In an interview with CoinJournal, Jon Downing of Visa Europe Collab and Edan Yago of Epiphyte said that while they are interested in other systems, Bitcoin will likely play a role in the future and other blockchains have to be considered “at this point vapourware.” Seemingly a departure from the tone of other institutions that …
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Coinizy, a Bitcoin startup headquartered in Canada, has officially launched in beta a service that allows users to cash out their bitcoins through a wide range of methods including PayPal. Launched at La Maison du Bitcoin, a space dedicated to the digital currency in the heart of Paris, Coinizy promises to provide users with the …
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There has been a lot of Ethereum focused news lately, so it isn’t surprising this tidbit went mostly unnoticed. Development has started on adding a CryptoNote-like ring signature to the Ethereum platform, potentially giving Ethereum users similar anonymous capabilities to CryptoNote powered coins like Monero. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin made the announcement last week on …
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with think tank organization the Coalition of Automated Legal Applications (COALA) to run blockchain workshops in Sydney. The conference, called the Sydney Blockchain Workshops, will bring together regulators, policy makers and technologists to better understand the upcoming opportunities and challenges of blockchain tech, as well as their …
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Ever since bitcoin first came into existence back in 2009, economists, computer scientists, and other professionals have argued over which category this new token or asset should fall under. Some say it is not a currency and could never become a currency, while others claim that it is the first working implementation of digital cash. …
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Shift Payments, through co-operation with web wallet giant Coinbase, has released a US based Bitcoin Debit card with no annual fee and no domestic transaction fee. The news was announced the same day as when Coinbase announced charity giant Fidelity Charitable would begin accepting Bitcoin donations. The card is accepted at “38 million” VISA accepting merchants …
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The first thing I learned when talking to Halsey Minor of Voxelus and Uphold, is that I had pegged Voxelus all wrong. When I covered their crowdsale last week, I compared Voxelus to game engines like Unity and Unreal. Voxelus is not comparable to those game engines. In fact, Voxelus itself is powered by Unity, …
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Align Commerce, a blockchain-powered global payments provider, has closed a US$12 million Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) to take on the US$25 trillion international payments industry. Other investors in the round included Silicon Valley Bank, Recruit Strategic Partners and existing Align Commerce investors, including Pantera Capital, Digital Currency …
Devcon1, the second major Ethereum Conference took place at a sold-out Gibson Hall. Previously serving as the headquarters for the National Provincial Bank, it provided an apt setting for a conference dedicated to the future of finance. The building alone is a testament to how much the “Crypto space” has matured in the past years. …
Filipino bitcoin startup Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has announced a new blockchain-powered product that allows people to send and receive money digitally without an Internet connectivity. Called Boom Cash, the new service is the result of an internal hackathon and the latest project to graduate out of SCI’s labs. With Boom Cash, SCI seeks to …
The Department of Justice, the Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center have created a co-operative forum called the Blockchain Alliance, where they can work together to reduce crime in the digital currency space. A large portion of the Bitcoin community has reason to be distrustful law enforcement, for a variety of reasons. Either for political ideological …
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In a presentation at the recent Bitcoin Foundation DevCore Workshop at Draper University, Bitcoin Core Developer Greg Maxwell revealed that an official BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) for adding two-way peg sidechain functionality could be ready in a matter of months. Sidechains is a concept that first became popular in April of 2014 after Blockstream’s Adam …
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Microsoft officially launched its cloud-based blockchain platform on Tuesday. The tech giant has partnered with Brooklyn-based startup Consensus Systems (ConsenSys) to offer Ethereum Blockchain as a Service (EBaaS) on its Azure cloud platform. The offering consists in two tools that enable Enterprise clients and developers to make SmartContract based applications. The first tool is called …
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Purse has become one of the more exciting companies in the Bitcoin space due to their dedication to creating use cases for mainstream users. While many other Bitcoin-related businesses are focused on trading or wallet software, Purse has created a reason for people who don’t care about Bitcoin to go out of their way to …
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The Bitcoin Gospel is a surprisingly unbiased look (considering its name) at the state of bitcoin, showcasing the potential of the digital currency without glossing over some of its most pressing issues. Created by VPro Backlight, the Dutch documentary series that has won several awards and gained some tech street cred when it released some documentaries …
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Stampery wants to send notaries on vacation – forever. By leveraging the blockchain to certify all documents, this young startup is determined to cut off all trusted third parties, “which are basically both a cost and a security hole,” claims Daniele Levi, Stampery’s co-founder and CEO. Founded in April 2015, this Spanish startup enables users …
An earlier version of this article embarrassingly misspelled ZapChain COO Daniel Cawrey’s name and erroneously listed him as the CEO, we regret the error. Talib Kweli’s new album is available on ZapChain for Bitcoin. He previously posted the entire album, Indie 500, a collaboration with the 9th wonder, streaming online a few days in advance of its official launch. Now, it …
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The Economist recently featured Bitcoin and blockchain technology on the cover of their October 31st issue, and the weekly newspaper also released a video of a panel discussion on the topic via their YouTube channel. SecondMarket Founder and Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert was featured on the panel, and he was given the task …
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Fintech investment in APAC has skyrocketed this year. Nearly US$3.5 billion has been invested so far; almost three times more than in 2014, according to a new report from Accenture. Entitled “Fintech Investment in Asia-Pacific set to at least quadruple in 2015,” the report examines current fintech investments and predicts future investment patterns. According to …
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Halsey Minor has been a busy man in the cryptocurrency world. Uphold, previously BitReserve, was founded by the former Internet billionaire and has grown to become one of the largest Bitcoin companies in the world. Now he is attempting to do something people have been talking about for years: Combining virtual reality and cryptocurrencies. Voxelus …
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