency world: Why Gyft’s CEO says bitcoin makes sense for international selling
Michael del Castillo What’s the practical use of bitcoin? There are plenty of legitimate answers to that question, as today’s
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CFTC Grants Temporary Approval to Bitcoin Startup LedgerX
Stan Higgins LedgerX has received temporary approval from the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission to act as a swap execution
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Unconfirmed Bitcoin Transactions Climb Above 90,000
Nikhil Gupta Yes, the number of backlogged Bitcoin transactions climbed above 90,000 and the size of memory pool exceeded 150MB.
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Closely-watched bitcoin startup to roll out trading platform
Greg Ryan A Boston financial services technology startup has joined two organizations in the city designed to help young fintech
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Abra Raises $12M In Series A Funding For Its Bitcoin-Based Remittance Service
Fitz Tepper (@fitztepper) Abra a remittance service built on top of the Blockchain, has closed $12 million in Series A
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MIT’s Plan To Inspire The Next Generation Of Bitcoin Innovators
DJ Pangburn In recent years, there has been a lot of enthusiasm for how cryptocurrencies will create new platforms,
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Japan charges Bitcoin exchange CEO with embezzlement
By Kyoko Hasegawa Japanese prosecutors said Friday that they have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement,
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Wall Street Officially Opens Its Arms to Bitcoin Invaders
Cade Metz JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon described the situation in the simplest terms. “Silicon Valley is coming,” he
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Bitcoin as Currency for the Unbanked in Developing Economies
Sarah Jenn Although bitcoin has been gaining a lot of traction in major economies such as the US, Canada, and
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Digital Currency Crimes Chief: DOJ Has No Bitcoin Agenda
Pete Rizzo Few groups have been as early and as active in attempting to understand the implications of digital currency
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Banking Industry Gets Blackmailed For Bitcoin
@pymnts The concept of bitcoin ransom —a criminal trend described as the “modern day version of a mob shakedown” — is hardly
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Funding Raised by Bitcoin Hardware Wallet ‘Case’ Reaches $2.25 Million
Pete Rizzo Case has raised $1m in seed funding round led by Future\Perfect Ventures. The figure adds to the $1.5m
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E-Coin Launches VISA-Branded Bitcoin Debit Card
John Weru Maina Bitcoin start-up E-Coin has launched a virtual bitcoin debit card that works where VISA is accepted. The
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This Company Is Giving Away $48,000 In Bitcoin Tomorrow
Jordan Pearson A European Bitcoin exchange will be giving away 200 bitcoins to anyone who wants them on Thursday,
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Bitcoin XT Users Allegedly Suffering Coordinated Hack Attack
Evander Smart The Bitcoin XT project, championed by Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn, has been the talk of the Bitcoin
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What Spurred the Recent Bitcoin Price Rally?
Sarah Jenn A bitcoin price rally has taken place recently after a brief test of the $200 support level. Some
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Why Bitcoin is Seeing Slow Growth in Asia
Sarah Jenn Compared to Europe and North America, bitcoin adoption is still a tad slower in Asia, even though a
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Westpac CEO: It’s Too Soon to Panic About Bitcoin
Grace Caffyn The CEO of Westpac Group, Australia’s second-largest bank, has claimed it is “too soon” to panic about bitcoin and
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Mega Suffers Hostile Takeover by Chinese Fraudster, Is it safe?
Joseph Young Mega, a free cloud storage and file hosting service founded by German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has been
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PayPal Pulls Out of Puerto Rico; Huge Opening for Bitcoin
Evander Smart The original online payment platform, PayPal, has decided to leave the populous island of Puerto Rico next month.
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Win Up To €1000 in Bitcoin By Entering bit4coin’s Bitcoin Photo Contest
Andy Stetzinger When it comes to images of bitcoins, the pool content developers have to choose from is pretty limited
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Bitcoin Alternative, DMD’s Team Explains How Anyone, Can Make Money With Digital Currency
Backed by the Diamond Foundation and an array of price stability mechanisms and professional services, long term valuable digital currency
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Is Russia Still Enforcing a Ban on Bitcoin Websites?
Sarah Jenn Earlier this year, Russia declared that it would no longer ban bitcoin websites from being accessed in the
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Investment Bank AXA Eyeing Bitcoin for Remittance Market
Grace Caffyn Multinational investment bank AXA is eyeing bitcoin to help streamline the remittance market, the general partner of its VC
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Bitcoin Group to list on share market
AAP Australian-based bitcoin miner Bitcoin Group is seeking to raise $20 million and list on the share market. A second
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