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Weak Bitcoin Values Force CEX.IO to Suspend Cloud Mining Services

CEX.IO, one of the leading bitcoin exchanges and cloud mining service providers, has announced the temporary suspension of its cloud mining services . They can attribute this policy change to the sudden and drastic drop in bitcoin value in the past weeks . The suspension…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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PEY: The 3D-Printed Bitcoin Payment Terminal For Retailers

Entrepreneur, Ricardo Ferrer Rivero has developed a working prototype of a 3D-printed bitcoin payment terminal called PEY. The PEY terminal uses iBeacon technology, so that users who have the PEY app installed on their phone, will receive a push notification informing them that a local…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Cash Buys Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Bitcoin says Adieu aux Armes (Op-Ed)

Cash Buys Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Bitcoin says Adieu aux Armes (Op-Ed) The Charlie Hebdo terror and other Paris attacks renew concerns about the ease with which terrorist cells in Europe can get illegal arms. Media outlets have even started to speculate that some of the…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Game time! CT, Ziftr and ziftrCOIN announce contest to win a wallet’s worth of coins

Ziftr the online price comparison add-on and its altcoin offspring ziftrCOIN have teamed up with CoinTelegraph to offer our readers a chance to win bitcoins!The winner will also receive the value-guaranteed (in their retailer network) digital currency ZiftrCOIN, which celebrates the end of its pre-sale…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Internet of Coins Releases White Paper for Infrastructure That Supports Inter-Blockchain Transactions

Internet of Coins Releases White Paper for Infrastructure That Supports Inter-Blockchain Transactions Internet of Coins, an organization striving to create an infrastructure that supports inter-blockchain transactions, announced the release of its white paper at the Bitcoin Embassy Amsterdam during its launch party on January 3,…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Accused Silk Road creator goes to trial amid U.S. scrutiny of bitcoin

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes is headed for its highest-profile test yet, as a trial begins for the alleged creator of an online marketplace catering to vice.Jury selection is scheduled…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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iGaming Business Partners with GoCoin to Accept Cryptocurrencies Including Bitcoin

In an announcement at the official webpage, iGaming Business, the leading publishing, research and events company for the iGaming sector, says that it has signed a deal with GoCoin to accept crypto currency including Bitcoin. The decision by the company to embrace the digital currencies…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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CEX.io Halts Cloud Mining Service Due to Low Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin mining service CEX.io has announced it will suspend its cloud mining activities.The company stated in a 12th January blog post that it is no longer profitable, blaming declining revenues amid a dropping bitcoin price. CEX chief information officer Jeffrey Smith told CoinDesk that operations would resume if the price…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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BitHalo Releases Decentralized Escrow Client v2.1 to Rival PayPal, Western Union

FlikeTweetG+2PinBitHalo announces the release of version 2.1 of its decentralized escrow client, adding a new feature that aims to compete directly with companies such as Paypal and Western Union, said the organization in an announcement.Entitled the "Advanced Payment," the new feature allows simple and secure…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Ross Ulbricht Trial Set to Begin

Alleged drug kingpin Ross Ulbricht , who is currently facing charges of running a criminal enterprise, money laundering and drug trafficking, is set to begin his trial in Manhattan tomorrow on January 13th.Ulbricht was arrested in the San Francisco Public Library over a year ago…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Paybase Announces $20 Buy Back Scheme for Paycoin

Embattled cryptocurrency platform Paybase is launching a buy-back scheme to match the US$20 floor that their Paycoin currency was expected to hold. Announcing a system based upon “monthly disbursements” of Bitcoin to pay for any XPY re-purchased by Paybase in the scheme, the company stated…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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‘Don’t Complain…You Didn’t Bother to Speak Up’: Ross Ulbricht Trial Begins

Ross Ulbricht FlikeTweetG+2PinSome are labeling it the trial for Internet freedom, others - freedom to retain some privacy - but it will center around one man. The alleged operator of Silk Road known by his pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) was identified by Law Enforcement…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Cryptocurrency round-up: Bitstamp bitcoin exchange back online and darkcoin award

The price of bitcoin (IBTimes UK) The price of bitcoin has continued to slide over the weekend, falling to as low as $265 on Sunday where it continues to hover.Most other major cryptocurrencies have followed in bitcoin's lead, with litecoin, dogecoin, peercoin and namecoin all…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Bitcoin ‘Vault’ Elliptic Meets Global Auditing Standard

