Bitcoin Plaza: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof on Hard Fork, Hurdles to Adoption and Future of Bitcoin

Recent Top on Bitcoin Price Triggered by the Technicals

Where Will a Dead Man's Bitcoins Go?

Japan's $28 Bln Worth Internet-Based Conglomerate To Start Virtual Currency Exchange

Tullett Prebon and BNC Will Provide Extensive Bitcoin Market Data to Major Financial Markets

Internet Shutdowns Cost $2.4 Bln A Year. How They Impact Bitcoin?

US Clients of Swiss Banks May Turn to Bitcoin As Swiss Stop Accepting US Clients

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Largest Indian News Network: Bitcoin Will Reach US$10,000

Steemit Exceeds 100K Users, Plans to Expand Saving Steem

Bitcoin Price On Path Of No Return, With Yuan, Hodling, Institualization Being Factors

Angelina Lazar: My War Against Onecoin. Drugs to Druids, No Blockchain in Part 3

Podcast: A Fireside Chat

Friday, October 28, 2016

Waterhole Becomes the First Marketplace to Adopt Zcash

Bitcoin Begins Segregated Witness Era, What Happens Now?

Moneygram CEO: “The More We Know About You, The Easier It Is to Send Money”

Top Up Bitcoin Wallet At All Swiss Train Stations

Is Title Registration a Valid Use Case of Blockchain - Or We Are Courting Disaster?

Bitcoin Powers 20 Percent of Remittances From Korea to Philippines

Thursday, October 27, 2016

CoinJournal Stops Covering Blockchain After Barclays Shuts Down its Bank Account

Bitcoin Transactions Confirmation Delays

Telegram Bot Uses Bitcoin For Cheap International Calls

Ethereum to Become World's Best-Performing Currency in 2016, Bitcoin Second

Podcast: Interview with Paul Puey

Overstock Taking Stock Market To Bitcoin's Blockchain In December

How Far You Can Go With Bitcoin in Ghana (and Make Juice Out of Stone)

MMM Global, OneCoin, Others Proving a Concern in Africa's Bitcoin Market

Metric Shows Bitcoin Trading Volumes, Users, App Downloads Grow In Nigeria

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Chain Releases Open Source Blockchain Solution for Banks

South Korea's Appetite for Bitcoin About to Get Much Bigger

Blockchain for President: How It Can Disrupt US Voting Machine

Accenture: 9 out of 10 Major Banks in North America and Europe are Exploring Blockchain Technology for Payments

Funderbeam to Build Blockchain-based Stock Exchange for Startups, Raises $ 2.6Mln

Angelina Lazar: Presidents of Serbia, Bulgaria Took Bribes From OneCoin. My War Against OneCoin, Part 2.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Iceland's Pirate Party Could Win Parliamentary Elections, Benefiting Bitcoin, Auroracoin Adoption

Colombians Want to Jump Blockchain Train, To Host Continent-Wide Conference

Taking Bitcoin off Market, ‘Hodling' Best For Rise In Bitcoin Price?

Hillary Clinton Sought Apple and Google's Blessing on Her Encryption Stance

Razormind Red Flags: Going Inside Blockchain's Kryptos. Part 1

Ethereum (ETH and ETC) Price Trends (Week of October 24th)

Sia v1.0.3 Comes Out, Aims At Revolution in Blockchain Cloud Storage

Monday, October 24, 2016

What Disney Actually Wants to Achieve With its Own Blockchain

Top US Banks That Experiment With Blockchain To Release Money Transfer App in 2017

Winklevoss Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund Closer to Approval, Uses Cold Storage

Kim Dotcom's Megaupload 2/BitCache Reaches Funding Target. Now What?

Bitcoin Breaks Out to New Local Highs on the Back of Chinese Yuan Devaluation

Bitcoin Platform Electrum Next Release to Support SegWit, Apple Debut In View

Wells Fargo and Australian Bank Begin Sending Physical Products Via Blockchain

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Debit Card Users Are at Massive Risk in India, Millions of Cards Compromised

Synereo Partners Silicon Valley's NFX Guild to Accelerate Decentralised Apps

Bitcoin.com Owner Roger Ver Re-Echos OneCoin's Scam

EU Central Bank: Europe Should Not Promote Digital Currencies Such As Bitcoin

Cross Border Payments Settled via Bitcoin Increase Almost Tenfold in 2016

R3 Finally Open Sources Blockchain Project, Admits Budget Difficulty

Thursday, October 20, 2016

India's Digital Payments, Bitcoin Adoption Will Grow to $500 Bln by 2020, Study Shows

