As Bitcoin Debates Block Size, Multinationals Make Blockchain Progress

As the Bitcoin Community debates the merits of a bigger block size large corporate businesses have entered into the blockchain industry. | Continue reading


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Chinese Courts Says OKCoin Operates Illegally, Awards Damages

A Chinese court has awarded damages after finding that OKCoin wasn't properly registered and was aiding money laundering. | Continue reading


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Almost 60% of Ethereum Miners Have Upgraded to Support the Hardfork

Almost 60% of Ethereum miners have now upgraded to support the hardfork. The hardfork chain is therefore now certain to be the winning blockchain. | Continue reading


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UK Trials Blockchain-Based Social Welfare Payments

London-based blockchain and fintech startup GovCoin Systems Ltd., has been chosen by the UK Department for Work and Pensions to trial a new blockchain-based trial for welfare payments. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Fintech Expert Frank Schwab: Bitcoin Here To Stay, Banks Are Doomed

Frank Schwab, a founder of the Fintech Forum in Germany, believes that bitcoin has proven itself, and banks could eventually become obsolete, according to an interview with Christoffer De Geer, marketing manager at XBT Provider, in The Street. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Blockchain Social Platform Steemit Rewards Users with $1.3 Million

What better way to attract more visitors to a site than by giving money away, which is exactly what blockchain social media platform Steemit did over the Independence Day weekend to its users. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Plugging Bitcoin, Xapo Capitalizes On Argentina-Uber Dispute

Xapo, a bitcoin wallet that claims the largest capitalization in the bitcoin industry and a reputation for not fearing controversy, has jumped into Argentina’s battle with Uber by allowing Uber Argentina to accept Xapo card payments. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

DAO Attack Fallout Sees Pubic Blockchains Questioned by Australian Bank

The ANZ Banking Group, a major banking corporation in Australia and New Zealand is casting doubt on public blockchain technology following the DAO attack. | Continue reading


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“With Bitcoin, We’re Sending a Message,” Says Swiss Town Mayor

It was early May when the Swiss town of Zug convened a city council meeting. By the end of it, bitcoin was accepted as a valid mode of payment for municipality services, part of a pilot program. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Dash Beverage Machine Shows Instant Confirmation for POS Transactions

Dash, a privacy-centric cryptocurrency that offers near instantaneous transactions, has developed a beverage vending machine that can secure a transaction without the need for a block confirmation. Dash enthusiasts believe the instant transaction and confirmation feature holds gr … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Sell-Off To $650

Bitcoin price made a corrective high at $705 (Bitstamp) and was then sold off to $650 for the duration of the day. What the market does next will determine trend for the next week. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a mem … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Exchange Gatecoin Hacked; 250 BTC & 185,000 ETH Lost

Gatecoin, a Hong Kong-based digital currency startups suffered a breach and lost 250 Bitcoin and 185,000 Ether, 15% of its crypto asset deposits | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Quiet Trade Above $450

Bitcoin price has not made any significant move during quiet Saturday trade. The start of day in the US may change that, but for now it looks like continuing inaction will be the prospect. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. N … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Scientific Research Needs a Trustless Blockchain Architecture to Be Trusted

Dr. Greg Irving, a Clinical Lecturer from the University of Cambridge, recently authored a research project on the potential impact of blockchain technology on scientific research. While the use is not novel in principle, it underscores the very reason blockchain was created. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

VISA Chooses India for Blockchain Tech Development

The world’s largest payments network is expanding its new technology center in India to focus on blockchain technology development for its global endeavors. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Industry in Japan Awaits Regulation

The National Diet in Japan (consisting of the Lower House and the Upper House as the legislature) is currently deliberating over bills to regulate bitcoin and other virtual currencies and a keenly contested bitcoin industry in Japan is watching closely. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Former CFTC Commissioner States Obama “Should Heed the Call” on Bitcoin

Former CFTC Commissioner advised Obama in an op-ed on CNBC today to take a reasonable approach to bitcoin and blockchain technology, one that fosters innovation. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Norway Authorities Nab 15 Drug Dealers In Silk Road ‘2.0’ Operation

Norway police made their largest drug bust ever last month when they arrested 15 people selling drugs on what they claim is Silk Road v2.0 | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price On A High Tension Wire

Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Bitcoin price is pushing higher once again but the market is struggling to make a new high since last week. Could this be the final push to resistance? This analysis is provided by xbt.social … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin to Be Studied by the Australian Treasury

In an effort to understand and explore the possibilities presented by the innovation of bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology, the Australian Federal Treasury will team up with Data61, a research unit of the Commonwealth to study bitcoin transactions in the bitcoin eco … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Winklevoss Bitcoin Exchange Gemini Will Now Include Ethereum

The Gemini exchange, founded and operated by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss has gained the approval from the State of New York to offer trading of Ethereum's | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Financial Blockchain Group PTDL Sees New Members

The blockchain-centric Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group has announced new members joining its initiative which now sees 37 financial institutions and market infrastructure companies involved in the collective. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Swiss Town Accepts Bitcoin as Payment for Municipal Services

In the idyllic, sleepy town of Zug in Switzerland, a city council meeting today saw the authority decide to accept bitcoin as a valid payment for municipality services as a part of a pilot program. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Delaware Governor Announces Plan To Embrace Blockchain Tech

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell announced a state initiative to embrace blockchain and smart contract technology to help public and private enterprises lower transactional costs, automate and speed up transactions and reduce fraud. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Gavin Anderson Refutes Hacking Claim to Assert Craig Wright Is Satoshi

Chief scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation Gavin Andersen has stuck with his assertion that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, following his meeting with the Australian entrepreneur. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Gambling Approved in Isle of Man by Regulator

The Isle of Man’s Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) and Treasury have approved changes to the island's gambling regulation that allow virtual currencies to be accepted as cash, according to a report from the GSC’s Mark Rutherford, deputy chief executive. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Trading The Block Reward Halving

Bitcoin price has slowly gained alttude in a non-committal rise to $450. This analyst keeps questioning why the market compulsively buys price up when the technicals are pointing down. Some say that perhaps the market is trading the expectation of a block reward rally. This analy … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

South Africans Supporters of Alleged Global Bitcoin Scam MMM March On

Supporters of MMM, which is accused of being a bitcoin-based Ponzi scheme, marched in Soweto, South Africa in celebration of the Financial Freedom Awareness campaign, coinciding with South Africa’s Freedom Day | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Steam Level Up! Bitcoin Accepted

Gaming and digital distribution platform Steam will now accept bitcoin payments from users around the world, a feature enabled by bitcoin payment processor BitPay. Save up and splurge during the next Steam Sale with Bitcoin! | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Ready For Blockchain Voting?

Transparency and accessibility to information have always been issues dealt with during elections. Blockchain voting could help pave the way to | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Yale Lecturer Highlights Blockchain Transparency after Panama Papers

. In a recent PBS Op-Ed Yale University lecturer Vikram Mansharamani discusses the Papers and the what the future of privacy may look like with blockchain. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

U.K. City’s Cryptocoin Offers Exchangeable Token For Volunteer Work

Will the blockchain really empower the disadvantaged as some of its advocates claim? If Lisa Bovill and Dave Shepherdson have anything to say about it, it will, according to The Guardian, based in London, U.K. Bovill, a public servant who specializes in welfare rights, and Shephe … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Peace & Stability Through The Blockchain: Payments & Finance

In the first part of this series, we examined the ways in which changing political postures of global citizens which shows a world in which blockchain tech | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Digital Asset Reveals Smart Contracts Alternative for Financial Industry

With a new acquisition, DAH has announced the Digital Asset Modelling language, an alternative to Smart Contracts that is specifically designed for... | Continue reading


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The Gold Standard: Bitcoin Price Stability at its Best since 2010

The last 24 days mark the longest period in which bitcoin prices have been less volatile than gold prices, going back to 2010, according to the WSJ. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

India’s Central Bank Head: Central Banks Are Doing More Harm Than Good

Raghuram Rajan, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, questions the unconventional monetary policies central banks are pursuing and claims that pushing down interest rates results in people saving rather than spending. Rajan’s views echo those who criticize central bank poli … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Hotel Booking Website HotelGo24 Offers User Rewards In Bitcoin

There are many websites that offering lots of varied rewards and booking options when it comes to reserving a hotel at a good price. Some accept Bitcoin | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

The Blockchain ‘Industry’ Stripped the Innovation of THE Innovation

Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. There is much discussion today about multinational firms entering into the blockchain space. They, in fact, with their deep pocketbooks, created an entirely new Industry: the blockchain indus … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

DTCC CEO: Blockchain a Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity

Wall Street’s clearing and settlement house, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has increasingly made rapid strides in blockchain research | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Dev Peter Todd: Forced Soft Forks Send a “Dangerous Message”

Peter Todd raises the prospects of real consensus regarding bitcoin scalability by suggesting a shorter hardfork timeline may be acceptable. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

San Diego Sees 2 New Bitcoin ATMs

Bitcoin ATM network Coinsource has installed two new and additional bitcoin ATMs in San Diego, California, the company announced. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Foundation’s Brock Pierce: Remittances and Startups Can Foster Mainstream Adoption

Brock Pierce, the chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, pointed towards bitcoin adoption in mainstream by two ways – as a remittance tool and by startups. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Blockchain Anti-Piracy Provider Custos Gains Seed Funding

Custos Media Technologies, a South Africa-based company that uses the blockchain to fight media piracy, has raised $265,000 USD in seed funding. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

A Donald Trump Presidency Would Increase Bitcoin Remittances to Mexico

A wall. Trump still wants a wall. That’s what he says. Last week, while Trump revealed his plan to block remittances from illegal immigrants, bitcoin... | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Timothy Geithner Is The Man Bitcoin Needs

Timothy Geithner, the Former Treasury Secretary, was asked by Fusion’s Jorge Ramos about bitcoin, and if he would invest in the nascent digital currency. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

The Blockchain: A Banker’s, Police Officer’s & Regulator’s Dream?

ajor banks and technology companies began publicly experimenting with ways in which blockchain related technologies could revolutionize the way they do.... | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Blockchain Tech Will Make Banks Disappear in 10 Years, Says VP of Russia’s Biggest Bank

The Vice President of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, has opined that the advent and spread of blockchain technology will see banks disappear by 2026. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Open-Source Giant Red Hat Revs Up “Openshift Blockchain”

Red Hat, Inc, one of the leading providers of open-source software to the enterprise community, has announced a new partnership initiative for blockchain | Continue reading


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