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This episode features Josh Cincinnati, the developer advocate for BlockCypher, a block chain solutions firm. BlockCypher serves ShapeShift.io and their "Confidence Factor" is the reason that ShapeShift is able to process transactions with as little as zero confirmations. Recently this backfired, but Cincinnati says this is to be expected -- it is mitigation, not elimination. Also featured is "Service Man" by the Classy Motherfu?kers from the Coachella Valley, a country rock outfit from California. Please enjoy.

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The Canadian Revenue Agency recently stated in section 233.3 of the Income Tax Act that bitcoin and other digital currencies are considered “specific foreign properties” and are to be treated as foreign funds or intangible properties. The rules of the Income Tax Act document states that foreign properties including bitcoin that exceeds the value of $100,000 CDN should be reported with a tax form called T11135 to notify the amount of bitcoin held by an individual or an organization. In the Canadian Revenue Agency Document No. 2014-0561061E5 “Specified Foreign Property,” the CRA states that digital currencies including bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are considered as foreign funds if they are held or deposited outside of Canada and if they are not […]

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Wallace Young, the director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, has published an article suggesting community banks should be cautious about Bitcoin firms and consumers. He also pointed out the digital currency’s pros and cons. “Caution is appropriate,” Young said. “Bankers should carefully weigh the pros and cons of extending any loan secured by bitcoins or other virtual currencies (in whole or in part), or where the source of loan repayment is in some way dependent on the virtual currency.” Throughout the article, Young notes the potential risks of bitcoin, including credit, compliance, reputational and operational risks for businesses and consumers treating bitcoin as assets and as collateral. Specifically, Young emphasizes the “need” to monitor and control virtual […]

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France’s biggest bank BNP Paribas is reportedly planning to add bitcoin to one of its currency funds, a source at the bank told International Business Times UK. The unnamed source said that BNP Paribas has been doing “beta testing” involving crypotocurrency, and the official announcement could come in the next couple of weeks. BNP Paribas has not yet responded to requests for comments. BNP Paribas, headquartered in Paris, was formed through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas in 2000. It’s one of the largest banks in the world. Based on 2012 information BNP Paribas was ranked as the third-largest bank in the world, as measured by total assets, by Bloomberg and Forbes. In November, writing on […]

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This week saw the media playing a role in the ongoing rebranding of some of bitcoin's core use cases under the term "blockchain technology".

In this year's second quarterly report, Australian firm DigitalBTC says that it has put up $1.2 million in losses, bringing the total losses for the year to $2,744,000. Despite this, the company has purchased a total of over $29.6 million in bitcoins this year, with $10,116,000 of that being in this quarter. The bitcoins are designated for digitalX Direct, the company's "flagship product" which launched at the end of last year. DigitalX Direct's purpose is to provide liquidity to institutional users, such as merchants and Bitcoin sellers. Previously much of their customer base had been Bitcoin trading companies. The company […]

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Bitcoin continues to push deeper into mainstream currency trading with BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank. The bank is testing bitcoin for one of its currency funds, according to International Business Times UK. A source at BNP Paribas told IBTimes UK the bank has been "beta testing" crypotocurrency with one of the bank's currency funds in Paris and will make an announcement about it shortly. Spokesperson Cites Block Chain Technology "We are looking at blockchain technology and how it can be applied to post trade processes to make things faster and potentially cheaper but it's all very much projects and it's […]

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Australian cryptocurrency firm DigitalBTC bought $10.1m worth of bitcoin in Q2 of this year, the company's latest quarterly report reveals.

On June 21, 2015, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of Winklevoss Capital, filed an application with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on behalf of Gemini Trust Company, LLC, which will operate as a New York Limited Liability Trust Company. According to a spokesperson, the Gemini exchange will be open to the general public as well as institutional investors once a Certificate of Authorization is issued by the NYDFS. This trust company structure is the same one used by NY-based bitcoin exchange itBit, which received its Certificate of Authorization on May 6th, 2015 from Ben Lawskey, Superintendent of the NYDFS. According to the NYDFS, itBit applied for a charter in February 2015, which initiated a rigorous review of the company’s […]

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This week, the first documented Bitcoin transaction in Cuba was put in the history books. Although people have been visiting Cuba since the advent of Bitcoin, this is the first public transaction, considered significant in large part because of recent changes that swept the tiny island nation off the U.S. coast. Washington D.C. and Cuba have opened up relations in recent months after the formal restoration of diplomacy. Five decades long the United States and Cuba spent devoid of the benefits of working together. The Obama Administration liberalized economic life for Cubans on the island, and Cuban-Americans, with many recent […]

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Jeremie Miller has been working on Telehash for approximately five years, mostly as a research project into distributed hash tables and other problems like how to connect people peer-to-peer. In its most recent version, Telehash utilizes the strongest cryptographic protocols to ensure its user’s privacy.

