McAfee: Security is Key to a Bitcoin Future
By Olusegun Ogundeji Technology pioneer and founder of the anti-virus product, John McAfee, has claimed that there is a need
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Month: November 2016
One in Four Bitcoin Nodes Are Now Upgraded for SegWit
By Stan Higgins Bitcoin network data shows that 25% of nodes worldwide are now running code for Segregated Witness. Proposed late
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Bitcoin Wasn’t the Only Digital Currency to See Post-Election Bounce
By Charles Bovaird The surprise US Presidential Election results pushed bitcoin 4% higher this week amid a choppy period for the
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Whatever happened to bitcoin? Adam Draper has the answer
By Marisa Kendall Bitcoin, the virtual currency used by savvy techies and online black market traders, has faded from the
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How Two New Sidechains Proposals Could Change Bitcoin’s DNA
By Alyssa Hertig A long-proposed bitcoin feature called ‘sidechains’ may soon take a big step forward thanks to a pair
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Alleged Bitcoin Scammer Busted By Dubai Police
By Stan Higgins Police in Dubai have reportedly arrested a man accused stealing bitcoins from several individuals. Local sources report
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Despite Trump Bump, Bitcoin Still Strives for ‘Safe Haven’ Status
By Pete Rizzo “Not sure what to expect exactly…” That the sentiment of at least one major bitcoin exchange executive
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University Teams Choose Bitcoin over Ethereum as a Long-Term Investment
By Elliot Maras University business school teams competing in the Kraken Case Study competition predicted two to one that a
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Winklevoss Bros’ Bitcoin Exchange Gemini Launches in Japan & South Korea
By Samburaj Das Pressing ahead with its global expansion plan, bitcoin and ether exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss brothers,
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Bitcoin Traders Believe Trump Win Could Trigger Price Boost
By Charles Bovaird Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? While America may be undecided, there’s a widespread belief among bitcoin investors
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FCA Taps Epiphyte To Explore Regulated Bitcoin Remittance Solutions
By JP Buntinx Bitcoin is starting to make an impact on remittance services all over the world. Epiphyte, a London-based
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Is Bitcoin Responsible For the Emergence of Trump?
By Shivdeep Dhaliwal The presidential elections in the United States are here and we will know who will be the
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Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Releases APIs and Partners with Blockstream
By Samburaj Das Unocoin, arguably India’s foremost bitcoin exchange and wallet provider has announced the implementation of its APIs, a
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China’s Bitcoin Miners See Profit in a Bigger-Block Blockchain
By Eric Mu It was not entirely an idle joke when one speaker at China’s first miner conference quipped that
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Moscow Hosts Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, Largest Russian State Bank to Participate
By Guest Author On Nov. 10, representatives of IBM, Microsoft, QIWI and Sberbank will gather in Moscow to discuss challenges
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Thailand opens one door to Blockchains while closing another to Bitcoin
By Luke Parker One of Thailand’s leading retail banks and the fourth largest by assets, Kasikornbank Pcl., has entered into
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Stolen Bitcoin? Anti-Theft Feature Gets Second Life on Sidechains
By Alyssa Hertig At its core, bitcoin is about giving users better control of their money. Often called “programmable money”,
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Blockchain Advertising Platform Sees Micro-Payments Made Possible By Bitcoin
By Justin OConnell Mass Network wants to transform internet advertising. The startup is now under the new leadership of Alexander
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Colorado Hemp Farmers Are Turning to Bitcoin for Their Banking Woes
By Daniel Oberhaus You could almost say Veronica Carpio was born to sell cannabis. Aside from having a birthday on
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Bitcoin’s Price Flirts With $750 as Zcash Fervor Fades
By Charles Bovaird Markets Weekly is a column analyzing price movements in the global digital currency markets and the technology’s
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Bitcoin Reaches All Time High Daily Trading Volume at $5 bln
By Joseph Young Bitcoin reached its all time high daily trading volume at $5 bln earlier this week, primarily because
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Swiss Lawmakers Take Steps Toward Bitcoin Regulation
By Stan Higgins Its national railway service may have already jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon, but Switzerland is taking a slower approach
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Bitcoin’s at It Again
By Christopher Langner It’s happening again. Bitcoin has locked step with gold and taken to the skies as uncertainty about
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Bitmain to Launch a Giant New Bitcoin Mining Center
Bitmain, one of bitcoin’s biggest miners with a current hash-share of around 15% of the network, is to launch a
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Venezuelans are turning to bitcoin as the bolívar crumbles
By Joon Ian Wong Venezuela’s currency has lost so much of its value that people have given up on counting
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Bitcoin Price $800 Imminent; Boosted by China Capital Outflows
By Gautham Bitcoin has been going strong since the past few weeks. The cryptocurrency which was priced at around $640
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BTCC Takes Aim at Bitfinex With US Dollar Bitcoin Trading
By Pete Rizzo “It’s both a liabilty and an opportunity.” At least that’s how BTCC CEO Bobby Lee describes his Shanghai-based
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