247exchange.com Introduces a New and Fast Process for Buying Bitcoin with a Credit Card

247exchange.com has been working hard on adding the most convenient and popular payment and withdrawal methods along with an extremely professional digital currency platform and other important features. The company has been expanding with new partnerships, setting up new agents and increasing their network to provide customers an easy access to digital currencies. The exchange […]

Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Operator Faces Trial in NY Court

Anthony Murgio, who was charged for operating an illegal bitcoin exchange, has appeared in court to address the charges. Murgio was arrested back in July and has spent a few nights in Pinellas County jail before securing a $100,000 bond to be freed. In the hearing, Murgio let his lawyer Gregory W. Kehoe of the […]

Discussion of Bitcoin-XT Banned from Bitcoin Subreddit

In a move which has so far received apparently almost universal denouncement, Bitcoin community kingpin Michael Marquardt, who exerts significant control over Bitcointalk and the Bitcoin subreddit, has taken initiative to ban all discussion of Bitcoin-XT or “contentious hard forks” of Bitcoin Core. Also read: BitcoinTalk Staff Quietly Bans People for Speaking Out Against Them […]

Bitcoin Price and the Yuan

Bitcoin price diverged between exchanges today as a surprise yuan devaluation shifted buying pressure to the BTC/CNY exchange charts. The yuan is responsible for the greater bulk of bitcoin trade and showed its influence in the chart today. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not […]

94 Billion Dollar Greek Bailout In Last Stages

Early this morning European time, Greek financial ministers and Eurozone representatives reached an agreement after an all-night negotiation session. The deal will last three years and amount to $94 billion. “The institutions and the Greek authorities achieved an agreement in principle on a technical basis. Now as a next step, a political assessment will be […]

Institutions that Understand Bitcoin and Digital Currencies will Lead the New Monetary System, says BBVA

In April, Bitcoin Magazine reported that BBVA, one of Spain’s major banks, was among the sponsors of the Digital Currency Summit in Madrid. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), the second largest bank in Spain after Santander, is recognized within the industry for being more pro-technology than many of its competitors. “Some bankers and analysts think that […]