Bitcoin Blocksize Debate to Continue at DevCore with Garzik, Andresen, Antonopoulos and others

Bitcoin luminaries Gavin Andresen, Andreas Antonopoulos, Matt Corallo, Jeff Garzik, Charlie Lee, Greg Maxwell, and Michael Perklin are among the speakers appearing at this Friday’s DevCore conference at Draper University in San Mateo, California. Organized by the Bitcoin Foundation, the conference is principally designed to be a learning and development experience for new developers in […]

Bitreserve Rebrands as Uphold, Pivots to New Financial Services and De-Emphasizes Bitcoin

Bitcoin startup Bitreserve is becoming a full-fledged financial services company and rebranding as Uphold. CEO Anthony Watson announced the move with a post titled “ Welcome to Uphold. The Internet of Money.” A press release notes that Uphold wants to be the world’s leading cloud-based money platform, connecting the legacy and fragmented financial ecosystem with […]

Cyber Insurance — A Much Needed Thing for Bitcoin Sector

The number of hacking attacks on various companies, irrespective of their business have been on a rise across the world. The increasing frequency and the extent of such attacks have driven the costs of obtaining a cyber insurance cover upwards. The premium for such insurance policies vary from business to business, based on the factor […]

Bitcoin Price Surges past $270, Influenced by Global Economy

Bitcoin price has crossed the $270 mark, which is really good news for bitcoin after it fell drastically from the $300 pedestal in July. The prices have touched $270 a couple of times since then. From the past few days, the bitcoin price has seen a positive trend. The trend seems to be influenced by […]

This Country Has Fewer Poor Than America, 80% Of Bitcoin Transactions

Which country has fewer poor than American and 80% of the Bitcoin transactions? Although it might come as a surprise, the answer is China. Despite a stock market and currency crisis, China has fewer poor than America, according to a Credit Suisse report. Yet, there is one thing of which this report falls a bit […]

Is Gemini Off to a Rocky Start?

The Winklevoss Twins always have something going on. With their New-York based bitcoin exchange Gemini (which debuted earlier this month on October 8th), publicity has practically marched into their laps. It was amongst the first of only a small handful of bitcoin companies to earn approval from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) […]

Scottish MP Calls for a National Digital Currency – ScotPound

A year on from the national referendum where Scotland rejected independence from the UK – leaving the pound sterling to continue as its national currency, a member of Parliament from the Scottish National Party (SNP) issued a rallying call to his party and the country to begin experimenting with digital currency. George Kerevan, MP for […]