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Delta Financial has announced it will “cease current services” on 30th January, including its notable interest-bearing bitcoin accounts.

By combining hacked cellphones and 3D-printed casings, a German startup has developed a working bitcoin point-of-sales terminal called PEY.

The Russian Bitcoin Ban is still incoming, so it seems. Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has finally acted on a court order from 2014. Russia is currently blocking access to several (seven at last count) Bitcoin-related sites. These websites have been blocked because Bitcoin contributes to the growth of the shadow economy.” Some feel that this is […]

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CoinDesk assesses the potential impact of Bitstamp's recent $5m hack on its business and wider market perception.

New bitcoin advocacy centres in South Korea and Japan aim to enlighten both enthusiasts and the general public about the digital currency.

With his trademark aplomb, the storied venture capitalist Tim Draper is revolutionizing higher education. His new Draper University of Heroes, a Silicon Valley-based startup college, is turning traditional education on its head. Instead of history, students learn the future. Instead of conventional economics, they learn about Bitcoin. And instead of success, they are taught how to fail.

Following on from yesterday's announcement of the fashion focused mid-range Galaxy A7, Samsung appears set to release another smartphone. With wallpapers and firmware available online, it looks like the next handset from the South Korean company will be the Samsung Galaxy J1.

Bitcoin Price has dropped to a new decline low in a fierce sell-off across exchanges. During the overlap of the late US and early Asian trading session price began falling from levels in the high $260s (1,670 CNY) to the low $250s (1,508 CNY) within an hour. At the time of writing the average USD […]

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Russia’s media watchdog has blocked access to a few bitcoin-related sites, citing a court order from 30th September.

xbt.social provides novice, intermediate and experienced market traders with the opportunity to hone their skills in a collaborative analysis and trading environment. CCN looks at what the service offers and why it is unique, not only in the Bitcoin domain, but for trading education and collaboration in general. xbt.social Bitcoin Trading and Analysis xbt.social is […]

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Credit cards are the easiest way to buy bitcoins, but exchanges that don't handle them properly can be hit by chargebacks. What can they do?

The bitcoin price has broken the $250 mark and appears to be headed lower, as sell orders pile up at exchanges.

Following the tour de force made by an Ukranian startup that converted thousands of regular ATM into Bitcoin ATMs, a Spanish startup used the same procedure to convert 10,000 ATM across Spain. Smart-Thinking One wise entrepreneur once said: “Why should we reinvent the wheel?” This consideration is fully integrated in Bit2Me‘s culture, so that they […]

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2014 will be the year flooded with the tears of speculators. Falling prices this past year have lead to many theories regarding price. One of the most recent is a rehash of the very old – Any service like BitPay crashes bitcoins’ price. Founded in 2011, BitPay is the leading payment service provider (PSP) specializing […]

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Bitcoin investment company Delta Financial, which was offering financial services such as interest accounts and trading products, announced today the termination of its operations. This announcement comes a few days only after the closure of another bitcoin startup, Vault of Satoshi. Also read: Vault of Satoshi Makes Cold Wallets Public Too Optimistic Goals? Designed to […]

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In an unprecedented move, Bitrush is giving away a limited supply of free Bitcoins. By simply creating an account with bitrush (a simple one-click process), users are provided with the computing power to mint their own Bitcoins. Since its debut, Bitrush has proven itself more than worthy of the hype surrounding this fresh, new company. […]

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Entrepreneur, Ricardo Ferrer Rivero has developed a working prototype of a 3D-printed Bitcoin payment terminal called PEY. The PEY terminal uses iBeacon technology, so that users who have the PEY app installed on their phone, will receive a push notification informing them that a local retailer accepts Bitcoin payments. Rivero’s inspiration behind creating PEY was […]

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Here at CryptoCoinsNews we have been following the story of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged leader and criminal mastermind behind Bitcoin-dependent website Silk Road. The website was taken down by federal authorities in 2013, and Ulbricht arrested. The trial is set to begin this week, and the evidence against him has long since been released. Now, the […]

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Bit2Me has launched an app that will enable users across Spain to convert bitcoin into euros at over 10,000 ATMs.