A new consortium of Japanese banking and financial services giants will seek to use blockchain technology to provide domestic and foreign exchange services. Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings and its subsidiary SBI Ripple Asia, have collaborated to launch a consortiu … | Continue reading
CEX.IO, the London-based cryptocurrency exchange, has introduced a new feature to its fee schedule, its most recent innovation to encourage higher market liquidity and improve bitcoin trading. The new Maker-Taker fee schedule sets the maker fee to 0%. The 0% maker fee is CEX.IO … | Continue reading
“[Projects like the DAO] are an inelegant and wholly unconvincing way to commit securities fraud, speaking kindly,” Preston Byrnes said at the Blockchain Conference in New York. He compared the DAO and other blockchain crowdsales to “cargo cults.” Such cults revolve around the be … | Continue reading
The Blush family’s “Dash Across America Tour” in its Bitcoin Bus was denied assistance from a Las Vegas bitcoin organizer in setting up a meetup in Las Vegas because of the tour’s support for Dash. Catherine Bleish, an organizer of the tour, noted in a Steemit blog that the tour … | Continue reading
A food truck that specializes in Vietnamese, French and vegetarian food in Keene, N.H. accepts bitcoin, according to Free Keene, a pro-decentralization and pro-bitcoin organization in New Hampshire, a very independence-minded state in the U.S. The food truck features a bitcoin si … | Continue reading
Two competing Bitcoin forums on popular social media website strike a startlingly different tone when it comes to one of the most popular and influential corporations in the Bitcoin industry: Coinbase. Bitcoiners like to express disdain for leading Bitcoin wallet service and exch … | Continue reading
Chainalysis has stated that ransomware arrests will soon take place targeting cyber criminals behind ransomware attacks. Rise of Ransomware Attacks Over the past six months, ransomware attacks have become an issue to government, business and healthcare organizations. In January, … | Continue reading
The coolest thing on earth no one knows about has finally turned into reality a long-held dream in the digital currency space – the Facebook like button where you just click. MetaMask, a spoke of Consensys, has launched a Chrome plugin which on the surface looks too simple, even … | Continue reading
A family of four have decided to test the limits of cryptocurrencies by dashing across America in their Bitcoin Bus, spending only cryptocurrency along the way. John Bush, Catherine Bleish, their two children, and their two dogs have endeavored to take on the challenge of traveli … | Continue reading
Lack of experts may dash Japan’s hopes of becoming a vibrant competitor in the blockchain technology sector at the world stage particularly for financial uses. Japan is the world’s second largest developed economy with an enviable record as one of the nations that have pioneered … | Continue reading
A malware called Linux.Lady targets Redis servers that have been placed online without passwords and launches a cryptocurrency mining software, according to hackread.com. According to Dr. Web, a Russian software retailer, Linux.Lady uses Google’s Go programming language and targe … | Continue reading
In light of the Bitfinex hack and other hacks, the bitcoin community faces the need to improve security and is considering various options, according to a Bloomberg article by Yuji Nakamura and Olga Kharif. The article suggests it may be time for some type of regulation. The Bitf … | Continue reading
In his new piece on Medium, Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas has explained why he thinks blockchain is a complex technology when compared with the Interledger Protocol. In his recent post, he said: Blockchains are a pain to work with. Everyone who has done it knows what I’m talking about … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has halted decline and may have found support at the $555 (Bitstamp) level. The 4-hour candle chart shows that advance is possible, but that a critical watershed for decline remains close-by. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full … | Continue reading
BitGo’s Mike Belshe has said that questions raised about the security of bitcoin with some suggesting that digital currencies can never be secure are wrong. After Mt. Gox, the second biggest security breach of a bitcoin exchange took place earlier this month when the Hong Kong-ba … | Continue reading
A new report released by Greenwich Associates has found that a high percentage of respondents are concerned with blockchain security when it comes to transaction confidentiality. Blockchain technology is taking the financial institution by storm. As more financial companies conti … | Continue reading
One of the four cities that will be the “hotbeds” of the blockchain financial services is Hong Kong as the technology is expected to be implemented by banks and other financial institutions within three years. That’s according to the director business development and strategy, C … | Continue reading
Days after Russian authorities reversed plans to penalize bitcoin use, the country’s capital has unveiled that it has opened its first digital currency exchange. Launched in Moscow, the bitcoin exchange was opened by a team of bitcoin enthusiasts who will provide a 24/7 offline s … | Continue reading
Investment in Fintech companies has reached an all-time high with $8.2 billion invested in the second quarter of 2016, double the more than four billion invested in Q1 2016. Asia and, in particular, China, significantly lead, with $7.22 billion invested in Chinese Fintechs during … | Continue reading
Bitcoin trading is booming in Japan as yen exchange rates have stabilized, bitcoin has been volatile and the Japanese government has passed virtual currency legislation, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. A total of 430 billion yen in bitcoins were traded in the first half of … | Continue reading
Check Point researchers have discovered the sophisticated organization of Cerber, a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), which is reported to have had a total estimated profit of $195,000 in July alone. Based on data collected by the researchers they found that the RaaS ring currently … | Continue reading
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of about $80 million. Jaxx is available across nine platforms and devices including Android and iOS Mobile, Android and iOS Tablet, Firefox and Chrome Extens … | Continue reading
A recent survey has found that a high percentage of German participants have heard of the digital currency, bitcoin while 80 percent have stated that they know what it is or have used it in the past. A survey by BearPointStudy has found that digital currency payment methods are o … | Continue reading
A hacking group called The Shadow Brokers has claimed to have hacked a group linked to the National Security Agency (NSA) and is asking for 1 million bitcoins ($568 million) to return files after having dumped some of the files, according to Motherboard. The Shadow Brokers claims … | Continue reading