Borg DAO Launches Pre-sale To Boost Development Of DApps On Ethereum Classic

Yours Introduce World's First Micropayments Wallet, Inspired by Bitcoin Core's Lightning

Crowdfunding vs. ICO: Experts Question Legitimacy and Guarantees of Initial Coin Offerings

Bitstamp Bitcoin Exchange and Trezor Bitcoin Wallet Forge New Partnership

With Launch of Zcash Approaching, Mining Companies Get Prepared

What Stands in the Way of Bitcoin Mass Adoption in Africa

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Samsung Artik Cloud Network Riddle&code Releases Tagtok, Brings IoT and Blockchain Together

Ethereum Hard Fork Meant to Protect Against Attacks Coincides With Yet Another EXP Attack

Why Bitcoin Debit Cards is a Small, But Promising Industry Sector

In Fintech We Trust: Tesla Motors, Google, PayPal, Santander Bank at TRUSTECH 2016

Financial Doomsday Approaching for Europe as Central Banks Ignore Red Lights

Cloud Miner On Trends Making Bitcoin Attractive Now: Japan, Litecoin, Dwindling Fiat

‘Why is My Bitcoin Transaction Taking So Long?' Here's Why

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

US Pressures Ecuador to Cut Off Wikileaks Internet During Colombia Negotiations

Finnish Yacht Rental Company Accepts Bitcoin As Use of Crypto in Luxury Sector Grows

Ahead Of Today's ETH Hard Fork, Exchange Alerts on Risk of Unintentional ETC Fork

Ready, Steady, Fork: Bitcoin Core to Release SegWit in November

Time for RT News to Switch to Bitcoin as NatWest Arbitrarily Closes Its Accounts

Trump Calls US Elections Rigged, Blockchain Could Make Them Honest

End of Japan's Bitcoin Sales Tax Will Slash Costs for Bitcoin Users

Ethereum (ETH and ETC) Price Trends (Week of October 17th)

How to Stay Happy in Budapest Paying Only With Bitcoin

Monday, October 17, 2016

Bitcoin Price at a Crossroads: Full Retrace or Breakout Above $640?

Whaleclub's Bitcoin-Only Trading Platform Can Help Stabilize Bitcoin Price

South African Central Bank Participates In Top African Banks' Blockchain Network

Blockchain in Practice: How to Drive Crypto Business Forward

Fintech Revolution: Popularity of Digital Payments is Rocketing, Says Visa

Netflix Executive Wants Bitcoin as Global Currency, Considers It Cost-Effective

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Online Platform Ask The Doctor Adds Bitcoin to Payment Options to Protect Privacy

Bitcoin Surges 5% in South Africa, Venezuela With Its 1,500% Inflation May Follow

Bitcoin's Mass Adoption Clue Is Hidden Away in Cambodia

Government Trapdoors Spying Tool Could Decrypt Millions of Cryptographic Keys, Bitcoin is Safe

Bitcoin Fork Soon? Core Blocks Dip Below 90% As Unlimited Takes Off

Podcast: Gavin Andresen - Cryptographic Verification

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Coen Brothers Take Silk Road Story to Big Screen, Oscar in View

Experts Criticize Ethereum Hard Fork, Coinbase Warns Network Instability

Only Proven Use Case For Blockchain Is Bitcoin's Blockchain, Says Bankymoon CEO

Bitcoin is Legal But Not Tender in Multi-Currency Zimbabwe

Friday, October 14, 2016

In the Face Of a Failing Economy, Nigerians Run to Bitcoin For Safety

Blockchain for the People: How to Break Down Entry Barriers to Digital Money

Softbank, Saudi Arabia To Invest $100 Bln in Tech Revolution, Fintech Startups First to Benefit

How Red Bull Bitcoin Machine Was Built Using LEGO for Bitcoin Applications

Norway To Withdraw $15 Bln From Its Wealth Fund, Can Put Bitcoin in Portfolio in Future

Argentina-Based Notarization Platform Launches Public Beta, Brings Bitcoin to Legal Industry

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Gulden Passes $10 Million Mark, Heads for Top 20 Cryptocurrencies

Zebpay Aims to Secure $5 mln, Increase Bitcoin Mainstream Adoption in India

Bitcoin's Final Obituary? Quantum Computers May Kill "Future of Money"

Iconomi's Jani Valjavec: We Will Be Uber of Fund Management and Financial Services

Vitalik Buterin Confirms Another Ethereum Hard Fork, With Geth Failing To Prevent DoS Attacks

