Bitcoin Plaza: October 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Weekly Decrypt: Bot, Millionaire, Reward, & Tangle

What happened this week in crypto innovation? Here's all the news that's fit to print

Friday, October 30, 2015

Fool Me Once … Top 5 Bitcoin-Related Scams for 2015

CoinTelegraph is always keen to bring to readers’ attention anything suspicious in crypto-industry. We’ve been surprised by the sheer audacity of some rogue players still playing a major role in toda

LBRY: The Lovechild of Bitcoin, BitTorrent & Storj

CoinTelegraph spoke to three of LBRY's team members to find out more about their software project.

Will Mainstream Gambling Sites Accept Bitcoin Across the Board?

Online gambling is a global and rapidly growing industry that has nevertheless been hampered by regulatory issues.

Kim Dotcom to use Blockchain & Smartphones to Build a Decentralized Internet

MegaUpload creator Kim Dotcom is looking to reinvent the future if the Internet with the help of your smartphone, or 100 million smartphones that is.

Bitcoin Investment Trust Surges as Price Soars to Yearly High

Following the recent spike in bitcoin trading volume and price, shares of Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) surged to US$32 per share, marking a 10.92% increase over the past few d

BitGo Unveils Open-Source Bitcoin Key Recovery Service

Bitcoin security platform BitGo announced the launch of the first automated open source Key Recovery Service (KRS) software that allows generating, securing and storing private backup keys

Thursday, October 29, 2015

World's First DAPI: Decentralized Application Programming Interface

Lead Dash developer Evan Duffield recently gave a presentation for Bitcoin Wednesday. After an introduction to Dash's core protocol functions, Duffield went on to give a pre-announcement of a series o

R3 Blockchain Consortium Adds 3 More Banks

Three more banks have announced joining the Distributed Ledger Group (DLG) and R3 Blockchain consortium that nclude Mizuho Bank, UniCredit and Nordea.

IOTA: A Blockchain-less GASP Token for The Internet of Things

In today’s digital age, there are many people on the quest towards the Internet of things (IoT). Now, a new micro-transaction crypto-token called IOTA looks to facilitate the architecture involved wit

NSA-Friendly CISA Bill Easily Passes U.S. Senate; Snowden Attacks

CISA (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015) easily passed through the U.S. Senate’s vote on Tuesday, creating a new avenue for consumer data sharing that benefits anti-privacy entities like t

Digital CC Abandons Bitcoin, Rebrands to Digital X

Former bitcoin miner and transaction processor Digital CC has terminated all bitcoin related operations by rebranding to Digital X to focus on its remittance product and blockchain-based software

Taiwanese Kidnappers Receive $1.68M Bitcoin Ransom from Billionaire Yuk-Kwan

The family of billionaire Pearl Oriental Oil chairman Wong Yuk-Kwan paid Taiwanese kidnappers US$1.68 million in bitcoin after they threatened to “dig out the eyeballs or chop off the legs” of Yuk-Kwa

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Study: Only 3% of Bank CEOs Have Tech Experience

The latest study from Accenture shows that only 6% of board directors and just 3% of CEOs of the world’s biggest banks have any technology experience, reports Business Wire.

Bitcoin Price Tops $300: To the Moon or Blowoff Top Forming?

The Bitcoin price is back above US$300 where it hasn’t been since the summer’s Grexit fiasco. This has been a strong up move, in which the last 7 days have been positive (green candles).

Nasdaq’s Blockchain-Powered Platform Linq Attracts First 6 Clients

Nasdaq announced the first six inaugural clients of its new blockchain-enabled platform “Nasdaq Linq.” The first participants will include Chain.com, ChangeTip, PeerNova, Synack, Tango, and Vera.

Mt. Gox’s Karpeles: Embezzled Funds ‘Spent on Prostitutes’

Shamed Mt. Gox former CEO Mark Karpeles allegedly used suspected embezzled funds to pay for prostitutes, new reports claim.

Bitcoin Awareness Campaign Launches Across Major U.S. Cities

I often sit and consider what I would do on the off chance that I had a million dollars. When I chat with people about Bitcoin, they understand very little about it.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

JP Morgan Partners with Walmart & Best Buy to Crush Apple Pay

American multinational banking and financial services holding company JP Morgan Chase & Co. has announced the launch of its own version of a mobile payment system

‘Cheap Money’ Means Expensive Bitcoins (Op-Ed)

It's no secret how the world's economy works - it's a balance of supply a demand. Little money is bad; a lot of money is bad; but it's always necessary to print more so that a dollar will buy what it

Bitcoin Investment Slows in Q3; Startups Feel the Pinch

2015 has been a banner year when it comes to Bitcoin venture capital investment.

Visa & Bitcoin's Blockchain to Turn Cars into Mobile Wallets

Many people dread the process of buying a car. Selecting the car itself can be fun, but the pressure to test drive, the forced banter with the sales rep, and the dreaded negotiation are major turn-off

Monday, October 26, 2015

Multi-Million Dollar ‘Grandmother Scam’ Using Bitcoin Ends in Miami

A Canadian man who devised an elaborate scheme to defraud elderly U.S. citizens while using monetary transmitters like Western Union and Bitcoin has been caught.

