BitShares Rebranding Signals New Communication Strategy
Pioneering crypto 2.0 project BitShares is rebranding its website in a bid to encourage merchants and consumers to use its decentralized exchange.
Pioneering crypto 2.0 project BitShares is rebranding its website in a bid to encourage merchants and consumers to use its decentralized exchange.
Robocoin has simplified the registration process for new users of its ATMs, enabling them to first create an account online before ever visiting a machine. By verifying an email address and phone number, customers will now be able to sign up and create a wallet via the firm’s website. This initial registration enables the user to transact with bitcoin only, however. To use fiat currency […]
Digital currency exchanges are not required to comply with anti-money laundering rules, according to new guidance from the Banca d'Italia.
A team of students and staff from an Irish University is building a bitcoin 'credit check' database to make the digital currency more transparent.
The legislative branch of the US government in New Jersey is holding a public hearing on bitcoin and digital currency today.
US-based bitcoin exchange Trucoin has increased its customer's daily purchase power to an "unprecedented" $1,000.
Reports suggest customers of GAW High Speed Internet, a sister company of bitcoin startup GAW Miners, are suffering a weeks-long service outage.
CoinJar's updated mobile app is simple to use and allows faster payments to all addresses, plus fiat currency transfers between CoinJar accounts.
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released the latest draft version of of its BitLicense proposal.
Overstock has confirmed Counterparty developers Robby Dermody and Evan Wagner are no longer working on its exchange project Medici.
A jury in New York ruled Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht guilty on all charges including money laundering, drug trafficking and computer hacking.
The New York State Department of Financial Services has released a revised version of its BitLicense proposal.
NASCAR driver Justin Boston has received a sponsorship from bitcoin payments company BitPay.
EU rules requiring merchants to record the country of residence of their customers could be bad news for pseudonymous payments systems like bitcoin.
HashRabbit, which supplies enterprise-focused software to facilitate the management and security of bitcoin miners, has raised $500,000.
Webjet has become the first Australian online travel agency to offer bitcoin as a payment method. The company has partnered with Sydney-based bitcoin startup BitPOS to enable customers to complete digital currency transactions through its Webjet Exclusives website. Paul Ryan, CEO of Webjet Exclusives, said: “It’s an innovative addition to the existing payment options available on site. We are […]
Boost VC’s launched Tribe 5 Monday with 24 bitcoin companies, bringing its total portfolio to 50 companies.
CoinDesk speaks to the Isle of Man’s head of digital development about how the UK dependency is pressing forward with bitcoin-friendly regulation.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft has indicated that its bitcoin payments program currently remains limited to US customers.
Bitcoin exchange Coin Loft says it has beaten Australia's tax imposition on bitcoin trades with a private ruling from the government.
Online shopping startup Ziftr has officially closed the presale of its own altcoin, raising over $850,000 in under two months.
BitPay and Adyen have partnered to offer bitcoin payments to gamers using Jagex, the UK-based developer behind popular online game MMORPG RuneScape.
Darkleaks will let users sell leaked data in an anonymous, trustless environment powered by bitcoin's blockchain.
Swedish bitcoin mining company KnCMiner has raised $15m in a Series B funding round led by Accel Partners.
Micropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $2.25m in angel funding from investors including King co-founder Patrik Stymne and Uber SVP Emil Michael.
On Monday evening the first book of its exposure by a major publisher was permanently recorded into the bitcoin blockchain.
An unnamed Caribbean island is set to serve as the venue for a secretive, closed-door gathering of the bitcoin industry elite this weekend.
Following a price spike on major announcements from Coinbase two weeks ago, the bitcoin price has fallen back below $250.
Bonafide has built a reputation scoring system that lets companies or individuals gauge others' trustworthiness when transacting in bitcoin.
UPDATE (15:17 2nd February 2015): Added comment from Yacuna regarding changes to deposit and withdrawal limits for unverified customers. ______________________________________________________________ UK-based cryptocurrency exchange Yacuna has waived all trading and withdrawal fees in a bid to boost the ecosystem, the firm says. In a statement on the move, Yacuna CEO Andrei Martchouk said: “We want to […]
