New Hampshire Legislators Kill Bitcoin Tax Bill
A legislative effort that would have allowed New Hampshire residents to pay their tax bills using bitcoin has been defeated.
Why ‘Reports Of Bitcoin’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated’
The debate about bitcoin’s scalability should be viewed as a positive indicator, not a negative one. Instead, it has delivered a barrage of negative media that might have affected bitcoin’s price. The reverberations around bitcoin developer Mike Hearn’s departure from bitcoin continue, but bitcoin’s price has begun to recover while the global stock market is […]
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ECB Board Member: Blockchain Could Disrupt Payments
Yves Mersch, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, has said adoption of blockchain technology could disrupt payments.
Is Bitcoin For the Masses or Against the State?
CoinDesk contributor Bailey Reutzel argues the communication breakdown in bitcoin reveals the project is no longer making good on its original ideals.
CFTC Appoints Bitcoin Expert, First 2016 Meeting Will Have Blockchain Focus
Every financial regulatory body around the world seems to be trying to wrap their heads around Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology these days, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) in the United States is not immune to this trend. Simply defining bitcoin as an asset has proved to be a difficult task […]
21 Bitcoin Community Holds First Hackathon; Develops Bounty Project Git Money
When 21 Inc. introduced its first product, the 21 Bitcoin Computer, it was targeted at developers who could use the company’s hardware and software tools to create applications built on Bitcoin infrastructure. And since the company launched the product in November, there has been a vibrant community in the company’s Slack group, with developers exchanging […]
BitGo Announces Launch of BitGo Instant for Zero-Confirmation Bitcoin Transactions
BitGo Inc., a multi-signature security company, announced the release of its newest product, BitGo Instant, which removes transaction delays completely. Along with its announcement of BitGo Instant, the company has also announced its launch partners for instant transactions. “At the beginning of this week, we had six partners. At the end, we had 10. It’s […]
Making Sense of Bitcoin’s Divisive Block Size Debate
Confused about the current state of bitcoin’s ‘block size debate’? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.
Kraken Buys Coinsetter and Cavirtex, Enters the US & Canadian Markets
In a significant announcement today, the largest ever deal of its kind in the Bitcoin industry saw leading European bitcoin exchange Kraken acquire bitcoin exchanges Coinsetter and CaVirtEx. In a statement today, Kraken announced it is acquiring New York-based exchange Coinsetter and Canada’s first bitcoin exchange CaVirtEx. The world’s largest bitcoin exchange will fully absorb […]