Bitcoin

MtGox continued trading for at least two weeks despite knowing that it did not hold enough bitcoins to return every customer their money, according to a deposition from the CEO…

Recently, Abra Inc., a remittance app maker powered by Bitcoin Blockchain has raised $12 million Series A in a funding round that included Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures, and First Round…

Coinbase, a global Bitcoin major player, and one of the largest US-based Bitcoin ventures, has launched retail buy-and-sell operations in Singapore as part of its business expansion and strategic objective…

Recently, Heath Terry, a Global Investment Research analyst at Goldman Sachs revealed that the blockchain technology offers many advantages for numerous types of assets and “the ability to transfer ownership…

Recently, Barclays announced that from now onwards they will be accepting bitcoin for payments to charities as an alternative option for those non- profits to raise funds.The program is supposed…

Korean bitcoin exchange Korbit has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by SoftBank Ventures Korea and Pantera Capital, with participation from BAM Ventures, and returning investors Bitcoin Opportunity…

Recently, Cafe Punta de Cielo which is located in the campus of Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico has started to accept bitcoin as a payment method.At the moment,…

At the moment, MyCoin is under investigation for running a Ponzi bitcoin scam and the Taiwan police caught two suspects who are believed to have a direct connection with MyCoin.There…

The governor and two deputy governors of the Reserve Bank of India have been discussing digital currency in various events that took place earlier this month.On 25th of August 2015,…

The People’s Bank of China announced it decided to cut the one-year lending rate by 25 basis points to 4.6 percent and lower the required reserve ratio by 50 basis…

Colu, an Israel- based colored coins startup has made an announcement that it has recently launched the beta version of its developer platform.Individual developers and companies are welcome to build…

Last year, HashFast Technologies, a bitcoin equipment manufacturer went into bankruptcy and from then onwards the company has been surrounded by a number of legal troubles.The company filed for bankruptcy…

37coins, the bitcoin wallet service provider has decided to shut down all its operations as it has failed to gain traction in the market place.The company was established in the…

BitFlyer, a bitcoin exchange located in Japan, has recently raised $4 million through a third- party allotment, which requires issuing of new shares to a limited number of investors.As stated…

The Polish airlines, LOT, has recently integrated bitcoin as one of its online payment methods alongside payment methods including American Express, PayPal, MasterCard and Visa.The airline announced that as the…

The private research software company, Qualtrics has added bitcoin as reward option for the consumers who complete their surveys and to the enterprise clients which create the surveys in order…

On 5th of August 2015, at the headquarters of NASDAQ, Patrick Byrne, the chief executive officer of Overstock has unveiled the company’s most anticipated blockchain- based private and public equities…

Bitcoin to be treated as regular currency by Australian Senate CommitteeAccording to the report published by the government of Australia, a Senate Economics References Committee review has recommended to trear…

Overstock, an American online retailer which is headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, near Salt Lake City, has sold a $5 million worth of “cryptobond” to FNY Managed Accounts, a New…

The MIT Media Lab along with Microsoft have launched a promising joint initiative to dig into the implications of bitcoin and blockchain technologies.During a Bitcoin event held in New-York, Brian…