Airbitz Gets $450,000 Cash Injection from Block26

Block26, a new venture capital firm with eyes on the “block chain market,” has made its first selection, leading an expected 1.25 million dollar seed funding round for the San Diego-based Airbitz mobile Bitcoin wallet. Readers may be familiar with the wallet, which won first place in the start up competition earlier this year in […]

New Bitcoin Center Opens in Chicago

Another of America’s major cities will now have its own Bitcoin Center, opening today in Chicago after an announcement at the Inside Bitcoins Conference happening there now. The effort is funded in part by Tally Capital, a local venture capital firm that sees the potential of block chain technology. The new center will be located […]

Mt. Gox Bankruptcy Claim Deadline Extended

Those who lost money in the Mt. Gox implosion and would like to get some or all of it back have been given an extension to file their claim with the failed exchange’s bankruptcy advocate. It is unclear what effect making a bankruptcy claim through the online method will have for customers who are seeking […]

New Bitcoin Short Film – Finding Satoshi Nakamoto

The existence of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous founding programmer behind the Bitcoin project, has long interested artists and writers of all genres. In the below short film produced by Mike Anzel, a real-life Satoshi Nakamoto is sought after in much the same way he is “hunted” in last year’s comic, The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto. […]

Has Anonymous Hacked the New York Stock Exchange?

Yesterday, in a cryptic move, Anonymous posted a tweet (pictured below) saying that they hoped the New York Stock Exchange would get through today alright. Then, today, out of nowhere, all trading halted on the exchange. The post Has Anonymous Hacked the New York Stock Exchange? appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News.

Re: Litecoin Price Technical Analysis for 8/7/2015 – Dangerously Volatile

You have to understand the fundamentals of digital currency. Litecoin is faithfully following each step of bitcoin. Litecoins will halve production around the next 45 days. This only happens every 4 years and indicates half the total number of litecoins is already distributed. Litecoins have greater stability and age than other competitor altcoins,but are less […]

MIT Media Lab Project Enigma Enables Blockchain-Based Encrypted Data Storage

Over the last few months, renowned global organizations and financial establishments have proposed designs, or at least have attempted to implement Bitcoin’s blockchain technology, to encrypt sensitive data or to settle transactions without the association of third-party institutions such as banks. Continuing the global trend, the MIT Media Lab and two Bitcoin entrepreneurs have developed […]