CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST A Swedish startup called Bitrefill offers a service that lets users buy mobile-phone credit in 113 countries with bitcoin. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The Finnish Central Board (CBT) of taxes today declared that exchanges were providing “banking services.” The commission rates charged by exchanges were, therefore, in accordance with the EU VAT Directive, exempt from VAT (Value Added Tax). EU Directives, such as the VAT Directive, specify certain goals to be achieved by member states. The member states […] The post Finland Rules Bitcoin Services as VAT Exempt appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Western Union Chief Information Officer John “David” Thompson was interviewed by Coindesk this week and made some very revealing comments about Bitcoin, and its future in global monetary transfer. Many know Western Union as the world’s largest personal monetary transfer corporation, founded way back in 1851. Operating in 220 countries worldwide, it generated almost $800M […] The post Western Union Exec: Bitcoin Doesn’t Add Value appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The Imperial College of Business London and Entrepreneurs First – a pre-seed investment programme – recently launched a competition that is designed to encourage innovation in the field of Blockchain technology. The competition is seeking entrants from a range of different departments including, business, computing, engineering and mathematics. The prizes: £3,000 for the best project, […] The post Imperial College London Bitcoin Prize Fund appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST In an excerpt from 'Bitcoin and the Future of Money', author Jose Pagliery looks at the advantages and use cases of bitcoin for micropayments. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Yishan Wong, the previous CEO of Reddit, resigned from his position following two and a half years of work. Shortly following the announcement, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian returned to the company as executive chairman. While Wong steered Reddit through a strong growth period, he ran into a few bumps along the way recently. After Reddit […] The post Anti-Bitcoin Reddit CEO Resigns; Pro-Bitcoin Founder Returns appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST FYB-SE, a Sweden-based Bitcoin exchange, recently reported that its bank has unilaterally decided to close their business account and withdraw their cooperation. The bank has taken this action despite the exchange having followed all relevant anti-laundering and “know-your-customer” regulations. FYB-SE has been in operation for the past 16 months. The bank is shutting down their […] The post Swedish Banks Blowing Hot and Cold on Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST When I arrived at the Swarm Love Nest, the first person to greet me was Eric Smalls. Eric is a thin, short fellow who is in his third year at Stanford. I asked him about his autonomous drones project, called MANNA, and he immediately showed me YouTube videos of LEGO NXT robots he programmed that used sonar to escape maze. He showed me another video where the same robot beamed instructions to another robot so they could quickly make it through the same maze. He followed these videos with another video where he is standing shirtless in an open field with a quadcopter executing a program that transmitted GPS waypoints via the internet from his laptop. On demo day, Eric was one of […] |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Timothy Draper, co-founder of VC firm DFJ, is putting more money into the Bitcoin ecosystem, reportedly. Coming across the wire today by way of Re/code is news that Coinbase is in the midst of a new round of fundraising. According to sources close to the deal, Coinbase is expected to take in between $40 million […] The post Coinbase Rumored To Be Raising Up to $60 Million Led By Timothy Draper’s DFJ appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
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CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The Openname protocol was built by Onename and allows users to create an identity, verify it, and use it across the internet. The service acts like a digital passport and allows people to easily send Bitcoin to users of Openname. Onename has announced super decentralization of the Onename protocol by giving up their monopoly on […] The post Onename Goes Super Opensource and Decentralized with $1.5 Million Funding appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The XCP price surged after Counterparty announced they recreated Ethereum on the Bitcoin-based Counterparty platform. Despite tapering off a bit following the rise, the XCP price still increased more than 60% in the past week. Also Read: Ethereum Cloning: Ethereum Comments, Counterparty Responds XCP Price Ignites after Counterparty Announces Ethereum Clone Earlier this week, Bitcoin […] The post XCP Price Ignites after Counterparty Announces Ethereum Clone appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |