July 14, 2016

Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 07/15/2016 – Still Testing Channel Support!

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price has been edging lower recently but the overall uptrend on the short-term chart seems intact. Price is still inside its ascending channel and is currently testing the support. A bounce could confirm that bulls are still in control of…

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LenderBot by Deloitte and Stratumn to bring insurance to the sharing economy using bitcoin’s blockchain

LenderBot is a proof-of-concept micro-insurance platform that uses the bitcoin blockchain for insuring all sorts of things. Most notably, products and services in the sharing economy, such as AirBnB stays and Uber rides.Professional services firm Deloitte , Blockchain technology startup Stratumn , and next-generation insurance…

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34 Bytes Announces New Bitcoin POS Terminal, Offers Merchants a Chance to Win a Free Fully Functional Prototype

Bitcoin Press Release: The new fully functional Bitcoin point-of-sale (POS) terminals by Los Angles based 34 Bytes, LLC has entered the beta testing phase. Merchants taking part in the beta launch will get to use the POS terminal for free. July 14, 2016 Los Angeles…

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Citibank and Venezuela – Perils of Centralized Monetary Systems

The Latin American nation of Venezuela is staring at a far worse economic crisis in the coming days as US-based banking major Citibank intends to close a number of accounts belonging to the Central Bank of Venezuela and other government arms. If the bank indeed…

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Salcido Enterprises, LLC Secures a Long-Term Power Contract, Announces Another Cryptocurrency and Data Server Business Venture

Bitcoin Press Release : Wenatchee, WA.- Salcido Enterprises, LLC has secured a long-term land lease, along with a long-term power contract with Douglas County Public Utility District, totaling 7.5MW. This three-facility build-out begins immediately, and will provide secure Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency mining, along with…

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Changelly Adds Lisk to Its Instant Exchange Service

Bitcoin Press Release: The popular cryptocurrency exchange service Changelly has included Lisk to its supported cryptocurrencies. The brand new digital currency is now available to be traded instantly at the best rate. Changelly also implements Lisk in its exchange API and widgets that could be…

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Dutch Bitcoin Companies Start Initiative to Adjust Proposed European Union AML-Directive

The European Commission published a draft directive last week proposing to amend existing anti-money laundering rules to include virtual currencies such as bitcoin. If adopted, exchanges as well as custodial wallet providers will need to collect customers’ identity documents and report suspicious activity on their…

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Major Belgian Retailers Will Enable Payment Via QR Codes

For some unknown reason, making payments via QR code is gaining a lot of popularity in Belgium. Not because of mass Bitcoin adoption, unfortunately. Atos, the primary payment service provider active in Belgium, has rolled out a new SmartPay function through its Worldline subsidiary. Smart…

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This Giant Bank Is Hiring Like Crazy

And handing out raises. Chase is on a hiring spree.On Thursday, J.P. Morgan Chase JPM 1.52% announced that it had added 2,626 positions in the past past three months alone. That’s on top of the more than 2,800 jobs the bank added in the first…

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Bitcoin Price Steaming but Not yet Explosive

Bitcoin price has been traded up in a mild fever during the latter part of today’s market action. Is this a good place to join a potential uptrend? The chart technicals don’t suggest ongoing advance into a profitable advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social…

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Changelly Adds Lisk To Their Exchange Platform And Other Tools

Lisk continues to raise a lot of attention in recent weeks. Changelly, a relatively new exchange platform. Adde support for LSK to its instant exchange service. Users of this platform will always get the best rates. Moreover, the company also integrated Lisk into its API…

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ACI Report Shows Card Fraud Gets Worse Over Time

Payment fraud is a matter more consumers should be concerned about. A new report by ACI shows how nearly one in three consumers has dealt with card fraud over the past five years. There are alarming numbers, even though this is another clear example as…

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34 Bytes Announces New Bitcoin POS Terminal, Offers Merchants a Chance to Win a Free Fully Functional Prototype

The Bitcoin point-of-sale terminal by 34 Bytes has now entered the beta testing phase. The hot new product will soon be made available by 34 Bytes, LLC , a Los Angeles-based startup pioneering in cryptocurrency payment solutions for physical stores. 34 Bytes is deeply involved…

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British Pound Less Stable than Bitcoin Post-Brexit

In the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s departure vote from the European Union, Bitcoin became more stable than the British pound.During the days leading up to and immediately following the Brexit vote, the pound’s instability increased, while Bitcoin’s continued to decline, eventually falling below the…

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Once Libertarian Dream, Bitcoin Is Now Chinese Currency

Chinese economic growth is a worry for many, having fallen below 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, which means that Chinese slowdown is the worst in the past six years. While the country’s all dominant central government is scrambling to shore up…

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OpenBazaar 2.0: How Bitcoin’s Free Market eBay Plans to Go Global

Within hours of online marketplace OpenBazaar's launch earlier this year, it was host to its first stores offering illegal merchandise. But, it turns out that early precedent was not a harbinger of things to come at the distributed e-commerce platform, supported by VC-backed software startup…

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Is Bitcoin Wallet Airbitz Scraping By?

One of the most active companies in the space – sponsoring events, parties, and conferences – Airbitz has sought to put San Diego on the map for tech startups. But, could the firm be treading water? CEO Paul Puey posted yesterday in a Facebook group…

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Bitcoin Price Watch; Live Trade!

The markets are about to draw to a close in Europe, and it’s time to take our second look of the day at the bitcoin price. Things have been pretty up and down over the last twenty four hours or so, and we’ve been going…

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University of Cantabria in Spain Offers Summer Bitcoin Course

University of Cantabria, a public Spanish university located in Santander, Torrelavega and Comillas, has announced the introduction of a summer Bitcoin course led by Telecommunications engineers Steven Vaerenbergh and Oscar Gonzalez, and mathematician Claudiu Tanasescu.Vaerenbergh, who is leading the Bitcoin course at the university of…

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IBM beta tests secure cloud blockchain service

The IBM logo. Credit: Peter Sayer/IDG News Service IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service.On Thursday it began beta testing a new high-security service plan for IBM Blockchain, with dedicated infrastructure for each customer.Until now, it has offered only a starter…

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Bitcoin Scam Site Warning – CoinDeposit

Enterprise File Sharing Online trading is an integral part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem these days. Many people would like to learn more about the process, or join a group that will tell them where to invest. CoinDeposit is doing things different, by automating the entire…

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University of Cantabria Hosts Bitcoin And Blockchain Technologies Course

Bitcoin and blockchain courses are gaining in popularity all over the world as of late. A special summer course will be held at the University of Cantabria on July 14 and 15. Various topics will be touched upon, and the course is primarily aimed at…

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New Bitwala Partnership With Shapeshift Enables Modern Banking With Altcoins

Free Partnership Contract Partnerships are being forced in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency around the clock. Bitwala, one of the leading Bitcoin payroll providers, partnered with ShapeShift to accept all the great cryptocurrencies. This is kind of interesting news, as all of the existing…

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China Bitcoin Miners, Government Agencies, Electricity Companies Hold Conference

0 China currently holds 82 percent of the world's total bitcoin.(Photo : Reuters) Several Bitcoin miners in China recently held an energy conference. The semi-private event was organized by Bitmain, the largest bitcoin miner in the region, in China's southwest provincial capital of Chengdu.Bitcoin miners…

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Energy Costs Slashed for Cloud Miners To Make Up For Bitcoin Reward Halving

Mining software companies try to reduce costs of Bitcoin mining meeting the challenge brought about by the cutting in half of the block rewards. Hashflare has joined the list of Bitcoin mining companies that are working out a way to cut the cost of energy…

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