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Coinbase recently announced an expansion into 13 European countries and has added an additional five last week. To celebrate their launch, Coinbase is hosting a free meetup on October 20 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London. The planned meetup in London is part of a larger European Bitcoin tour by the Coinbase team, […]

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HashCoins is an Estonian Bitcoin company that produces high-end Bitcoin mining equipment at a highly competitive price/performance rate. HashCoins has delivered multiple generations of Bitcoin mining products and is excited to offer new boards and chips in their continuing drive to become the best manufacturer on the market, consistently offering customers a high return on […]

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Yesterday, Google published the details of an SSL 3.0 design vulnerability that renders SSL 3.0 completely insecure and useless. SSL 3.0 is over fifteen years old and up until today, was still supported by most browsers. When attempting to communicate with a website, usually a browser will use the latest technology and connect to the […]

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Yesterday, CEO of Moopay Alex Green announced that the company would be filing bankruptcy. They are shutting down the Moolah exchange and already took down the MintPal exchange due to a “critical bug” found in their Version Two migration. By shutting down MintPal without warning, Green has trapped $130,000 worth of cryptocurrency on the exchange. […]

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New York City, NY (October 15, 2014) Launching today, The Beyond Beyond Bitcoin Expert Calling Network,(BBECN) is an innovative new service that provides access to thought-leaders and experts, covering a wide range of the Bitcoin ecosystem. It is the world’s first expert calling network devoted to all things Bitcoin – including Altcoins and Blockchain applications – and features well-known experts who speak around the nation, and the world, on the subject. Bitcoin and the Blockchain may be the most important innovations since the introduction of the Internet. Many businesses, as well as the general public, want to understand this disruptive technology. The BBECN is a web-based service that allows anyone to speak directly to leading authorities in Bitcoin and related digital […]

New York City, NY (October 15, 2014) Launching today, The Beyond Beyond Bitcoin Expert Calling Network,(BBECN) is an innovative new service that provides access to thought-leaders and experts, covering a wide range of the Bitcoin ecosystem. It is the world’s first expert calling network devoted to all things Bitcoin – including Altcoins and Blockchain applications – and features well-known experts who speak around the nation, and the world, on the subject. Bitcoin and the Blockchain may be the most important innovations since the introduction of the Internet. Many businesses, as well as the general public, want to understand this disruptive technology. The BBECN is a web-based service that allows anyone to speak directly to leading authorities in Bitcoin and related digital […]

“The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin is currently the #1 Documentary on iTunes,” announced the film makers on Twitter one hour ago. “Thank you all for your incredible support!” “The Rise And Rise of Bitcoin” was released a few days ago and can be purchased from the online store on the film’s website. The film […]

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Professor Devavrat Shah and Kang Zhang of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at MIT have developed an automated system for Bitcoin trading, which outperforms most human traders and is able to almost double the investment in less that two months. They presented their method and results at the 52nd Annual Allerton Conference on […]

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New York’s bitcoin regulations may not be as onerous as many have feared. In a speech at Cardozo Law School in New York on Tuesday night, Benjamin Lawksy, superintendent of financial services for the state of New York, said that the state will not require digital-currency software developers to have a license, as it had […]

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A few hours after the Bitcoin price climbed above $400 it dropped straight back below. After consolidating in the $390s and $380s for most of today’s session, trend has once again resumed to the upside. Analysis is made below. Oh, and the Fed are reconsidering QE. More below. Federal Reserve ‘open to another round of […]

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A study performed by Skrill last Wednesday revealed that online shoppers will abandon a purchase for a multitude of reasons, most of which Bitcoin payments solve. The study showed one in every four consumers will quit their purchase altogether if the retailer doesn’t offer their preferred method of payment. Of 2000 people surveyed, 38 percent […]

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NYDFS superintendent Benjamin Lawsky has clarified the proposed reach of the impending BitLicense regulations.

If you have ever wished cryptocurrency operated more like central banks, you’re not alone. Well, you probably are, but that has not discouraged the developers of Ethercoin from introducing a currency that would make the central bankers proud. By creating a coin that operates completely on trust and gives developers nearly complete control of the […]

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Bitcoin's block chain can store more than transactions. According to Julian Assange, it provides a way to preserve history.

In December Andrew Wilkinson, founder of MetaLab, and his friend Rajiv, founder of Sparklit, started getting excited about BitCoin. They both have full-time jobs running their companies, but they think Bitcoin is super cool, so when they heard about the Robocoin Bitcoin ATM they bought one for their hometown, Victoria, Canada. They figured it would […]

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Happy? Easy. Sad? A cinch. But how do you convey that strange emotional reaction when someone asks you if you honestly understand how Bitcoin works? Conan thinks he has the answer. [Team Coco]

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In yesterday’s Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF warned of a coming liquidity crisis and ramp-up in market volatility. Digging deeper into the report, CCN uncovers IMF admissions of the banking sector’s failure to manage risk, as well as, advice to banks to prepare for a public backlash due to perceived excesses. Part three of […]

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BitoEx has a new solution for buying Bitcoin in Taiwan that will be familiar to Taiwanese Bitcoin users. “Things have changed in the last 6 months,” according to Jason Gatewood. Gatewood has filmed a descriptive Youtube video that details the buy process now available to 20+ million Taiwanese. Some countries and continents, such as Africa, are getting […]

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In the light of CEO Alex Green’s recent announcement that Moopay LTD will be filing bankruptcy, the creator of Dogecoin, Jackson Palmer, released a statement regarding the aftermath. “It’s sad to see anything like this which hurts the awesome folks in this community – hopefully store owners will find another solution (fairly sure Shopify now […]

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The BitLicense is continually evolving; today, the NYDFS has clarified that Bitcoin software developers do not need to apply for a BitLicense. Additionally, the official comment period on the proposed BitLicense regulations by the NYDFS has again been extended to accommodate the anticipated revised proposal. The NYDFS has promised to have a revised proposal for the public by […]

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 Moolah, a digital currency startup that had a particularly prominent role in the development and demise of dogecoin, has announced that it will shut down at the end of October. The company, which is just 10 months old and provides a range of services for virtual currencies like bitcoin and dogecoin — including a currency exchange — will close on October 31. Moolah says it will file… Read More

 Moolah, a digital currency startup that had a particularly prominent role in the development and demise of dogecoin, has announced that it will shut down at the end of October. The company, which is just 10 months old and provides a range of services for virtual currencies like bitcoin and dogecoin — including a currency exchange — will close on October 31. Moolah says it will file… Read More

In a shocking announcement, Alex Green, CEO of Moopay LTD revealed on October 14, 2014 that Moopay will be filing for bankruptcy, ceasing all operations. Through a blog posting on the official Moolah page, a bitcoin exchange, Green explained the hardships that the company is facing and the future of Moolah, MintPal and MooFarm. “After […]

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When Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued some of the most sweeping citywide water reforms in history today, it included this haunting line: "Our major supplier of imported water expects to curtail supplies in the next 12 months." While the drought is about to change life drastically in LA, it's already crippled the lives of the Central Valley residents featured in this beautiful short film.

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The recent ruling of the ATO in Australia has led to a situation where users of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies will effectively be charged a double Goods and Services Tax (GST) for buying and using Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies. In effect, what is happening is the user will be charged a 10% GST when purchasing Bitcoin […]

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An International Monetary Fund and World Bank panel looked at bitcoin's potential role in financial inclusion this week.

Inside Bitcoins Conference & Expo, the leading trade show for the fast-growing bitcoin and related cryptocurrency, will be launching in Israel later this month after successful events earlier this year in Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, Melbourne, London, and Las Vegas. From October 19-20, thought leaders, virtual currency experts and business visionaries will converge at Kfar Maccabiah Convention Center to lead a discussion on the first digital, decentralized, peer-to-peer based global currency. Whether you’re a venture capitalist, lawyer, technologist, or entrepreneur, the conference agenda offers a diverse and exciting array of topics that shed light on the implications of bitcoin, along with predictions on the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Featured speakers include: Peter Todd, Bitcoin Core Developer Meni […]

Three weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission shut down Butterfly Labs. Butterfly Labs is a company that sells Bitcoin mining hardware. It’s been accused of scamming and lying to customers time and time again. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that Butterfly Labs was lying to customers in multiple ways, one being that they […]

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In an address at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York state Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky detailed what will be the first state level regulations for Bitcoin and other virtual currency.