In March, Bitcoin Magazine covered the digital economy startup Digital Asset Holdings, headed by the financial superstar Blythe Masters, a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive. Digital Asset Holdings uses distributed ledgers to track and settle both digital and mainstream financial assets in a cryptographically secure environment where counterparty risk is minimized, and settlement times […]
Blockstack, a San Francisco-based firm, is adapting the technology of Bitcoin for mainstream finance, including clearing and settlement. A small group of banks have started beta testing Blockstack’s technology, Bloomberg Business reports. The startup, run by former Google Inc. and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. employees, is jumping into the competition to use digital-currency technology to […]
According to BitcoinRichList.com there are over $750 million worth of bitcoin sitting idle. Magnr, a company dedicated to providing Cryptocurrency Financial Services, is trying to change this by allowing the first-ever blockchain-based “savings accounts.” Magnr currently operates across two verticals: trading and saving. “Magnr allows users to independently verify the safety of their deposit on […]
Since the revelation that Bitcoin was more than just something that was used on the darknet markets, interest has steadily been growing in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. A narrative has emerged where the block chain itself is the only value of the Bitcoin project. Many feel this is a dismissive and misunderstanding way to view the […]
In a move that many are protesting, the ICANN organization which makes many of the rules for the World Wide Web is presently considering a move that will require websites with “business activity” to dox their owners. They will no longer be allowed to use privatized information, they will have to display their real name, […]
In this episode, Evan Duffield of the Dash project gives us an extended interview in which we talk about a new feature in Dash which will give Dash users and masternode operators a much greater say in how things are done. Called the Decentralized Governance System, this new aspect of Dash allows users to essentially […]
The debate to increase the bitcoin block size from its current 1MB has been going on for quite some time now. Those who are calling for a larger limit say that the current size of the network can no longer handle the transactions efficiently with such a small block size. Some say that it should […]
A startup that uses the bitcoin blockchain to digitally establish ownership of art and other creative works has raised $2m in seed funding.
US retail giant Overstock has reportedly lost $117,000 on its investments in cryptocurrencies during the first quarter of 2015.
Facebook has continued unveiling its Facebook payments platform, adding the desktop option on Wednesday for many users. CCN reported in March how the social media website had introduced payments on its messenger application, and it seems that today it has rolled out a Facebook chat payment integration for desktop. In March, Facebook announced the introduction […]