The RAND Corporation, an influential global policy think tank with strong defense and homeland security ties, has released a report titled “National Security Implications of Virtual Currency .” The report, freely available online , examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups, to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a […]
Bitcoin – a decentralized, truly global currency. Netflix – a streaming platform that just went global. Do both stand to gain by coming together? One of the biggest stories of the 2016, so far, is Netflix’s global expansion that saw the streaming service reach a 130 new countries. The new rollout now sees Netflix beaming […]
The CFO of streaming video giant Netflix issued new comments on digital currency in a recent public Q&A.
Bitcoin remittance startup BitPesa has lost one of its board members following an appointment to a top government position related to technology.
For my first interview as a journalist, I have chosen a controversial figure that people either love or hate. In an interview with CCN, Bryce sits with me and we discuss his past and future with surprising revelations including his plans for future blockchains. Bryce Weiner is 41 years old and a Bitcoin and fintech […]
As a key date for a proposed bitcoin scaling solution passes, CoinDesk looks at the current state of industry debate.
Three banks and a pharmaceutical company in India have been revealed as targets of a ransomware scheme that saw a ransom demand in bitcoin. In what is now the first known instance of an online extortionist demanding ransom in bitcoins from Indian targets, the Economic Times has revealed that hackers disrupted operations by crippling computers […]
While recent global headlines have been dominated by chaos in Chinese and US equity markets, currency markets have also been volatile. The Azerbajiani manat, the national currency of Azerbaijan, has lost nearly 32 percent of its value practically overnight due to the falling price of oil. On December 18, the value of Manat recorded an […]
Bitcoin Core developers have deployed an initial implementation of Segregated Witness on a special testnet for Bitcoin, dubbed SegNet. SegNet allows developers to experiment with the highly anticipated innovation set to increase Bitcoin’s scalability, extensibility and performance. SegNet, like the original Bitcoin testnet, is essentially a clone of Bitcoin, specifically intended as a demo version. […]
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