Bitcoin is a novel and innovative platform for making digital money transactions over the internet, and it’s cleverly designed to be remarkably secure. Nevertheless, its procedures are still not easy to grasp for the average person, thus restraining its use […]
Read MoreBitPay, a Bitcoin payment processor used by over sixty-thousand businesses and organizations, has partnered with the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) to increase the reach of donations. The NYSCF is a non-profit organization using stem cell research to accelerate […]
Read MoreThe Imperial College London announced the inauguration of the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering in their Summer of 2015 Engineering Newsletter. This decision comes shortly after the College hosted a Bitcoin forum, which determined a high level of interest […]
Read MoreIf you’re not familiar with the name MercadoLibre, it’s basically South America’s version of Ebay. In fact, since 2001 — two years after it launched in Argentina — its main shareholder has been the US-based e-commerce titan itself. MercadoLibre was […]
Read MoreA Silk Road Bitcoin wallet with $75 million protected by a passphrase known only to Ross Ulbricht and one other man. A corrupt FBI agent who runs a million-dollar-per-month darknet criminal operation. A roving team of mercenary bounty hunters. Singaporean […]
Read MoreDuring the past weeks, at least 17 Australian Bitcoin companies received official letters from Westpac Banking Corporation and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, informing them that their accounts would be closed without any further explanation. Amongst the companies affected by […]
Read MoreCharlie Shrem, co-founder of the former New York-based exchange BitInstant, as well as founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation, recently began an AMA hosted by Bitcoin.com. Shrem answered questions through the federal prison email system. Shrem is currently serving a […]
Read MoreBitcoin Vietnam, a Vietnamese startup founded in 2013, announced two days ago the re-opening on VBTC. The exchange previously operated during a few months starting from July 2014 but had to close its doors temporarily. “VBTC will allow us to […]
Read MoreSig3, a Bitcoin startup which launched on September 21st, is looking to simplify multisignature (multisig) transactions through automated co-sign policies. Multisignature Bitcoin addresses require more than one key to authorize a transaction. In the case of Sig3, at least two […]
Read MoreThe KeepKey hardware wallet has begun shipping today, after being officially announced on July 19 of this year (although the device itself had been in development for approximately one and a half years). KeepKey is the brainchild of Darin Stanchfield, […]
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