Banks and governments are warming up to the possibility of leveraging the power and resiliency of the blockchain to implement smarter financial systems that permit faster and cheaper local and global transactions, permanently recorded in a tamper-proof blockchain. At the same time, financial institutions and states find some aspects of Bitcoin worrisome. One concern is […]
This week, five Bitcoin startups, including Chronicled, Chain, Abra, Case and Coinalytics, have raised more than $45 million in funding from Wall Street investors and banks, Silicon Valley venture capital firms and angel investors. The recent funding rounds also showed a significant increase in corporate investors, rather than just traditional venture capitalists. These five funding announcements […]
Cubits, an all-inclusive platform to buy, sell and manage bitcoin, has entered into a strategic partnership with ApcoPay, a global online payment service provider to enable more than 500 businesses to accept bitcoin, as well as major cards and e-wallets. “Our collaboration with ApcoPay is another important step for us in bringing Bitcoin to the […]
Mercator Advisory Group has come up with a new research on the Bitcoin and the problems it could face in the future. The research titled “How Many Sidechains Can Bitcoin Economics Support?” also has an in-depth study of the past issues that once threatened to put a stop to Bitcoin. The study also explains the complex […]
On September 8, 2015, we learned that one of our leading partners – Vogogo Inc – had launched its proprietary compliance, risk management and payment processing platform with Bitcoin exchange Celery. The announcement marks Celery as juts one in a long line of high profile digital currency clients for Vogogo, which already includes crypto incumbents […]
Did Bitcoinica founder Zhou Tong steal funds, return a part of them, then pay someone to keep it quiet? Well that would seem to be the impression created by the latest revelation contained in a Youtube video discussed on Reddit. Bitcoinica – Some Background Zhou Tong founded Bitcoinica in 2011 at the age […]
Coinalytics has raised $1.1m as part of a seed round led by Palo Alto-based incubator The Hive.
Abra, the startup developing a bitcoin powered remittance app, has raised just over $12 million in new funding.
Recent controversy regarding alleged censorship at popular Bitcoin forums Bitcoin Talk and r/Bitcoin on Reddit in recent months has led to an exodus away from those previously popular forums. This brain drain has left people wondering if these forums are dying out. For that reason, CCN has put together a list of growing forums revolving […]
With the myriad of altcoins being introduced these days, some investors have had trouble telling which ones are legitimate and which ones are bitcoin scams. In South Korea, law enforcement officials have begun investigations on alleged pump-and-dump schemes wherein demand and volumes are artificially boosted before the altcoin is out of existence. In addition, the […]