April 2016

Thomson Reuters Exec Believes There Will Be ‘Thousands’ of Blockchain Uses

In the past six months, mass media giant Thomson Reuters, perhaps best known for the Reuters international news agency, has made two significant moves in the blockchain sector. More publicly known is news in late March that the firm had begun contributing to the Hyperledger…

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Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin Price Watch; Here’s What’s on for Today’s Session

Just as we did last night, let’s kick things off with a chart. The chart below shows action in the bitcoin price across the last 48 hours or so, and has the levels that we outlined last night being the ones to watch still overlaid.…

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Bitcoin Business

Use Bitcoin at Amazon, AliExpress, and More With a Free Unichange Bitcoin Debit Card

Bitcoin Press Release: Innovative Bitcoin exchange platform Unichange is pleased to announce the giveaway of free virtual Bitcoin debit cards that can be used at Amazon, AliExpress and more outlets. Starting today, Unichange launches its free giveaway of Unichange virtual debit cards to every customer…

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Bitso Raises Over US$1.85m to Boost Mexican Bitcoin Remittance

Donald Trump has been facing a lot of backlash over his idea to build a wall around Mexico to halt the remittances flowing from the US to this country. While it is evident Bitcoin can easily sneak around any artificial wall, Mexican Bitcoin startup Bitso…

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Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme MMM Global Gains Supporters in South Africa

There are mixed reviews about MMM Global, the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Sergey Mavrodi. While many people across the internet are calling it an elaborate fraud, there are those, a significant number of people in South Africa who are defending these very schemes.MMM Global…

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Bitcoin Price Watch; Tonight’s Asian Session

The European session is drawing to a close, and it’s heading into lunch time in the US. As usual, this means it’s time for the second of our twice daily bitcoin price watch analysis pieces, so here goes. First, we will have a quick look…

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Bitcoin Business

Apple Pay is showing promising growth

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence " Payments Industry Insider " subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here . Apple Pay launched in October 2014, and the tech giant provided an update on the mobile wallet's progress in its first-quarter earnings call…

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Bitcoin Price Wings Cut By Market

Bitcoin price has recovered from sell-off lows at $434 and 2800 CNY today. Can the market bounce price through resistance and continue to new highs? Or has yesterday’s lack of commitment at a critical moment cut bitcoin’s price wings? This analysis is provided by xbt.social…

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The Inner Workings of Decentralized Crypto Exchange EtherEx

For cryptocurrency enthusiasts, there are quite a few options where they can do business in regards to trading and exchanging one type of digital currency for another via a digital exchange. Some exchanges offer sophisticated trading options with limiting, stop order and more. However, for…

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Bitcoin-Centric Investor Digital Currency Group Sees Investment from Western Union

Frequent bitcoin- and blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group now sees Western Union as an investor in a new funding round. Money-transfer giant Western Union is Digital Currency Group’s newest investor, in a new funding round.Digital Currency Group (DCG) is also welcoming new investors to…

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Slock.it DAO Token IOUs To Go On Sale Thursday

Slock.it DAO token IOUs to go on sale Thursday, according to William Piquard, business developer at Gatecoin Limited, a Hong Kong based regulated financial institution for blockchain assets .The much anticipated DAO, which aims to fund the creation of smart locks as well as an…

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Breaking EU Cookie Laws: Advertising and Adblock War Continues

Is a European Union letter to a privacy advocate going to change the future of online advertising forever?A few days ago we highlighted how certain websites are blocking ad-blockers themselves, things have certainly come to a head since then. The Register carried a story recently…

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Bitcoin Business

Blockchain Smart Contracts: A Hyper-Deflationary Force for Health Care Delivery

Blockchain and digital health services could be a perfect match for each other across a variety of applications. From distributed interoperable health records to proof of adherence for medication, the healthcare industry is ripe for digital innovation. More generally, technology is a hyper-deflationary force, and…

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What Is Gitian Building? How Bitcoin’s Security Processes Became a Model for the Open Source Community

One of Bitcoin's most important security features, a crucial property that makes the system trustless, is its open source nature. Because Bitcoin’s code is open source, anyone able to read code can check for themselves whether it does what it's supposed to do.Plus, as per…

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Infosys’ EdgeVerve Launches Blockchain Framework for Financial Services

EdgeVerve Systems’ newly-introduced Blockchain Framework furthers the adoption of blockchain technology by the global financial services sector. A subsidiary of Infosys , which offers the Infosys Finacle universal banking solution suite, EdgeVerve introduced the product at the Infosys Confluence global client summit in San Francisco,…

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Using The Blockchain is Inevitable For The Internet of Things

There seems to be an unavoidable collaboration between the Internet Of things and blockchain technology, although it remains to be seen how such a unification would work exactly. With all of the data being exchanged, secure solutions have to be established, and the blockchain seems…

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Cypherpunks Controversial Vision for Bitcoin Scalability

With the increasing adoption of Bitcoin , cypherpunks have once again risen to prominence.As Gregory Maxwell and Peter Todd , self-proclaimed cypherpunks, and Adam Back, the inventor of Hashcash, pave a path for Bitcoin, their vision highlights a cautious approach in an attempt to not…

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Dragon’s Tale – Play the Fishing Game and catch a Big Reward

Dragon’s Tale is an amazing and unique Bitcoin Casino Role Play game. It is currently one of the most popular games in the Bitcoin industry. Launched back in 2012 it is also one of the oldest Gambling sites in the digital currency ecosystem.Dragon’s Tale has…

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UK Government Awards £248k for Ethereum Prototype

The UK government has awarded £248k to a startup that is building a cross-border payments tool using Ethereum.Founded in 2007, Innovate UK is a nondepartmental public office dedicated to fostering innovation through grants and investments.In interview, Tramonex co-founder and CEO Amine Berraoui said his company…

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BIP 75 Simplifies Bitcoin Wallets for the Everyday User

Although Bitcoin is more than 7 years old, making payments on the network is still a rather cumbersome task. With a user interface that requires users to send money to long strings of letters and numbers rather than human-readable names, it’s no wonder that many…

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Coinbase users in the US can now buy Bitcoin with debit cards

More Coinbase users can buy Bitcoin with debit cards. Starting on Thursday, users of Coinbase in the US will be able to purchase Bitcoin using their debit cards.Until now, the bitcoin wallet and exchange company required users to connect their US bank accounts to their…

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Indian IT Giant Infosys Launches Blockchain-Powered Finance Platform

Bringing distributed ledger technology to the traditional financial sector will be quite a challenge throughout the next few years. Infosys subsidiary EdgeVerve has launched a new blockchain-based software platform to make this transition a lot smoother. Infosys Ventures Into Banking Industry In this day and…

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Bitcoin Business

‘Crypto-Swiss Knife’ Mycelium Wallet Announced

Earlier today, Mycelium officially announced the introduction of their new wallet. The new wallet application is expected to be a feature rich product with various integrations according to the company’s website.The announcement about the new wallet was made on the well-known social media forum, Reddit…

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Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 04/28/2016 – Bears Are Back!

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price tested the $460 level and resistance held as predicted in the previous article . The bearish divergence played out as well, taking price down to the nearby area of interest at $440. More downside could be expected but technical…

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[Updated] Steam Users Can Now Pay for Games with Bitcoin

UPDATE: Following the confirmation by BitPay, it has become clear that Steam is accepting Bitcoin payments. Rumors have started surfacing regarding a possible introduction of Bitcoin to the Steam platform. Gamers from all over the world will be familiar with what Steam has to offer;…

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