Since last year, the number of bitcoin merchants in Argentina has doubled, according to the Financial Times. This growth comes primarily from small businesses, which are showing the highest bitcoin growth and adoption rate in all of Latin America. Argentina, South America’s second-largest economy, has been restricted from access to foreign currencies and has suffered from an overvaluation […]
The Bank of Canada has confirmed that, after two quarters of negative growth, the Canadian economy is technically in a recession although the bank would prefer to call it a “mild contraction.” The dollar is at a six-year low, mainly due to the falling price of oil and gas. There have been persistent rumors for […]
The use of bitcoin has more than doubled in the past year in Argentina as government controls have delivered economic stagnation and double-digit inflation, according to the London, U.K.-based Financial Times. The government has restricted access to foreign currency and created an overvalued currency exchange rate. One small business owner, the owner of a budget […]
Currently ranked fifth on the CoinATMRadar list for most Bitcoin ATM’s, Czech Republic based General Bytes has positioned itself to succeed in the Bitcoin ATM market. Some of the most stable companies, for sure, have received the least amount of press. General Bytes appears to be one of those. The company stepped up amid the […]
Latin American customers of CEX.io, can now transact using local currency to trade bitcoin on the platform. The London based bitcoin exchange and mining services has recently partnered with AstroPay to facilitate these transactions in the South American continent. Earlier, Latin American users from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Mexica and Uruguay were forced to […]
Bitcoin ATMs are the easiest way for people to exchange bitcoin for fiat currency or vice versa “on the spot” instead of using online exchanges. The number of bitcoin ATMs across the world are growing every day. Recently Greece got its first two way bitcoin ATM that allowed people to withdraw money in excess of […]
Ascribe.io believes your digital content is worth something, and that banks and other financial institutions should see such work as collateral. Such a paradigm shift could change the global economy as we know it, and Ascribe.io is on the front lines. Ascribe.io is working to help usher art into the digital age with blockchain-based authentication […]
CoinDesk speaks to Kosta Peric about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s exploration of the blockchain, financial inclusion and more.
BlockCypher provides Bitcoin wallet services to larger organizations such as exchanges and payment providers. During the recent fracas of “dust” transactions crowding the Bitcoin network, one of their larger clients, Erik Voorhees’ ShapeShift.io, suffered a double-spend attack amounting to 2.6 BTC. The biggest offering of BlockCypher is what they call a “Confidence Factor” which basically […]
Bitcoin trade bought price up from a low of $272 and 1660 CNY yesterday. At the current level near $280 and 1720 CNY price is in an indeterminable state of trend. Analysis looks for direction and an action plan for taking a position in the market. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 […]