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At the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas, BitPay announced their new point-of-sale app that allows users to pay with bitcoin with a single tap. The new Bitpay feature follows in the footsteps of Apple, who recently unveiled their Apple Pay payment system, putting pressure on bitcoin companies to simplify the process even more. Also Read: NYDFS’s Ben Lawsky Reveals […]

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Five projects, selected by the Swarm, will be presenting at the world’s first decentralized demo day in Silicon Valley on November 5th, starting at 7:00pm (PST). Join the world’s most daring and disruptive innovators presenting their greatest ambitions and projects in the spotlight of the Silicon Valley underground. Swarm is a decentralized “Bitcoin 2.0″ crowdfunding platform which raised one million USD in an exchange of Bitcoin for its own currency last July. The goal of Swarm is to support funding of innovative projects through decentralized means, rather than using traditional centralized funding models. This Demo Day marks the selection of the first five projects and the launch of each of their own crowdsales via the Swarm network. The live stream of […]

Justcoin’s founders have reported to CCN that over 96% of users have withdrawn their fiat and cryptocurrency. These include Ripple and Stellar amounts previously taken in a hack earlier this year. Since the announcement of their closure, Justcoin’s support staff has been working double time to manually process all withdrawals. The confirmations of successful withdrawals have […]

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Justcoin’s founders have reported to CCN that over 96% of users have withdrawn their fiat and cryptocurrency. These include Ripple and Stellar amounts previously taken in a hack earlier this year. Since the announcement of their closure, Justcoin’s support staff has been working double time to manually process all withdrawals. The confirmations of successful withdrawals have […]

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Bitcoin Press Release: In a world first, the NXT Film Project is raising funding for its Hollywood-grade cyber thriller film via the NXT Asset Exchange: an emerging cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform. Loosely based on real life events, the NXT Film Project is an edgy cyber thriller that deftly narrates cyberbullying conducted using web-based communication technology. The plot showcases emerging cryptocurrencies and communities, how they are disruptive to established institutions, and how technology can be used with either good or evil intent. NXT Film Project is managed by three cryptocurrency enthusiasts who are committed to seeing the project succeed and reach it’s full potential. The NXT Film Project aims to first, educate the lay person about cryptotechnologies by contextually demonstrating the technology’s efficacy and utility via […]

Bitcoin Press Release: In a world first, the NXT Film Project is raising funding for its Hollywood-grade cyber thriller film via the NXT Asset Exchange: an emerging cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform. Loosely based on real life events, the NXT Film Project is an edgy cyber thriller that deftly narrates cyberbullying conducted using web-based communication technology. The plot showcases emerging cryptocurrencies and communities, how they are disruptive to established institutions, and how technology can be used with either good or evil intent. NXT Film Project is managed by three cryptocurrency enthusiasts who are committed to seeing the project succeed and reach it’s full potential. The NXT Film Project aims to first, educate the lay person about cryptotechnologies by contextually demonstrating the technology’s efficacy and utility via […]

Bitcoin Press Release: With $530 000 HKD of matching seed capital from Asian tech incubator Cyberport: Bitspark’s recently launched Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in open Beta features open source code, cryptographically verifiable audits and a commitment to transparency. Hong Kong based Bitcoin company Bitspark Limited has announced the launch of its public Beta Bitcoin and cryptocurrency Exchange. Bitspark provides the ability for customers to trade multiple cryptocurrencies in a secure, mobile friendly and easy to use environment. Bitspark’s Exchange utilizes open source code, auditable reserves, support of many alt-coins and an intuitive API. Bitspark’s commitment to trust and transparency is underscored by their open codebase, cryptographically verifiable audits and backing of one of Asia’s largest tech incubators: the Cyberport. Bitspark has been refining the […]

Bitcoin Press Release: Netherlands based Bitcoin payment company BitSend has developed disruptive social cryptocurrency Checkcoin; geared to social media users who “check-in” at locations worldwide. “Checking in” at locations using social media throughout the day is a worldwide phenomenon, and several cryptocurrency enthusiasts in The Netherlands have created new cryptocurrency Checkcoin (CKC) targeting this trend. BitSend, the company behind Checkcoin specializes in Bitcoin payment processing solutions and making cryptocurrencies accessible to ordinary people worldwide. Over the last year the BitSend team has helped many merchants and businesses embrace cryptocurrency using both hardware and software Bitcoin payment solutions. Like other cryptocurrencies, Checkcoin is a blockchain based medium of exchange that is electronically created and stored. Checkcoin however has many more features: using Checkcoin Mobile users are […]

Press Release: Interim Goal for Umbrella-LTC Price Point is 1:1 with Litecoin. Umbrella continues to make headway in the cryptocurrency space. Fresh off the release of their roadmap, Umbrella expands its insurance fund to cover Litecoin losses, an industry first. Originally designed as an insured cryptocurrency to be mined alongside Litecoin using merged-mining (AuxPOW), Umbrella now looks to insure Litecoin. The Litecoin insurance beta opens in November to Umbrella members. Umbrella members are anyone holding 1 BTC worth of Umbrella-LTC (ULTC), board members included. To insure Litecoin, simply purchase and hold a predetermined amount of Umbrella-LTC based on the amount of Litecoin being insured (see calculator). Umbrella-LTC purchase date must precede claim date. Claims can only be made against Umbrella certified exchanges […]

Press Release: Interim Goal for Umbrella-LTC Price Point is 1:1 with Litecoin. Umbrella continues to make headway in the cryptocurrency space. Fresh off the release of their roadmap, Umbrella expands its insurance fund to cover Litecoin losses, an industry first. Originally designed as an insured cryptocurrency to be mined alongside Litecoin using merged-mining (AuxPOW), Umbrella now looks to insure Litecoin. The Litecoin insurance beta opens in November to Umbrella members. Umbrella members are anyone holding 1 BTC worth of Umbrella-LTC (ULTC), board members included. To insure Litecoin, simply purchase and hold a predetermined amount of Umbrella-LTC based on the amount of Litecoin being insured (see calculator). Umbrella-LTC purchase date must precede claim date. Claims can only be made against Umbrella certified exchanges […]

The FTC has secured the authority to begin converting Butterfly Labs’ bitcoin holdings into cash reserves.

 In the latest move to bring bitcoin payments to the masses, BitPay is launching a new point-of-sale app, Bitcoin Checkout, for in-store payments. Read More

CFTC commissioner Mark Wetjen has spoken out in favour of flexible bitcoin regulation in the derivatives space and beyond.

I met Lisa at Porcfest this year and she seemed like a great person who loved Bitcoin. It wasn’t until we recently chatted that I started seeing her name pop up everywhere, advising certain next generation projects and writing a slew of whitepapers. This is why I’ve dubbed her the Bitcoin Wonder Woman. The questions literally leap between each of the projects she’s involved in so bear with me. She’s currently involved in Gems, Coinkite, and FACTOM, and advises a few other Bitcoin projects. Ruben Alexander: What are your goals when writing a whitepaper? Lisa Cheng: When writing a whitepaper, we seek to highlight the technical validities of the entire project and we do that by looking for the answers […]

Payroll service provider Bitwage has announced a service that allows anyone to receive part of their wages in bitcoin.

Sir Richard Branson has been in the news quite a bit lately, for all of the wrong reasons. His Virgin Galactic company suffered a major setback in their quest to send common (rich) folks into space, when their Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft crashed during testing in the Mojave Desert, killing one of the pilots. Never […]

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The camera pulls into focus; an audible wave of laughter ripples through the audience. In front of the camera is Edward Snowden, the man behind last year's NSA leaks. The reason for the laughter? The on-screen imagery belongs to the same interview...

While on the web not too long ago, I found a website called Wheel of Doge. It’s a Dogecoin betting game. I had some extra Dogecoin lying around, so I decided to give it a shot. Why not? The first thing I noticed on the website was that the user interface was visually appealing, colorful, and engaging – It drew me in. After quickly getting the hang of the game, the adventure began. What ensued was a roller coaster of wins and losses, but and overall exhilarating experience. Click. Spin. Win Doge. Click Spin. Lose Doge. :[ Click Spin. Win Again. After every click, happy barks and sad whimpers were emitted from my computer speaker. The happy barks made me […]

BitCasino launched a new automated Bitcoin blackjack game. Blackjack is one of the easiest traditional casino games to understand. To play, you count your card values dealt and try to stay as close to 21 as possible without going over. If you’re not interested in playing for cash, you can play just for the fun […]

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Darkcoin, bitcoin's more anonymous cousin, is increasingly being used for online drug deals. Ironically, this could actually help take it mainstream.

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Bitcoin Price Arbitrage Bitcoin Price Analysis Summary Comments Bitcoin Price Arbitrage Many thanks to all the readers, supporters and cynics alike, who had responded to Sunday’s article about manipulation in the exchanges. It’s only by kicking the hornet’s nest that discussion about the many uncomfortable truths about centralization and opaque trusted third parties can begin. […]

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Global Bitcoin mining equipment company KnC Miner announced in a press release that they will grow their business with a 20 MW datacenter in Boden, in The Node Pole region near the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The investment – called Boden 2 – bring their site to a total of 30 MW and 15 000 […]

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In a press release sent out today eGifter, a social and mobile gifting company, announces its expansion into the European Market by adding Amazon.fr, Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk Gift Cards to its offerings. The new offering will allow European consumers to purchase these cards with Bitcoin, which is very good news as the real Bitcoin economy […]

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You can find absolutely anything on the internet, and services that send poop on your behalf to people who've incurred your hatred are old news. This new startup called ShitExpress, however, offers something its older rivals can't: the ability to...

GAWMiners explosive growth over the past nine months has taken the mining industry down an interesting road. The next step in that road is the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) that is part of HashBase and Project Prime. HashBase has been teased to the Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency space for a month now with details emerging in […]

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BitX, which aims to bring advanced bitcoin services to emerging markets, has opened its latest exchange in Malaysia.

Following in the footsteps of regulation practices like BitLicense out of New York, the UK Treasury is seeking advice from members of the Bitcoin community to help further their understanding on regulation. According to The Guardian, the Treasury is asking for information from law enforcement agencies, financial regulators along with the general public and “FinTech” […]

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Today, Trucoin announced that they have added over two dozen states to their platform where you can now purchase bitcoin with a credit card. After three months of beta testing earlier this year, Trucoin is opening it’s services to 27 states within the USA and will be adding more soon. Customers in these states can purchase bitcoin […]

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