SEC Approves Overstock.com S-3 Filing to Issue Shares Using Bitcoin Blockchain

According to multiple sources close to Overstock, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a S-3 filing for online retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) to issue new publicly traded shares of the company on the Bitcoin blockchain. An Overstock spokesperson declined to comment on the situation but said that the company would be issuing […]

Ciphrex’s Eric Lombrozo: There Is No ‘December Deadline’

The long-lasting block-size dispute seems to be inching toward a climax. A large segment of Bitcoin’s academic and engineering community has been discussing the possibilities and tradeoffs of scaling Bitcoin at the Scaling Bitcoin workshop in Hong Kong this past weekend, while prominent Bitcoin companies such as Coinbase, BitPay, Bitstamp and others have posed a […]

Gavin Andresen Explains Why He Prefers BIP 101 Over BIP 100

There have been a few proposals to increase the maximum blocksize in Bitcoin over the past year, but the two plans that are garnering the most attention right now are Jeff Garzik’s BIP 100 and Gavin Andresen’s BIP 101. While Andresen has already implemented his plan in BitcoinXT, Garzik is still working on a formal […]

XTrade Offers Commission-Free CFD Trading Services

Renowned CFD brokerage firm XTrade has ensured that it doesn’t charge any kind of hidden fee or commissions for its trading services. The broker, which is licensed and regulated by CYSEC, believes it bests its competitors by offering a no-charge trading experience to all its clients. It instead uses fixed “tight” spreads on its forex […]

Trade24 Offers Additional Analytical Tools to Improve Clients’ Trading

Trade24 is known to be more than just an efficient and secure forex and CFD trading services company. The UK-based broker focuses on assisting its clients’ trading strategies by providing a rang of additional analytical tools. These tools include everything from a dedicated economic calendar to market news updates to daily/weekly market reviews, enabling each […]

OptionsClick Brings Attractive Payout Ratios for Binary Option Traders

State-of-the-art binary options trading platform OptionsClick is offering one of the highest payout ratios to its clients. The broker, which is licensed and regulated by CySEC, is ensured to offer a fixed return on every winning trade. It typically returns 70-85% upon the predicted — or “in the money” — expiration of an option, while […]