KPMG building Digital currency storage service Elliptic has obtained ISAE 3402 accreditation – a global standard for financial reporting – from auditing specialist KPMG.The ISAE 3402 Type 1 or SOC1/2 review scrutinises various aspects of a business, including financial controls, regulatory compliance including AML and KYC measures, financial…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Dr. Jose Martinez, talking about the ‘BITCOIN’ trading – BancoFX

Bitcoin is a digital currency created in 2009. It follows the ideas set out in a white paper by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, whose true identity has yet to be verified. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional online payment mechanisms and…

cineramaJanuary 12, 2015

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Don’t Forget Bitcoin At Tax Time

Getting those tax records together for the 2015 filing season? Don’t forget about Bitcoin.The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance to taxpayers in 2014 on how to treat Bitcoin – and other virtual currency – for federal income tax purposes. That guidance, IRS Notice 2014-21…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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The Strangest Altcoins of 2014

The past 12 months have seen a veritable explosion in the number of alternative digital currencies, otherwise known as altcoins.The numbers for exactly how many altcoins are in existence vary depending on the measure. CoinMarketCap.com lists 554 cryptocurrencies at the time of writing – up from around…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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BitStamp Resumes Operations

BitStamp, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges out there in the Bitcoin ecosystem that had suspended its service after the breach resulted in the loss of around 19,000 Bitcoin with a value of some $5 million, has informed the customers that it has resumed the…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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CyberShares Launches Sharedrops To Promote Polymorphic DApps

A new venture called cyberShares is launching a series of ‘sharedrops’, giving out free digital asset tokens to the users of ‘Bitcoin 2.0′ technologies such as Colored Coins, NXT, Counterparty, Bitshares, Maidsafe and Etheruem.CyberShares assets will entitle their owners to a share in the profits…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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Payments Veterans Seek to Unlock Blockchain’s Power With Align Commerce

The bitcoin blockchain can be utilized to store transaction records in its public ledger database, but that is far from its only use case.Novel real-world applications in the fields of smart contracts and intellectual property rights , have begun to surface, providing a glimpse of the kinds…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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The Next Big Thing in Bitcoin: Mainstream Adoption By the Back Door

Two interesting projects have emerged recently, which could lead to the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin by the masses of regular consumers who have thus far remained ambivalent towards the digital currency – and all without them even knowing that they are using Bitcoin.Each of these…

cineramaJanuary 11, 2015

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BITCOIN RUSH | episode 27 * Crypto News Media

Greenpeace, Bitcoin Union, TheOpenMinute w/ Gryfen Crypto Inc., Opal, Soumitra Mandhata, Paypal, & Bitcoin Juggle Btc donations will be used wisely: 17vPhPit.Change Tip, Bet Moose, HTML Coin, BTCxe, Altcoin Devvie, Altcoin Herold, Institutional Investment, The Open Minute Btc donations will be used wisely: 17vPhPi.CA Bitcoin…

cineramaJanuary 10, 2015

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Bitcoin Talk Show #35 — Bitcoin Giving Tuesday, Talking TipBots and the Bitcoin News LIVE

The Open Bitcoin Privacy Project is an open source, global organization whose mission is to improve financial privacy within the Bitcoin ecosystem. We hold r.Support #Bitcoin Charities! Thanks for watching! :)Sponsored by -- multisig wallet and more! December 4nd, 2014 -- MadBitcoins. They're M-A-D Delicious.…

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Bitcoin Talk Show #8 (Live) — Call or Skype in with your thoughts! What is the future of

Bitcoin Talk Show #19 (Live) - Call 1-708-23-COINS (26467) or Skype BitcoinTalkShow HD.Bitcoin Talk Show #7 (Live) -- Call or Skype in with your thoughts! What is the future of Bitcoin?If you enjoyed the show please donate as this is our only stream of income:…

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Neuroware Launches ‘Future-Proof’ API for Cryptocurrency Apps

Building an infrastructure that is easy-to-use is critical if the digital currency ecosystem wants to encourage the creation of consumer-facing products.To simplify this process, startup Neuroware has built Blockstrap – an application programming interface (API) for web designers and front-end developers that supports bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,…

cineramaJanuary 10, 2015

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