Nigeria Gives a Thumbs Up to Remittances; Could Bitcoin Help?
By Nick Marinoff The Central Bank of Nigeria is saying “yes” to foreign remittances. In an attempt to build the
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Month: September 2016
Keep Your Bitcoins: Central Bankers’ Bubble Will Burst Very Soon
By Joseph Young Like the Dot-com and housing bubbles, Central Bankers’ bubble is presumed to break very soon. Once it
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Bitcoin.com Mining Pool Unravels Cracks in Bitcoin Community
By Gautham The war over Bitcoin block size wages on. The recent attempt to resurrect the Bitcoin blockchain with no
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100 Zimbabwean Women Farmers Will Learn Power of Bitcoin
By Olusegun Ogundeji Zimbabwean women farmers will be given Bitcoins which they can redeem for goods at selected suppliers. Put
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BitFury Lightening Network Successfully Tested with French Bitcoin Company
By Joseph Young French Bitcoin technology company ACINQ has successfully tested and implemented leading Blockchain technology company Bitfury’s algorithm solution
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Ethereum To Surpass Bitcoin?
By Elliot Maras Gavin Andresen raised eyebrows recently when he tweeted that Ethereum has more nodes now than bitcoin and
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Regulators Block Sale of Bitcoin Miner Avalon
By Stan Higgins A deal that would have seen Chinese manufacturer Shandong Luyitong purchase bitcoin mining hardware firm Canaan is no
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Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Raises a Record $1.5 Million in Funding
By Samburaj Das Indian bitcoin exchange Unocoin has raised $1.5 million in a Pre Series-A funding round, the highest amount
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Got bitcoin? Despite early setbacks, some say it is stronger than ever
By Scott Cohn Bitcoin, the digital currency that captivated the world just three years ago before being tainted by scandals,
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The Needham Report Forecasts Bitcoin Price to Hit $848
By Gautham How is Bitcoin faring in the market and what’s in store for the digital currency community in the
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Bitcoin-Inspired Technology Starts to Reshape Currency Markets
By Jon Sindreu Bitcoin-inspired ledger technology is taking its first steps in foreign-exchange markets. Companies that provide payments systems to
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CME Group Adds New Exchange to Bitcoin Index
By Pete Rizzo CME Group has added China-based digital currency exchange OKCoin to its bitcoin pricing indexes, first announced in
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FX Firm Joins Mexican Bitcoin Exchange’s $2.5 Million Fundraise
By Michael del Castillo Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised $2.5m to make it easier for the underbanked in Mexico
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Russia’s Largest State-Owned Bank’s Cafe Accepts Bitcoin
By Joseph Young A cafe located in Russia’s largest state-owned bank Sberbank, which has demonstrated an increasing interest in the
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Bitcoin is Undervalued
By Joseph Young Strict financial regulations imposed on local traders and investors in China disallow investments in assets outside of
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BraveNewCoin to Distribute Bitcoin Pricing and Analytics on RIMES MDS
By Avi Mizrahi Melbourne based BraveNewCoin (BNC), a data and research company focused on the blockchain assets industry, and the financial
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Russian Coffee Shop Pours For Bitcoin
By PYMNTS Ready to pay for your morning coffee with bitcoin? One coffee shop in Moscow is one of the
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Gavin Andresen: Ethereum Will Outgrow Bitcoin
By Gautham What’s up with Ethereum? Is it really going to be the “Bitcoin Killer” as people labeled it in
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Congress concerned about bitcoins and money-laundering
By James Rosen WASHINGTON Lawmakers have formed a special group in a bid to stay on top of the exploding
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The Water Project Receives the Largest Bitcoin Donation
By Gautham Bitcoin has been at the receiving end of all the negative publicity until now, thanks to its extensive
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Japan will soon be accepting utility bill payments in Bitcoin
by Mix Japan yet again lives up to its reputation as a technology innovator as local digital currency firm Coincheck has announced
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Bitcoin Finds Berth at Sberbank’s Moscow Office Despite Ban Talk
By Anna Baraulina While Russian authorities are still trying to define the legal status of bitcoin, the virtual currency has
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China’s risk-loving investors have abandoned local stock markets for bitcoin
By Zheping Huang & Joon Ian Wong China’s individual investors are known for their huge appetite for new assets. The
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Coinbase Restores KeyVendor Bot’s Bitcoin Following a Glitch
By Gautham The Steam CS:GO community is a happy lot after the funds that were thought to be stolen from
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World’s Best Performing Currency: Bitcoin Inflation Rate Drops To 4%
By Joseph Young The Bitcoin monetary inflation rate decreased from 30~50% in 2011 to 4% this year, demonstrating the rapid
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A Controversial Bitcoin Alternative is Seeking a Comeback
By Alyssa Hertig A controversial bitcoin alternative may be making a comeback. With such a large community, bitcoin has perhaps
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Bitwage Seeks to Help Freelancers Gain More Bitcoin-Paying Work
By Evander Smart Getting paid in Bitcoin has become much easier over the last three years. Workers all over the
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