Xapo Adds Former Visa and Citibank Execs to Board of Advisors
Bitcoin services provider has appointed three finance bigwigs, including Dee Hock, founder of Visa, to its newly created board of advisors.
Bitcoin services provider has appointed three finance bigwigs, including Dee Hock, founder of Visa, to its newly created board of advisors.
Banks need to understand blockchain technology, according to the chairman of the European Banking Association working group.
British Columbia's Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced today that its official campus bookstore would begin accepting bitcoin payments.
Global online payment processor Payza has said its bitcoin transactions have been rising steadily by about 20% per month.
Two of bitcoin's biggest names, Roger Ver and exchange OKCoin, are engaged in a dispute over the Bitcoin.com domain, amid accusations over contracts.
What might the new UK government's plans for bitcoin regulation look like and is it capable of creating a bitcoin hub?
This week, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg all gave bitcoin the spotlight with lengthy reports and coverage.
California's money transmitter regulator released conflicting statements today regarding how bitcoin regulation will move forward in the state.
CoinDesk has rounded up today's Bitcoin Pizza Day's celebrations from across the world.
The first fund to offer bitcoin investment as part of a bespoke portfolio has launched on global derivatives trading platform IG.
UPDATE (22nd May, 17:2opm GMT): A representative from Bitfinex has indicated it has generated a new hot wallet on a “failsafe machine”. It expects deposits and withdrawals will be live “soon”, after the wallet has successfully synced. Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex today urged customers to halt deposits while it investigates a suspected hack. In a statement released this morning, […]
European payment processor Netopia mobilPay revealed its new bitcoin startup as part of Plug and Play's Retail & FinTech Expo yesterday.
Popular digital currency forum BitcoinTalk has been taken offline following a social engineering attack that resulted in a server compromise.
Hernán Botbol of Argentina's Taringa! social network is joining the Consensus 2015 lineup, which includes Nathaniel Popper and Wences Casares.
A bill calling for specific regulation of digital currencies has been approved by the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Coinapult will be tackling the US market following a services integration with Crypto Capital, a licensed money transmitter.
Following an investment in Ripple Labs, Seagate's senior vice president Dave Morton discusses why his firm is excited about blockchain technology.
UK-based digital assets service provider Elliptic has partnered with Gem to offer a custodian service for the private keys of multisig wallets.
A project led by a pioneering developer of an e-commerce security protocol was among the standouts at Blockchain University's second demo day.
Police in Thailand have raided 13 rooms at a Bangkok apartment complex in connection with alleged digital currency ponzi scheme Ufun.
A new report suggests Benjamin M Lawsky will seek to advise clients on matters relating to digital currency when he leaves office in late June.
Citi has told the UK government it should consider creating its own digital currency, a newly obtained document has revealed.
Tembusu Systems denies Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' role as its advisor represents a "conflict of interest" for the politician.
Peer-to-peer bitcoin lending company Bitbond has closed a €600,000 angel investment round, raising its total funding to €800,000. The company, which launched in June 2013, received funds from its seed investor, Point Nine Capital and business angels, including Christian Vollmann, an early investor in ResearchGate. Radoslav Albrecht, founder and CEO at BitBond, said: “The additional resources will help us […]
Overstock has purchased a stake in broker Pro Securities, on whose electronic system a new suggests its decentralized stock market has been built.
This excerpt from Nathaniel Popper's book 'Digital Gold' looks at the ups and downs of bitcoin exchange BitInstant before its ultimate demise.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced the launch of a bitcoin price index (NYXBT).
Bitcoin wallet providers Darkwallet and Armory are among the strongest on matters of financial privacy, according to a new study.
Digital currency startup Ripple Labs announced today that it has closed a new $28m Series A funding round.
21 Inc released new details today confirming that its market strategy will focus on distributing bitcoin mining chips embedded in consumer devices.