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An executive in Australia has been reportedly victimized by online hackers after the company they work for was pressured into paying a bitcoin ransom.

Have you always been curious about how messages can be imprinted on the block chain, and what it can be used for, and how it can be easily done? It is now possible for anyone to do it for a relatively small sum of money (0.1BTC, around $23 at current rates.) In return, a message […]

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The combination of upside regular divergence followed by an instance of reverse divergence to the downside, has the effect of continuing a trend. Once we see the reverse divergence fail to manifest while the Bitcoin price makes a new high accompanied by regular divergence – that is usually the sign that a high has been […]

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ShapeShift.io, a well-known digital currency exchange, has just announced that the trading platform is available on the IOS app store, making it the first mobile exchange app ever permitted on the app store. Along with Apple’s announcement of iOS 9, users will be able to trade bitcoin with monero, counterparty, dash, and other altcoins from their phones. “Since inception, ShapeShift has changed what is expected of altcoin exchanges,” said ShapeShift.io Founder and CEO Erik Voorhees in a press release. “Having a presence on mobile is a crucial step in our roadmap for delivering the most frictionless experience possible while working at the speed of digital currency.” “Shapeshift mobile iOS app is the next step towards instant accessibility of crypto – no […]

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ShapeShift.io, a well-known digital currency exchange, has just announced that the trading platform is available on the IOS app store, making it the first mobile exchange app ever permitted on the app store. Along with Apple’s announcement of iOS 9, users will be able to trade bitcoin with monero, counterparty, dash, and other altcoins from their phones. “Since inception, ShapeShift has changed what is expected of altcoin exchanges,” said ShapeShift.io Founder and CEO Erik Voorhees in a press release. “Having a presence on mobile is a crucial step in our roadmap for delivering the most frictionless experience possible while working at the speed of digital currency.” “Shapeshift mobile iOS app is the next step towards instant accessibility of crypto – no […]

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Bitcoin Press Release: With 350 tickets already sold, Alt Convention features Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jon Matonis, and many more big names in Bitcoin, finance and government sectors as speakers. Alt Convention is geared towards anyone with an interest in emerging financial technologies, with discounted early bird tickets and substantial sponsorship opportunities available. Alt Convention, a three-day business, finance, and technology conference focusing on FinTech innovation will be held from October 8-10, 2015, in the beautiful resort city of Batumi, Georgia. Ranked 15th out of 189 countries for ease of doing business, Georgia boasts a stable, growing economy with forward-thinking leadership, in the heart of an emerging market that is rapidly becoming a hub for developers and entrepreneurs. “Because of our […]

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Smart contracts platform Symbiont has closed a $1.25m seed funding round.  The company – which plans to issue smart securities on bitcoin's blockchain later this year – received funds from investors including Duncan Niederauer, former CEO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Matt Andresen, fomer co-CEO of Citadel Derivatives Group. Mark Smith, CEO of Symbiont, said […]

The authors of the much-discussed Bitcoin Sidechains paper “Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains,” released in October, formed the company Blockstream to implement sidechains and accelerate innovation in digital currencies. In November, Blockstream closed a $21 million seed funding round with nearly 40 high-profile investors. The Bitcoin Sidechains paper envisages an ecosystem of “sidechains” separate from the main Bitcoin blockchain but interoperable with it by means of two-way pegs, allowing for the transfer of assets between sidechains and the main blockchain. A sidechain can implement changes from Bitcoin Core, for example, more powerful scripting features or more watertight privacy. According to Blockstream, sidechains enable innovators to safely develop new applications without jeopardizing Bitcoin’s core code and putting billions of dollars […]

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Bitcoin Press Release: With 350 tickets already sold, Alt Convention features Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Jon Matonis, and many more big names in Bitcoin, finance and government sectors as speakers. Alt Convention is geared towards anyone with an interest in emerging financial technologies, with discounted early bird tickets and substantial sponsorship opportunities available. Alt Convention, a […]

