Russian Political Party to Accept Bitcoin Donations
Reports from Russia indicate that a minor political party is moving to accept bitcoin donations.
NRI Report: Japan’s New Payment Rules Hold Back Bitcoin Remittances
A report to be released by NRI argues Japan needs to do more to bring clarity to the innovators working with digital currencies.
DTCC Organizes Blockchain Event on Capitol Hill
The DTCC has revealed it hosted a group of regulators and financial industry execs in Washington, DC, last month for a conversation on blockchain
Bitcoin Price Pop And Fizzle
Bitcoin price pushed through an important trendline intersection yesterday but launchpad staff had failed to fuel the tanks. A pop and fizzle is all we got. Traders can sheath their arrows until the next chart signal. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join […]
Bitcoin Buying Service Launches With Market-Beating Rates
Bitcoin Press Release: Selling bitcoins has just been made more profitable with the launch of a new website from PowerBTC.com. The recently revamped service offers to buy the cryptocurrency with one very simple advantage – a guarantee that they will pay a significantly higher price than the exchange rate of the day. The platform charges […]
Report: Bitcoin Trading is Exceeding Gold Trading in Brazil
A report has revealed that the total value of bitcoin trading among digital currency exchanges in Brazil has now surpassed that of gold spot trading on the Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – the country’s securities market authority and regulator – during the first half of 2016. Bitcoin is increasingly seen as a store […]
A Lawyer’s Perspective: Can Smart Contracts Exist Outside the Legal Structure?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Richard Howlett, Solicitor at Selachii LLP London. There can be no debate that technological development has never been as fast, as complex or as creative as it is today. The only problem is, as with all revolutions, when things are moving this fast one has to be very […]
Urbit: The Bold Pitch to Re-Decentralize the Internet, on Top of the Internet
Urbit, the computing platform described as a “city in the cloud” by its inventors, raised more than $200,000 in four hours through a crowdsale last week. While the crypto-space has seen many spectacular crowd-sales, some more dodgy than others, Urbit has been able to excite leading venture capitalists and executives in the space, including BitGo’s […]
Deutsche Börse Launches Blockchain and Fintech Venture Capital Fund
Deutsche Börse Group has announced the launch of DB1 Ventures, a corporate venture capital platform. The DB1 Ventures team, based in Frankfurt, will undertake new investments and actively manage Deutsche Börse’s existing minority shareholdings. “Our objective with DB1 Ventures is to continue to be active in investing in early to growth stage ventures which are […]
Bitcoin Investment Trust and Genesis Trading Settle With SEC
The SEC has settled with the Bitcoin Investment Trust and its authorized participant following an investigation into a repurchase program.