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Price Thwarted at Key Resistance! Stay Bullish?

Bitcoin Price Analysis from CoinTelegraph

Georgia’s UniPAY Brings Bitcoin to 55,000 Active Users

Leading bitcoin wallet and payment processor Snapcard has entered into a strategic partnership with UniPAY

PayPal Proposes Reputation Cryptocurrency & Blacklist in Patent Applications

United State Patent and Trademark Office published eBay patent applications “Distributed Crypto Currency Reputation System” and “Distributed Crypto Currency Unauthorized Transfer Monitoring System”.

Russia’s MinFin Wants to Jail Bitcoin Users for 4 Years

Russia’s Ministry of Finance (MinFin) has proposed jail sentences for the use of cryptocurrency, strengthening its opposition to the technology.

Bitcoin Price Charges towards $300 as China Cracks Down on Underground Banks

Bitcoin price and market value have been less than volatile for the majority of 2015, but a Bitcoin bull market run has been started in China recently.

Governments Seize the Opportunity to Control Bitcoin

CoinTelegraph highlights some recent events overlooked by the Bitcoin industry that immediately precipitated the announcement including an FBI “playbook” and European seizure survey.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

The Weekly Decrypt: Cryptsy Insolvent?; First Trustless Physical Bitcoin Released

What happened in cryptocurrency innovation this week? You asked, and The Daily Decrypt has answered. Here's a recap of the top headlines we reported on this week.

BitRuble’s QIWI & Moscow High School of Economics Launch Blockchain Master Classes

Payment service provider and future BitRuble issuer Qiwi are launching a series of blockchain focused master classes called “Promising Distribution”

Friday, October 23, 2015

‘Chinese Policy Makers are Starting to Study and Rediscover the Bitcoin Industry’ - Huobi

Following the exciting news out of China that points to a possible change in attitude by the government towards Bitcoin, CoinTelegraph caught up with one of China’s biggest bitcoin exchanges Huobi

Counting Pennies: The Best Ways to Buy & Sell Bitcoin in the UK

Bitcoin buying and selling in the UK has always been something of a paradox. For a major world economy forming such a large potential market, bitcoin purchasing remains more expensive than in neighbou

World Wide Web Consortium Launches Work Group to Boost Bitcoin Adoption

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) launched new Web Payments Working Group to examine ways for easier adoption of payment instrument improvements or new payment instruments.

W3C to Raise Payment Standards for Better Adoption of Distributed Ledger Technologies such as Bitcoin and Ripple

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) launched new Web Payments Working Group to examine ways for easier adoption of payment instrument improvements or new payment instruments.

Top 10 Benefits Bitcoin Provides New Users

This list of 10 reasons for someone to get started with Bitcoin should help the new-to-intermediate user of Bitcoin get a better understanding of how Bitcoin and its ecosystem will work in the real wo

Thursday, October 22, 2015

World's First School to Issue Academic Certificates via Bitcoin Blockchain

Holberton Software Engineering School announced it will become the first school to deliver academic certificates that are secured and accessible via Bitcoin’s blockchain.

Sweden to Become World’s First Cashless Country

A study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm shows that Sweden is on track to become the world’s first cashless country.

BREAKING: EU Court Rules Bitcoin Exchange is Tax-Free

The EU Court of Justice has ruled that Bitcoin exchange is exempt from VAT in a landmark ruling.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Convicted Silk Road Federal Agent Accused of Changing Identity to Escape Justice

The winding Silk Road criminal prosecution continues to make news as convicted Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges has created a stir with the creation of a new identity.

Ukraine’s Capital May Adopt Decentralized Management Principles from Bitсоin Foundation

Bitсоin Fоundаtiоn Ukraine supervisory board member Yuriy Kostiv is running for the deputy's seat at the Kiev Council of Deputies and is looking to bring its principles of decentralized management to

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Bitcoin Delivers: Closing the Gap Between E-Commerce & BTC

Newly established startup Shipcoin has launched a bitcoin-based shipping label system powered by Shippo’s shipping API to allow its users to ship products through the United States Postal Service.

MMA Fighter Becomes First Ever to be Paid in Bitcoin

Jon Fitch on Saturday became the first MMA fighter to ever receive his purse in bitcoin.

Coinbase-linked Bitcoin Savings Account BSHARE in $400k Investment

UK-based Bitcoin savings account service BSAVE.io has announced closure of a US$400,000 seed funding round.

China (Unofficially) Authorizes Bitcoin, Price Turns Bullish

China’s Internet watchdog has announced that it can no longer “ignore its revolutionary changes” announcing that we have entered the “post-Bitcoin era."

Sunday, October 18, 2015

BTCC CEO Bobby Lee Warns Bitcoin Investors about MMM Ponzi Scheme

Customers from Shanghai-based bitcoin exchange BTCC have been receiving incredibly high profitably bitcoin investment offers which appear to be associated with the exchange.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Sunday, October 18, 2015