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Bitcoin price has been drawing sideways in a narrowing range for over a week. The market will soon become frustrated with its inability to make new highs or lows, and this is the perfect setup for a strong directional move. 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: 04h52 UTC Bitstamp 1-Hour Chart From the analysis pages of xbt.social, earlier today: Price is currently beneath both the 20MA and 200MA in the […]

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By Wayne Cole

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Activity in China's factory sector seemingly contracted at the fastest pace in 15 months in July, a preliminary private survey showed on Friday in a blow undercutting recent signs of stabilization in the struggling economy.

The news came as Beijing announced it would allow its yuan currency to fluctuate more widely within its trading band as a way to support the trade sector.

Fears of faltering demand in the world's largest commodity buyer piled further pressure on resource prices, sending gold to a five-year low and copper to a six-year trough.

It also added to the woes of emerging market nations already struggling with the risk of a rise in U.S. interest rates later this year.

The flash Caixin/Markit China Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 48.2, the lowest reading since April last year and the fifth straight month under 50, the level which the survey-makers say separates contraction from expansion. According to government data, industrial output is still rising.

The drop confounded forecasts for a rise to 49.7, from June's final reading of 49.4, and slugged the Australian dollar to a six-year low .

China is Australia's biggest export market and investors use the currency as a liquid proxy for risk in the Asian giant.

The survey of executives in over 420 Chinese manufacturing firms found output, new orders and export orders all decreased.

"Today, it's big, bad news with this number well below consensus," said analyst Helen Lau of Argonaut Securities in Hong Kong. "It shows there's no signs of recovery in small and mid-sized business in China, but I think it's also related to the summer weak season for demand."

The China survey overshadowed better new from Japan where the flash Markit/Nikkei PMI rose to a seasonally adjusted 51.4 in July, from a final 50.1 in June, a welcome hint of economic acceleration after a surprise slowdown last quarter.

Notably, new orders in Japan pushed into positive territory which might help explain recent data showing firms are becoming more confident about increasing capital spending.

Yet the survey also found a slowdown in export orders, a trend that is bedevilling Asia and emerging markets generally.

EMERGING STRAINS

Expectations of a U.S. rate rise this year have already dented investor appetite for high-yielding but risky emerging market assets. The latest Reuters poll found a majority of analysts now believe the Federal Reserve will hike in September.

The ripples are being felt far and wide. Aberdeen Asset Management on Thursday reported investors withdrew almost 10 billion pounds ($15.6 billion) over the past three months to cut exposure to Asia and emerging market equities.

The closely-watched MSCI emerging market index <.MSCIEF> has fallen 13 percent since late April as commodity prices entered a new bear phase. In the same period, the Thomson Reuters CRB index of commodities <.TRJCRB> has shed 10 percent to within a whisker of its lowest since 2009.

Earlier in the week, Goldman Sachs slashed its outlook for copper prices citing expectations of lower Chinese demand and expanding supply.

The combination of weak resource prices and a strong U.S. dollar is proving a headache for policymakers.

South Africa's Reserve Bank on Thursday raised rates for the first time in a year in an attempt to head off inflationary pressure from a falling rand.

"The rand remains vulnerable to global market reaction to U.S. monetary policy normalization," warned Governor Lesetja Kganyago, adding that Fed tightening would likely trigger an "exchange rate-inflation spiral".

(Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Richard Borsuk)

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Nasdaq was the first fully electronic stock exchange, launching in 1971. Other exchanges still required traders to turn in slips of paper, which wouldn't only be a hassle, but also inefficient with a lot of room for error. Fast-forward 44 years, and Nasdaq is looking at becoming the first stock exchange to use the block chain, the decentralized ledger at the heart of Bitcoin and most, if not all, cryptocurrencies. Last month, Nasdaq announced it had partnered with Chain, a block chain services provider, to facilitate the efficient issuance and transfer of shares in privately-held companies. A somewhat smaller part […]

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Nocks, an Amsterdam-based payment platform for bitcoin, has launched a browser extension called Nocks Nimble that recognizes bitcoin and Guldencoin wallet addresses. Nocks Nimble gives users the ability to send payments to these addresses from within their Chrome or Firefox browsers. Once the user integrates the browser extension into their browser, they do not need to use the Nocks website to make payments. Fast and Easy Cryptocoin Payments Sending a payment with Nocks Nimble mostly consists of clicks, not copy pasting addresses and payment amounts into wallets. “We want to make payments seamless, login-free and always available,” Roel Buerra, co-founder, […]

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