May 5, 2016

Winklevoss Brothers Own ‘Material’ Amount of Ether

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have revealed that they have personally invested in ether, the digital asset that powers the Ethereum blockchain. The announcement follows on the heels of news the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) said it will allow the brothers to…

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XMLGold Makes Trading Bitcoin More Convenient With Debit Cards and More

BELIZE CITY, Belize, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- XMLGold is offering the best rates for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency trades on the platform. The digital currency platform is known for the convenience it offers its customers along every step. XMLGold Makes Trading Bitcoin More Convenient…

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Don’t Like Advertising? One ‘Brave’ Startup Has The Answer: Bitcoin

There is a serious problem brewing on the internet. Everyone expects content to be free, content providers accept this, trying to make their way with a mix of selling advertising and profiling their customers. Many users turn to tools like Adblock to shut out unwanted…

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Kraken Bitcoin Exchange Adds Position Settlement For Margin Trading

The Kraken exchange keeps adding some exciting new features as of late. Exchange users can now cash out of margin positions through a position settlement. This new feature not just for people actively using leveraged margin trading, as Kraken wants to make margin trading more…

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‘I’m Sorry,’ Says Man Who Claimed To Be Bitcoin’s Creator

Days after he published a lengthy blog post in which he claimed to be "Satoshi Nakamoto," the alias used to create the bitcoin cryptocurrency, Australian Craig Wright has erased the post and replaced it with one that says he doesn't "have the courage" to prove…

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Australian Ends Attempt to Prove He Founded Bitcoin

Photo Mark Harrison LONDON — The mystery behind who created the online currency Bitcoin deepened on Thursday.Craig Steven Wright, an Australian entrepreneur and computer programmer who earlier this week said he was that person, on Thursday withdrew an offer to prove his assertion, removing the…

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NY regulator approves Winklevoss bid to trade digital currency ether

Entrepeneurs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of ''Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology'' in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 2, 2016. The New York State…

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Global Expansion is Next Act for Bitcoin Cash App Abra

Bill Barhydt talks fast, often in big, sweeping terms that pass with the frequency of mile markers. "We are basically preparing Abra to go global as quickly as possible," he says in interview.On the phone with CoinDesk, Barhydt even sounds as if he’s flying through…

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Satoshi Saga Continues: Tulip Trust Trustee Expected to Appear by September 19, Says Joseph VaughnPerling

Craig Steven Wright, who over the past days claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin, has been unable to publicly prove control over any of the keys that (only) Satoshi Nakamoto should posses. While his initial blog post deceptively included a Satoshi Nakamoto-signature that was…

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Bitcoin Business Where In The World Is Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright’s New Evidence That He Is Satoshi Nakamoto Is Worthless | Motherboard

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Craig Wright backs out and won’t prove that he is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto, 2016 edition, might not be Craig Wright after all. Just a couple of days after claiming that he was the creator of bitcoin, the Australian entrepreneur updated his website with a note that says that he won’t share the proof that he’s Satoshi…

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Financial Blockchain Group PTDL Sees New Members

T he blockchain-centric Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group has announced new members joining its initiative which now sees 37 financial institutions and market infrastructure companies involved in the collective. The PTLD Group, a consortium launched last year that consists of clearing and settlement houses, exchanges…

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Bitcoin Price Tipping Point

Bitcoin price bounces from lower high to lower high as the buyers rejoice in their buying opportunity prior to a rally to the moon. The chart has been keeling into decline and the social mood is negative. But buying, at all costs, it seems, is…

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Larry Summers Joins Digital Currency Group as it Adds New Partners

Digital Currency Group (DCG), the Bitcoin venture investment firm of SecondMarket founder Barry Silbert (and the owner of CoinDesk since January ), has made a number of moves that further expand its connection with the wider business community in the U.S. The new world of…

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UK Isle of Man Government Bullish on Blockchain

Share with:The Isle of Man Government has begun to use the first public service based on Blockchain technology, with a model that one of its developers said could soon be replicated in the UK.The Department of Economic Development in the Crown dependency has begun to…

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Craig Wright Signed With Outside Organisation PR Agency

More information is surfacing regarding the major announcements Craig Wright promised the Bitcoin world, even though he will never deliver on them after throwing in the towel. It is worth noting, however, he hired a major PR agency to ensure his message got out to…

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7/11 – The Day Bitcoin Prices Will Rocket, or Start of a Crash

Is less actually more? Will halving be a boon to Bitcoin or an absolute curse that will lead to a spectacular crash? Money needs to be printed to be used, it has to be brought into circulation. Whether it is paper based or virtual, someone…

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Craig Wright Won’t Provide More Proof He Created Bitcoin

In a stunning reversal, Craig Wright – the Australian academic who on Monday sparked a media frenzy with his efforts to prove that he is the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto – now says he will not provide any more proof as previously indicated.Two…

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Exploring the Centralization Risks of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

For the vast majority of Bitcoin Core contributors, the Lightning Network is viewed as the best option for scaling Bitcoin to many millions of new users. But the system has not yet been implemented on the Bitcoin blockchain, which has left many to wonder whether…

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Bitcoin ‘creator’ backs out of Satoshi coin move ‘proof’

Image caption Dr Wright said he did not "have the courage" to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto The Australian entrepreneur who has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin has reneged on a promise to present new "proof" to support his case.Craig Wright had pledged…

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PopIsle Ad Network Expands Payment Options To Include Bitcoin

PopIsle, an advertising network connecting advertisers with online publishers, has announced in a press release that it has expanded its payment options by paying publishers with bitcoin. As a result, the company claims it has received an increase in interest from publishers. Ad networks usually…

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Craig Wright U-turns on pledge to provide evidence he invented bitcoin

Craig Wright speaking to the BBC in his first interview. Photograph: BBC news Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, has backtracked on a pledge to provide proof of his earlier claims. Despite promising on Tuesday…

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Blockchains Databases… Should We See Them More as Middleware?

Share with:by Benedikt HerudekBlockchains are commonly compared to databases, for obvious reasons as they store transactions. However, one could just as well understand them as a middleware connecting endpoints via permanently stored transactions. Bitcoin works as a technology to exchange currency, which is a specific…

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Teen Makes $100,000 Through Bitcoin, Crowdfunds VR Headset

After having been given $1,000 by his grandma at only 13-years-old, Erik Finman, now 17, made the risky decision to invest in the notoriously volatile Bitcoin market. His investment very much paid off.When he was 15, only a year and a half later, he liquidated…

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Coinsource Adds 9 Bitcoin ATMs In Los Angeles And Las Vegas

Coinsource has added nine bitcoin ATMs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, making it the largest ATM network on the West Coast. The installations mark the company’s largest single rollout. The expansion into Los Angeles will benefit bitcoin enthusiasts in Southern California, according to Sheffield…

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