Bitcoin Price Pushing Higher

Bitcoin price continued into a fifth wave and a higher high today – finally breaking out of a ten-day sideways draw. The prospects going forward were discussed during last month’s analysis and remain unchanged. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now […]

MIT Digital Currency Initiative Leader To Government Officials: Let’s Get ‘Open Data 2.0 Moving’

The block chain offers the most significant records and identity authentication technology available in more than 5,000 years, and government should take the lead in adopting it. That’s the message that Brian Forde, director of the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, delivered in a recent presentation to a group of government information managers. The […]

Tieron: Using Blockchain Technology for Government Surveys

Blockchain technology company Tieron is working with the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC), a non-profit organization encouraging local technology development. With this partnership, the CTC and Tieron plan to run a trial on finding government survey data using blockchain technology. Blockchain is the public ledger of bitcoin transactions, which are updated and verified by a network […]

Blockchain Technology Could Soon Be Verifying Real Estate Records

In the future, governments, companies and other institutions could be using the blockchain technology to track and verify the ownership of property records, banking records, securities and anything else posted on an open data platform. Oliver Goodenough, who directs the Center for Legal Innovation at the Vermont School of Law has been studying the potential […]

Online Bitcoin Clothes Store Launches Twitter Giveaway

Every subculture comes with T-shirts, and Bitcoin’s is no different. It has roots in places like the video game community, which has fawned over Nintendo tees since game time immemorial. Bitcoin Not Bombs is one of the most recognizable, you but others like BitGear and Bitcoin Pride offer a wider variety of Bitcoin clothes. Now […]

Bitcoin Price Heading East

Bitcoin price continues sideways trade in a narrowing range. Like most of this week’s analysis, today’s update presents no new information for regular readers, although incidental readers may be interested in the matter-of-fact commentary below. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join […]

UBS to Develop Yet Another ‘Permissioned Blockchain’ for Banks

In April, Bitcoin Magazine reported that UBS was planning to investigate blockchain technology in a new innovation lab based in London. The innovation lab is located in Level39, Europe’s largest technology accelerator space for finance and cyber-securities, and focuses on exploring the role of blockchain technology in financial services. UBS, a Swiss global financial services company […]