2016 December

Bitcoin Price Watch; Here Are Tonight’s Key Levels

OK then. Here goes. Our final look at the bitcoin price for the day, and the penultimate day of the week. It’s not been an overly exciting week by any stretch of the imagination, but we’ve had plenty of opportunities to get in and out of the markets and drawn a few –albeit small – […]

Referral Foundation to Revolutionise Referral Marketing Industry with Blockchain Tech

Referral Foundation hopes to achieve the rare feat of advancing an age old practice with the help of a new technology.  The London-based cryptocurrency group aims to educate the referral marketing industry about the potential of digital currency and blockchain technology in creating further industrial opportunities. Referral Marketing, as everybody knows, is one of the oldest forms of marketing. In it, […]

What to Do if Your Bitcoin Transaction Gets "Stuck"

The number of transactions on the Bitcoin network has steadily increased over the years. This means more blocks are filling up. And as not all transactions can be included in the blockchain straight away, backlogs form in miners’ “mempools” (a sort of “transaction queue.”) Miners typically pick the transactions that pay the most fees and […]

EU State-By-State Regulation of Bitcoin, Digital Currencies: What Are the Implications?

The European Commission’s recent decision to delay new anti-money laundering legislation by six-months is the latest in a string of new developments impacting digital currencies in the EU. This proposed directive which will now be pushed back to June 2017, proposes stricter controls around corporate entity structures and virtual currencies, with greater powers granted to […]