Australia Moves to Regulate Bitcoin
Digital currencies such as bitcoin are attractive for terrorism financing, according to Australia’s financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, which is calling for them to regulate it under its anti-money...
View ArticleMalta Gambling Regulatory Body Cautious of Bitcoin
The Gaming Industry is keen to embrace technological advances, says the executive chairperson of the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), Joseph Cuschieri. However, there should be flexible regulatory...
View ArticleFake Bitcoin Apps Emerge in Apple iTunes App Store
Fake bitcoin wallet apps have emerged in the Apple iTunes App Store, potentially putting bitcoin accounts at risk and reinforcing the need for people to make sure they are downloading apps from...
View ArticleWhat Is Bitcoin’s Barry Silbert Doing?
Disclosure: At time of publication, I hold some bitcoin, ether, US dollars, and gold in my long term portfolio. As I held ether at the time of the fork, I also have a “Classic” position by default but...
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Hacked Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex will reduce balances by 36% to distribute...
Late last week we reported that Bitfinex, a popular Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange was hacked, losing about $70M worth of customer’s bitcoin. The loss caused the price of Bitcoin to drop about 20%,...
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Bitcoin ‘Hacker Residency’ to Launch in New York – CoinDesk
A bitcoin development training program will launch in New York City this September to teach new developers the basics of the protocol. While bitcoin might not be the easiest software to master today,...
View ArticleStratis Blockchain Solutions to Officially Launch On August 9
The new Blockchain-as-a-service platform, Stratis, will launch tomorrow 14 days after of the Initial Coin Offering period. The project gathered 915 Bitcoin (around $60k worth at the end of the ICO...
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USMS to Auction 2,719 Seized Bitcoins This Month
According to several reports, the U.S. government has announced another Bitcoin auction on August 22, selling 2,719 BTC — worth $1.6 million USD at press time — confiscated by authorities. This will be...
View ArticleBitcoin Company Says At Least $20K Stolen In App Store Scam
Apps that appear legitimate but are actually scams set up to steal customers’ money are proliferating across Apple’s App Store, and the company is moving quickly to remove them before it turns into a...
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Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 08/09/2016 – Short-Term Uptrend Forming
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price is slowly climbing, moving above a rising trend line on its 30-minute and 1-hour time frames. Price is currently testing this rising trend line support, with...
View ArticleCoinOffering Links Virtual and Legal Worlds with Shares on the Ethereum...
CoinOffering has become the very first registered company to offer legal cryptographic shares in the form of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain linking the virtual and legal worlds. In a press release,...
View ArticleKIBO to Provide Integrated Lottery Games Built on Ethereum Smart Contracts
Lottery players worldwide will soon be able to compete for winnings in games that operate transparently over the Internet and receive payment immediately in cryptocurrency. Players will have access to...
View ArticleMajor Portsmouth Restaurant Accepts Bitcoin; Supporting New Hampshire’s ‘Free...
A restaurant in Portsmouth, N.H. now accepts bitcoin, according to Free Keene, a pro-decentralization and pro-bitcoin organization in New Hampshire, which is a very independence-minded state in the...
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The Government Will Auction Off a $1.6 Million Bitcoin Stash
The U.S. Marshals service is auctioning off over $1.6 million of forfeited bitcoins in a one-day event on August 22. The huge chunk of digital currency mostly comes from the treasure troves of black...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 08/10/2016 – Stuck in a Range!
Bitcoin price is settling inside a range but technical indicators seem to be hinting at an upside breakout. The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 08/10/2016 – Stuck in a Range! appeared first...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Predicts a US$2000 Bitcoin Price By 2017
The upcoming Bitcache service by Kim Dotcom is cause of great speculation these days. Merging Bitcoin with the MegaUpload file sharing service is a great way to push cryptocurrency adoption. But Dotcom...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 08/10/2016 – Stuck in a Range!
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price has been moving sideways on the slowdown in volatility, stuck in a range between support at $575 and resistance at $590. Price appears to be bouncing off the...
View ArticleEx-Cop Caught in Undercover Sting Pleads Guilty to Selling Bitcoin …
Advertised sites are not endorsed by us. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. A former New Jersey police officer is reported to have plead guilty to attempting to sell...
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Bitcoin Core Ramps up Efforts to Compete with ETH – CCN …
Advertised sites are not endorsed by us. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. Three Bitcoin Core developers, Alex Morcos, Suhas Daftuar and Matt Corallo, have announced a...
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Rubbish: Australia to regulate bitcoin under money laundering and...
by Duncan Riley | Aug 10, 2016 | 0 comments Australia will be one of the first countries to regulate bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under the guise of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism...
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