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Tel Aviv, a city of about 400,000 residents in the heart of Israel, is considered one of the leading cities in the world in Bitcoin adoption. For new bitcoiners, Tel Aviv is like a dream come true; it has everything you need to get started with the digital currency. For starters, the Israeli Facebook Group “Israeli Bitcoin” has more than 4,500 members. The group is extremely active and friendly to newcomers. Also, for those who wish to hear an active stream of lectures about the Bitcoin ecosystem there is the Israeli Bitcoin Meetup Group. The group gets together roughly twice a month inside the Google Campus on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. The group has more than 1,800 members, and […]

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Self-described "political ideologue” Eric Voorhees was one of Bitcoin’s earliest adopters back in 2011. Three years and a couple Bitcoin startups later, the entrepreneur found himself frustrated with the thought of wasting an entire afternoon setting up an account on a Bitcoin exchange to buy cryptocurrency. To make the process easier, he founded instant crypto exchange platform ShapeShift.io in 2014 under a pseudonym. With Tuesday's launch of ShapeShift’s iOS app—the first iOS cryptocurrency trading app in the App Store—users can now exchange Bitcoin and 34 other digital currencies with just a tap of their iPhones.

ShapeShift.io, the much buzzed about cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency exchange founded by early Bitcoin adopter Erik Vorhees, has released an app into the Apple’s app store. The ShapeShift app will allow users to seamlessly transact in multiple cryptocurrencies. In a phone interview with CCN, Vorhees said that a simple use case might be someone that wants to pay […]

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Two of Australia's 'big four' banks, Westpac Banking Corporation and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, are experimenting with peer-to-peer transfers on the Ripple protocol. The news, revealed by The Australian Financial Review, follows last month's announcement that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) – another 'big four' rival – is trialling the tech for transfers between […]

Blockstream has been working on projects to extend Bitcoin for quite some time. It is one of a few such companies that believe that the block chain, and Bitcoin more generally, can be extended beyond its current abilities, and that experiments can take place which later on could benefit Bitcoin itself. One of its long-awaited […]

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At today’s funeral proceedings, we are here to here to mourn the passing of a not-so-new technological program. In history’s wake, here lies the centralized carcass of Apple Pay, the establishment’s last gasp attempt to head off “The Future of Money”, Bitcoin, as the next-generation of payment technology. Would anyone like to say a few […]

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Blockstream has announced the release of the first open source code for sidechains, its signature project aimed at bitcoin scalability issues.

Bitcoin Press Release: Established online gambling review platform ‘Bitcoin Gambling Guide’ recently published review number 400,  providing Bitcoin oriented players worldwide with tips for the best and safest online gaming experience. Since launch 2 years ago online review hub ‘Bitcoin Gambling Guide’ has published more than 400 insightful reviews. Bitcoin Gambling Guide is now the most comprehensive source of information in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency gambling industry.  Bitcoin Gambling Guide found market success by providing a bridge between the internet Gaming industry and Bitcoin. The platform strives to aid the inevitable rise of Bitcoin gambling in the mainstream market by offering an extensive and professional service. Bitcoin Gambling Guide offers extensive brand reviews, and exclusive interviews with Bitcoin gambling pioneers and […]

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Bitcoin Press Release: MBit casino launches a lucrative VIP program and expands its offerings for Bitcoin gamers worldwide. Already one of the biggest Bitcoin casinos in the world, mBit has announced its plans to continue its aggressive expansion in the online casino world with a redesigned VIP program, new games and the addition of a sportsbook. The new VIP program is set to become a very lucrative one. Regular players will be rewarded with prizes such as MacBooks, new Bose headsets, Bitcoin hardware wallets, GoPro 4 Silvers, and even an all-expenses paid holiday to the Maldives. Players will be informed when they qualify as a VIP and will receive bi-weekly updates on their VIP status from a VIP hostess who […]

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