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Bitcoin derivatives startup Hedgy has raised $1.2m in new seed funding from a group of investors that includes VC Tim Draper.

Hedgy, Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based, Boost VC-accelerated startup, has launched a block chain-enabled, over-the-counter hedging product for commercial bitcoin miners. MegaBigPower, a Wenatchee, Wash.-based bitcoin miner, and Crypto Facilities, a London-based derivatives broker, will offer a smart contract for hedging bitcoin mining proceeds at a fixed price for delivery on a future date. In […]

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Bitcoin price is slowly advancing after hitting $235 and 1440 CNY in an xbt.social forecasted breakout. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 14h18 UTC Bitfinex […]

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Global payments giant Western Union is keeping quiet about its rumored plans to tap distributed ledger technology.

Bruce Fenton, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, presented to the wider public the slides and information that he was presenting at Inside Bitcoins NYC. The slides provide and reinforce information about what the Bitcoin Foundation is and what control they have over Bitcoin. Bruce Fenton: Inside Bitcoins NYC is going on now and I […]

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The Chamber of Digital Commerce will hold a two-day anti-money laundering (AML) compliance boot camp for bankers, regulators and digital currency companies. The event will be in New York City from April 30 to May 1, with an optional workshop on May 2. The topic of compliance and regulations is a tough one for Bitcoin companies. AML Know-Your-Customer and OFAC regulations are difficult for large and established companies, as seen recently when PayPal was fined $7 million by the U.S. Treasury Department for processing illegal transactions from blacklisted persons. According to the president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Perianne Boring, AML can be one of the most complex and difficult laws to be compliant with. And for a startup […]

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Bitcoin exchange CEX.IO has expanded its operations to the US enabling customers in 23 states to deposit and withdraw fiat currency.

Circle wants to get everyone, including non-geeks, using bitcoin. To get them on board, it's now dealing in dollars as well as digital currency.

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Bitcoin brokerage Circle Internet Financial Inc said it closed a $50 million investment round led by Goldman Sachs and IDG Capital Partners.

XBT Provider AB announced today the authorization of Bitcoin Tracker One, the first bitcoin-based security available on a regulated exchange, Bloomberg reports. Bitcoin Tracker One is an “Exchange Traded Note” (ETN) designed to provide investors with convenient access to the returns of the underlying asset, U.S. dollar (USD) per bitcoin, less investor fees. Bitcoin Tracker One is authorized by Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, and will be admitted to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. The average dollar exchange rate of bitcoin from the most liquid exchanges provides the underlying reference price. The first day of trading is expected to be May 18th, 2015. “We are proud to offer the world’s first “Bitcoin tracker” to be traded on a regulated exchange,” said Alexander […]

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Named after an ancient Roman Goddess, MonetaGo is looking to provide liquidity to Bitcoin exchanges in 35 countries around the world, with the goal to expand to 50 by the end of the year. “We want to be the umbrella to the other exchanges,” Margaux Avedisian, co-founder and business development officer, told Bitcoin Magazine at Inside Bitcoins New York. Whereas other exchanges launch in one country and look to sign up consumer traders, MonetaGo aims to connect all of these exchanges together to increase liquidity for them all. Further, MonetaGo allows trades to be settled in multiple currencies. This is possible because the company is built using the AlphaPoint trading platform, a company that Avedisian launched in 2013. Jesse Chenard, CEO […]

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Fidor Bank, the innovative German bank that is bringing Bitcoin and digital fintech to mainstream banking, is now operating in Great Britain. Fidor Bank, one of the world’s most innovative banks disrupting the traditional banking sector, has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a “Global Growth Company.” Founded in Germany in 2009, Fidor Bank offers a new approach to financial services. “Traditional banks do not reflect their customers’ needs in the digital age,” notes the Fidor Bank UK website. “Customer requirements are not being met by traditional banks because of lack of innovation, increasing the distance between banks and their customers.” A key feature of Fidor Bank is its community site, where users and representatives of the bank […]

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Goldman Sachs is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon.

The New York Times reports that Goldman "struck a partnership with a major Chinese investment firm, IDG Capital Partners, to lead a $50 million investment into Circle Internet Financial, a start-up that aims to use the technology underlying Bitcoin to improve consumer payments."

Indeed, the future of Bitcoin does seem to be the technology which allows people to make digital payments instantly anywhere in the world, rather than the currency itself.

Here's more from the Times: 

The founders of Circle are aiming to use Bitcoin to move into the burgeoning industry of peer-to-peer payments. The industry is currently led by companies like Venmo, a PayPal-owned application that allows friends to quickly send one another money rather than using a check or a bank transfer, which can take days to go through.

While Circle will, in the near future, offer much the same services as Venmo — including free, instant money transfers — the company hopes that Bitcoin will allow it to move money with same ease across international borders, something Venmo cannot do.

And as long as payments are instantly converted to and from fiat currency, there's very little exposure to Bitcoin's notorious volatility. 

SEE ALSO: Bitcoin is starting to march toward the mainstream

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Credit unions may one day find some of their core functions replicated by bitcoin, a new report suggests.

It has always been a source of immense pride for me to have been part of the group of conference participants who were there at the initial launch of M-Pesa, back in 2006. Indeed, when I look at what M-Pesa has been able to do in the financial and technological sectors in Kenya, and then […]

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Dutch-based Bitcoin exchange CleverCoin has recently introduced a new feature to its platform, whereby users can now make a 10% down payment when buying Bitcoin. Over the next 48 hours, they have the opportunity to either complete the order or cancel it. Effectively, this could reduce buyer’s remorse in chaotic markets. The feature also works […]

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Bitcoin Foundation director Bruce Fenton has proposed removing all of the organisation's founding members, including bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Circle, the Bitcoin wallet and exchange service provider which has taken aim at Coinbase’s market in recent months, has closed a $50 million funding round with investment bank Goldman Sachs in the lead. Goldman Sachs has made statements very positive to Bitcoin in recent months, and so this funding round is no surprise. Last month, […]

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The Bitcoin Embassy and McGill Cryptocurrency Club, the official hub for cryptocurrency at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, have done a very cool thing, as can be seen in this video: Promoting Bitcoin and educating the public for nearly two years now, The Bitcoin Embassy team has made it their mission to put bitcoins in […]

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 Circle, the Bitcoin startup that veteran entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire started, just raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs and IDG Capital Partners. It’s another sign that the finance industry’s most powerful players are starting to take the crypto-currency and its ecosystem seriously. All of Circle’s existing investors including Breyer Capital, General Catalyst Partners,… Read More