A study conducted by Juniper Research has found that the total value of Venture Capital (VC) blockchain and bitcoin investments totalled $290 million in the first six months of 2016. While more than 30 startups were involved that received funding during that time, more than a thi … | Continue reading
A recent report by the All-Parliamentary Group (APPG) has reiterated confidence in the U.K.’s entrepreneurship and innovation in the long term despite Britain’s recent vote to exit from the European Union. After the Brexit referendum, there were concerns that the exit would reduc … | Continue reading
In a bid to tap into the blockchain technology, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded small businesses with the task of supporting identity verification. Four small businesses have each been awarded $100,000 in preliminary fund … | Continue reading
Google is the latest giant tech company to enter the IoT space with Fuchsia – a new operating system that seems to be targeting IoT devices. Little, if anything, has been officially announced, but the code has been publicly released. It’s use of Magneta, based on the LittleKernel … | Continue reading
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China needs to control its corporate debt before the situation becomes unmanageable. Does bitcoin hold the answer? A report from the IMF has found that at $25 trillion, China’s debt accounts for 254 percent of GDP. As a conseque … | Continue reading
California is set to follow in the footsteps of New York, but the Bitcoin Foundation wants to stop the state from getting its own version of the BitLicense. The California Bitcoin License bill designated as AB1326 has undergone several changes in the assembly and senate since it … | Continue reading
The first ever Bitcoin geocaching iOS app, Takara, has added support for Counterparty assets, allowing users to hunt and plant bitcoin treasures around the world, using IndieSquare’s API. Developed by Christian Moss of MandelDuck, users will have the ability to not only find Coun … | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has extended bitcoin and ether buying to customers in Canada and Singapore, within days after announcing the same feature to Australian users. Firmly in its global expansion phase, bitcoin and ether exchange and wallet Coinba … | Continue reading
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has noted it has received complaints from New Zealand based clients of igot, an Australia-based bitcoin exchange, about igot’s failure to repay clients in accordance with their instructions. Igot is not registered or required t … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price decline takes a break. The market is struggling to buy price higher in a correction, thereby, heralding the next wave of decline. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis … | Continue reading
The Ministry of Finance in Russia, or the Russian FinMin, is not quite beating its drum to ban bitcoin anymore, going by recent remarks of deputy finance minister Alexey Moiseev. Instead, a new amendment to the infamous bitcoin ban bill will allow for the purchase of the cryptocu … | Continue reading
JPMorgan has lost two of its senior leaders on its blockchain project, Juno, as they embark on starting up their own blockchain startup, a report by Quartz revealed. Will Martino, the lead developer and Stuart Popejoy, the head of Juno started Kadena.io in June; however, the two … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price looked to be advancing only to bump against the resistance ceiling. How to trade in the coming days (or weeks) is dependent on how the market negotiates $680. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Joi … | Continue reading
Boris Titov, the leader of Russia’s Party of Growth, called for the country to legalize cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and become a leader in blockchain development, according to Tass, a Russian news agency. Speaking at a press conference, Titov also said Russia can take advantage … | Continue reading
Seafile has announced that they will ditch Paypal payments and instead turn to bitcoin. This is an interesting decision with an even more interesting rationale and implication. In 2013, Seafile emerged as a business-oriented cloud-based storage solution, with a different approach … | Continue reading
A report has revealed that the total value of bitcoin trading among digital currency exchanges in Brazil has now surpassed that of gold spot trading on the Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – the country’s securities market authority and regulator – during th … | Continue reading
Is the cost of proof of work in bitcoin mining fair? Tomaso Aste of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies at the University College London’s Department of Computer Science thinks the current cost large and wasteful, but nonetheless, fair. Aste recently examined the factors t … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price rebounds to the upside, but the block reward halving waiting game continues (amid growing suspense). This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 15h00 UTC … | Continue reading
Vogogo Inc., an Alberta, Canada-based company that provided payment processing and transaction risk services, announced in a press release it will close its payment processing operation and sell off assets after struggling to find ways to enhance shareholder value. The company … | Continue reading
Following a steep drop that began early yesterday, bitcoin price has scaled its way back up the charts toward $650 in a continuing rally today. The Bitstamp Price Index (BPI) plateaued most of the day after a late rally last night to scale the $650 figure, following a low of $611 … | Continue reading
The bitcoin price has increased nearly 50% since January 1. While the year has been tumultuous economically for the world, an upcoming network event called a Bitcoin halving could have had price implications and led to the big gains for Bitcoin price. Though, based on the only hi … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just put out a call for White Papers that address the utilization of blockchain in healthcare. Let’s see what happens. A Call For Papers HHS recently offered a press release [PDF] that asked for registrants to register and re … | Continue reading
Bitfury just announced a white paper, in collaboration with Olaoluwa Osuntokun and others from the Lightning Network team, proposing a new algorithmic solution to Lightning Network’s routing problem. A hybrid routing algorithm is proposed which, according to a press release, ensu … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has taken the low road as the market sells off prior to the block reward halving. Bitcoin price, how low will you go? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of ana … | Continue reading