Bitcoin is Entering the Age of Practicality
As the end of the year approaches, Fluent co-founder Lamar Wilson discusses what he believes should be the industry’s plan of action for 2016.
Reserve Bank of India Invites Applications for Innovative Payment Solutions
India’s central bank The Reserve Bank of India has invited applications for “Payment System Innovation Awards” to encourage innovative solutions in the field of Payment and Settlement System. With this initiative, the RBI is hoping to transform the way transactions are processed in the world’s fastest growing emerging economy. Some broad areas which the contest […]
Bitcoin Price: The Rally Before Christmas
Bitcoin price has returned to its recent resistance ceiling where large sell orders have halted additional advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Trading and Price Analysis Time of analysis: 14h00 […]
2016 Preview: America’s War Against Bitcoin’s BFF – Encryption
Encryption. Many novices in Bitcoin believe this technology is some new, revolutionary invention born out of digital currency, but in fact, encryption has been around for generations. In Western civilization, your government, your banks, and your military have been keeping their dirty secrets for decades with encryption, and the common man has just started to […]
Ethereum Price Technical Analysis for 24/12/2015 – Hope You Shorted!
Ethereum has plummeted more than 5% in the past 24 hours to touch a low of 0.00187BTC. Currently sustaining at 0.00192BTC, Ethereum does not provide a low-risk trading opportunity to the market participants. But yes, those who would have followed our short advice in the previous Ethereum price technical analysis A Decisive Breakdown would have […]
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Backs Blockchain Startup’s $2 Million Round
South Korean blockchain remittance provider Streami has closed a $2m seed round that included funding from Shinhan Bank.
Russian Roadmap Includes Draft for Blockchain Legalisation in 2017
The Internet Development Institute (IRI) of Russia has prepared a roadmap titled “Economics and Finance” which includes a proposal for regulating blockchain. A new roadmap that pitches the proposal to ‘legalize’ blockchain technology by January 2017 was submitted to President Putin this week, December 22, 2015. The roadmap is a supplement under the wider proposal […]
What the Blockchain Means for Economic Prosperity
Authors Don and Alex Tapscott argue the Internet is entering a second era, one that gives us another shot to achieve a prosperous digital future.
Is Bitcoin Headed for a Break in Fungibility?
Fungibility is often held as a crucial characteristic of sound money. But what happens when money has a public record of every transaction, and morally questionable trades can be identified? Is bitcoin headed for a break in fungibility? The debate about whether Bitcoin is fit to be a currency rather than a payment layer between […]
Enigma, MIT Media Lab’s Blockchain-based Encrypted Data Marketplace, to Launch Beta
In July Bitcoin Magazine reported that researchers and entrepreneurs at the MIT Media Lab had started the development of a new encryption system, dubbed Enigma, based on the blockchain technology. Enigma will enable untrusted and anonymous participants to securely share sensitive information with a third party. The name “Enigma” is part of the history of […]