Silk Road Operator Ross Ulbricht to Be Sentenced Tomorrow
Convicted Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht faces decades, if not life, in prison at a sentencing hearing tomorrow in New York.
Citi Urges UK Government to Create its Own Digital Currency
Around the same time as Accenture’s call for the UK government to regulate bitcoin wallets, Citi suggested that officials should look into creating their own digital currency. This has been revealed in the Treasury’s release of a document entitled “Digital Currencies: Response to the Call for Information” This report summarizes all the submissions received by […]
New Jersey Attorney General Drops Tidbit Investigation
Tidbit was a project designed by four Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students who developed the software for a hackathon back in November 2013. The purpose of the software was to be a substitute for website advertisements, allowing sites to instead monetize visits by using the visitor computer to mine Bitcoins. However, no Bitcoins were […]
Dream Lover Now Lets You Pay Bitcoin for Virtual Romance
Users of virtual relationship service Dream Lover can now spend bitcoin to communicate with adult models.
BTC-e Blames New US Policy for Wire Transfer Issues
European bitcoin exchange BTC-e is reportedly experiencing problems with US bank wires.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia To Launch Ripple Payments Soon
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) plans to begin using the Ripple network to settle payments between its subsidiaries soon. Commonwealth Bank chief information officer David Whiteing revealed the large bank’s interest in Ripple technology yesterday during a speech at an event hosted by the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). Technology news outlet CIO reported […]
Tembusu Systems to Launch TRUST Digital Money Platform for Businesses and Governments
Tembusu Systems Pte Ltd., a digital currency platform provider based in Singapore that counted Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis among its advisers, announced that it will soon begin implementing digital currency payments using its TRUST framework. According to the Tembusu website, Tembusu’s TRUST framework is a global infrastructure that lets verified individuals transfer and manage […]
Vegascasino.io Launches Into The Bitcoin Casino And Online Gaming Markets
Bitcoin Press Release: Just launched Bitcoin Casino Vegascasino.io offers bettors and players an industry leading online betting and online gambling experience that is second to none. Vegascasino.io is a new player in the Bitcoin gambling market, but boasts an experienced team of professionals behind the platform. The team comes from a fiat currency gambling background […]
Bitcoin Price Hammering Support
Whether already underway or still to unfold, a wave “C” to the upside may target 1500 CNY / $242 – the location of the longer-term upside resistance level previously discussed in these articles. We take a close-up look at Bitcoin price action and its interaction with the momentum indicators. This analysis is provided by xbt.social […]
CCN Podcast Episode 4: John O’Mara aka Fabulous Panda on Shutting Down the MacMiner Project
In this episode, your host P. H. Madore talks to John O’Mara, also known as Fabulous Panda, about the long-running MacMiner project and why he’s decided to discontinue its development. Ross Ulbricht has written a letter to Judge Forrest asking for some leniency. Gavin Andresen believes the block size debate is harming Bitcoin, while at […]