2016 October

Bitcoin Price Watch; Mixing Things Up A Little For The Weekend

The market is about to draw to a close out of Europe, and things have been pretty wild this week in the bitcoin price. We noted in this morning’s analysis that we’ve had numerous opportunities to get in and out of the markets according to our intraday strategy, and we’re hoping that this will continue […]

CryptoForum Russia 2016

CryptoForum Russia 2016 invited experts on cryptocurrency markets, financial technologies, blockchain and software development to come together in Moscow, Russia, on November, 8. The event will be interesting for everyone who work on the cryptocurrency market, deals with mining of invests in blockchain-based projects. The target audience of the Forum also includes financial organizations – […]

Chinese Yuan Reaches Lowest Value In Six Years As Downward Trend Continues

The value of China’s Yuan has been going down steadily over the past few months. That trend will likely continue, as the currency reached its lowest point since September of 2010. For now, it remains anybody’s guess as to how this scenario will play out long-term, but things are not looking optimistic. At the same […]

Review: "The Politics of Bitcoin" Offers a Flawed and Misleading Partisan View

David Golumbia, an assistant professor in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, an aspiring political pundit, and the author of the recently published book, The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism, denounces Bitcoin in a recent blog post titled Trump, Clinton, and the Electoral Politics of Bitcoin. “[What] concerns me about Bitcoin […]

After Scaling Bitcoin, a Lightning Winter Release Is Now Within Reach

As last week’s Scaling Bitcoin workshops came to an end and its attendees returned home, the main task for 12 of Bitcoin’s prominent lightning network developers was really just starting. Last Monday and Tuesday, representatives from ACINQ, Amiko Pay,  BitFury, Blockstream, Lightning Labs and Purse gathered on the third story of a working space in the center of Milan. Sitting around a […]

Babyghost and VeChain: Fashion on the Blockchain

The world of fashion met the world of blockchain technology at Shanghai’s Fashion Week. When independent, trendy fashion label Babyghost teamed up with Shanghai-based Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) company, BitSE, and its VeChain project, the result was a multidimensional sensory feast for the fashion crowd. For Babyghost’s 2017 Spring and Summer collection, the brand took to the streets […]

Circle Now Supports Cards from Several European Countries

Circle customers in Europe and the UK can now link cards from a wide array of countries, many of which can also hold euros in their Circle accounts. Circle describes itself as “more than a payment app” that has worked hard to make the process of moving money less “archaic.” The company exists to make […]