CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin development startup Blockstream is among 10 firms that have joined the Hyperledger blockchain project. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST While Bitcoin may not replace the U.S. dollar anytime soon, the underlying technology of the blockchain is certainly generating hype among... The post Angela Walch: 3 Risk Factors to Consider Before Replacing Existing Financial Infrastructure With Bitcoin Blockchain Technology appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST A comparison of bitcoin investment to gold investment lead investment bank, Needham, to price the cryptocurrency at more than 50% its current value. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Shake Alpha, based in Montreal, Canada, is a mobile app that allows users to tap and pay with bitcoin at contactless terminals that accept VISA cards, according to the company’s blog. It is an Android app equipped with near field communication (NFC). NFC allows a phone to emulate the interaction between a terminal and a […] The post NFC-Equipped Shake App Allows Users to Spend Bitcoin at VISA Card Terminals appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST MIT recently announced that it has raised $900,000 for the Bitcoin Developer Fund as a part of its Digital Currency Initiative (DCI). The... The post MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative Receives a Boost With $900,000 Raised for Bitcoin Development Fund appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
Inc, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The goal is enabling work and thought on cryptocurrencies among students, researchers and open-source developers. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin price sold off from a bull-trap at 09h00 UTC today. The move lower has changed the chart technical bias to bearish across the board. An escape route out of stronger decline still exists, but time is running out. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not […] The post Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Bear Is Back appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
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CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST It has been almost a year since the Great Bitcoin Debate, which unleashed Bitcoin’s civil war, was brought to public attention. Now, a year later, an unofficial truce seems to have been reached with bitcoin’s potential crypto competitors, such as Ethereum, and potential competition from numerous bank sponsored consortiums focusing attention once again on making […] The post Is Bitcoin’s Civil War Over? appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin was seemingly dragged into the very public debate on privacy and encryption recently. Specifically, President Barack Obama warned... The post Bitcoin Wallets as Swiss Bank Accounts: The Developer's Perspective appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST A recent article in International Business Times revealed just how committed IBM is to helping industries reinvent themselves using blockchain technology. Jerry Cuomo, IBM’s vice president of blockchain, favors a blockchain-enabled insurance plan for driverless cars. He also sees an opportunity to move supply chains to the blockchain. As for improving global supply chains, the change […] The post IBM Forages Deeper into Adapting Blockchain to Finance & Beyond appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Ethereum, a public blockchain platform which boasts its smart contract technology, represents a decentralized virtual machine executing peer-to-peer contracts with its native digital cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). But, just how decentralized with it? A quick analysis of the network demonstrates that the phenomenon which has terrified bitcoiners for so long has taken hold on the Ethereum […] The post Ethereum Has a Miner Consolidation Problem appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
Forbes, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Despite the headlines about the rift in the Bitcoin community, big startups continue to push transactions through on time and forge new partnerships. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Blockchain marks the next “jump” in business process/optimization technology, according to a newly-released PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on fintech. The report, “Blurred lines: How FinTech is shaping Financial Services,” compares blockchain to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that allowed entities and functions within a business to optimize processes by sharing logic and data within the enterprise. Blockchain, […] The post PwC Report: Blockchain a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity for Financial Services appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The Russian Finance Ministry has long taken a determined hardline stance against bitcoin and other digital currencies, deemed by the regulator as ‘surrogates’ of the ruble. The Deputy Minister of Finance in Russia hopes that the draft law calling for the criminalization of bitcoin will be passed to the State Duma – the lower chamber […] The post Russia’s Bitcoin Ban Proposal Likely to Enter Duma before August appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |