Updated at 6:51pm EST: Bitcoin angel investor Roger Ver contacted Bitcoin Magazine about the Beijing meeting but declined to go into any detail about what took place. However, he told Bitcoin Magazine, “I think everyone who actually attended the meeting would disagree with what was stated in the article [posted below].” Bitcoin Classic is the latest attempt to increase […]
A Korean securities broker has begun working with a local bitcoin exchange, moving closer to allowing access to the digital currency for its clients.
Hana Financial Group, a large bank holding company that specializes in a multitude of financial services including banking has now joined the financial blockchain consortium led by R3. Global private blockchain consortium R3 sees its first Korean financial institution join its ranks with the inclusion of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group. In a report by […]
Hyperledger project member Accenture has proposed using blockchain tech to fight the spread of counterfeit drugs.
As the state of New York works to distribute its energy grid one company, Transactive Grid, hopes to be its blockchain-based payments network.
Russia’s Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has, once again, opined that virtual and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are money substitutes or surrogates that need to be outlawed. He also claimed that virtual currencies are “often used” for the financing of terrorism. In a sweeping, wide-ranging column on Russian publication Kommersant, Alexander Bastykin – chairman of the […]
Bitcoin Press Releases: The Emer Group is proud to announce the launch of its own blockchain development platform. Emer, a leading digital currency and blockchain platform is on the cusp of launching its own fully fledged development platform; Blockchain Engine. On April 25th, 2016 the long awaited developer ecosystem will be released to the public, […]
Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 was released early this morning and the update includes several changes that have huge implications for Bitcoin scalability. The release deploys the first soft fork on the Bitcoin network to use the methodology outlined in BIP 9 (Version Bits), which allows multiple soft forks to take place at the same time. The three soft […]
This is a guest post by Danial Daychopan, the founder & CEO of Plutus.it. He is a fintech entrepreneur within the payments industry who has been active in the groundbreaking blockchain and Bitcoin ecosystem since 2013. His vision is to create a next generation payment system by utilizing decentralized applications and harness the true potential hidden […]
Bitcoin users have no love lost for central bankers, and vice versa. Many central banks use rather unconventional monetary policy tools, which is causing friction within the banking sector itself. Something will have to change, as the advantages of Bitcoin and digital currency over central banks become more apparent every day. Also read: EDCAB will […]