Over the past several days, investors have witnessed sudden gains in volume and extreme price volatility for litecoin. In the last week litecoin has gained over 79 percent against bitcoin, 88 percent against the U.S. dollar and 90 percent against the euro and the yuan. Much of the rapid increase in volume around litecoin trading was coming from Chinese markets, which […]
F2POOL, one of the largest Chinese bitcoin mining pools has generated the largest bitcoin transaction ever recorded in an attempt to alleviate the massive spam attack launched on the bitcoin network this week, which Bitcoin Magazine previously covered. An anonymous figure or an organization has sent thousands of micro bitcoin transactions across the network now referred […]
Matthew Spoke, a senior consultant at Deloitte Canada, explains why he thinks a blockchain-based audit system is the future of accounting.
Bitcoin wallet provider Airbitz has raised $450,000 from new industry-focused VC firm Block26.
In this episode I talk to the host of Bitcoins and Gravy, John Barrett, about many things, including being a performer working for Bitcoin. Later in the episode, after The Ode to Satoshi is played, Andrew Vegetabile from the Litcoin Association comes on board to talk about the recent rise of Litecoin, and things related […]
Would a central bank ever take the step of issuing its own cryptocurrency? A new report by Deloitte explores how one might go about doing so.
The fires of one of bitcoin’s hottest recurring debates raged on this week, with its potential use as a safe haven asset coming under the microscope.
The government of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, has published a consultation paper on the risks and regulations for virtual currencies, including bitcoin. The report will be similar to that of Financial Action Task Force previously covered by Bitcoin Magazine. However, the government of Jersey is engaging in a public virtual currency consultation […]
American credit-card company Visa has once again showed its interests for bitcoin at WIRED Money held in London. Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe, who attended the session on behalf of Visa announced: “The one thing I often get asked about is bitcoin. I do see … a separation […]
In May, Bitcoin Magazine reported that the leading stock exchange Nasdaq would begin experimenting with the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin. In June, Nasdaq announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Bitcoin API startup Chain to implement the first blockchain technology pilot projects in Nasdaq Private Market, a recently launched marketplace that handles pre-IPO trading among […]