Blockchain Revolution in Russia: Bank of Russia Tests Masterchain

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Kim Dotcom: MegaUpload2/BitCache will take Bitcoin Mainstream

Blockchain.info Down, Users Have No Access to Wallets

As UK Pound Continues to Decline, Bitcoin Volatility Gets Revaluated

ViaBTC Sees 50% Drop in Hashpower After Supporting Bitcoin Unlimited

US Pentagon May Use Blockchain Tech For Nuclear Warhead Defense

Counting Them All: How to Figure Out Actual Number Of Bitcoin Users

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Why End-to-end Micropayment Transaction Test Matters to Bitcoin Community

With 70% Population Unbanked, Future of Bitcoin in Ghana is Bright

Jaxx Announces Inclusion of Monero Across 9 Platforms, Including Picky App Store

China Yuan's Depreciation Fuels Bitcoin Price

MasterCard Rolls Out Selfie Payments Decreasing Privacy One Step Further

Ethereum (ETH and ETC) Price Trends (Week of October 10th)

Apple Approves Two Scam-Like Bitcoin Apps Again, Due Diligence in Question

This Blockchain Startup Can Become Greater Than IBM, Oracle and Palantir Combined

Monday, October 10, 2016

CEO of Decent: We Raised Over 5500 BTC Half Way Into ICO

Rare Pepe Cards Become Tradeable CounterParty Asset, Now Has Value

Increased Economic Protectionism: Threat or Opportunity for Bitcoin?

Bitcoin Price Slowly Pushes Higher as the Scaling Bitcoin Conference Wraps Up

Devilish Cartoon Takes Reddit By Storm; Spoofs Internet of Things, Ransomware, Bitcoin

Google and Mozilla Begin “Privacy Shaming” Users for Accepting Insecure Connections

Ripple Explodes Monday Morning Setting All-Time Best Market Cap - Glitch or Gain?

Sunday, October 9, 2016

McAfee's MGT Goes Into Bitcoin Mining, With Massive Amount of Hardware

Why Bitcoin Will Beat Mobile Payment To Its Game In Africa

Bruce Fenton: Onecoin Has No Value, When It Collapses, Regulators Will Blame All Cryptocurrencies

Rootstock Developer Praises Privacy-Focused Solution Mimblewimble, Plans to Integrate It

London-Based Bitcoin Company Plans to Open Bitcoin Exchange in Jamaica

Podcast: Kyle Henry (Myco) - Myceliated

Friday, October 7, 2016

Bitcoin.com Secures 1% of Global Hashrate, Paying Miners 6% More Than Other Major Pools

Controversy Over Bitcoin Forum Funds Involves Greg Maxwell, Warren Togami, Theymos and Blockstream

Indian Mining Company Becomes Sponsor of Botswana Blockchain and Bitcoin Summit

US Government Debt Reaches All Time High, Bitcoin Offers Financial Protection

Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer Arrested, Charged With Being a Pimp

How Criminals Steal Information Through Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Contactless Cards

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Monero Developer Riccardo Spagni: Monero is Still in "Make It Work" Phase

Blockchain Healthcare 2016 Report Indicates Pitfalls, Hype, Security Problems

Ethereum's Missing Link: Oracles Provide Off-Blockchain Data for Smart Contracts

Web of Trust: ConsenSys Talks Ethereum Future, Presents uPort Blockchain Project

Keep Money in the Game: OneCoin Moves On To New Fantasy Blockchain

Digital Snowflake: How Semantic Blockchain Can Defend Creators Rights

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Roger Ver: Why Staunchly Bitcoin-Only Companies Now Hurry to Integrate Altcoins

Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

Richard Branson to Virgin Disruptors: Blockchain Will Lead Economic Revolution

New Geth Fails to Prevent Ethereum Blockchain Attacks, Eric Voorhees Says Network Only Gets Stronger

IBM Invests $200 Million in IoT Blockchain, Partners With UnionPay

Federal Reserve Begins Study on Digital Payments and Blockchain Technology

Amazon's $5b Plan for India's e-Commerce, Boom for Bitcoin?

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Bitcoin-Only Red Bull Vending Machine Goes To Hackers Congress

“We Are Hackers Ourselves”: What Bitcoin Startups Can Learn From Glass Hunt Hack

Federal Bank of Atlanta on Smart Contracts: They Will Change Legal Practices

Ethereum (ETH and ETC) Price Trends (Week of October 4th)

IMF's Christine Lagarde Says Banks Will Adopt Digital Currencies in 5 Years Time

India May Get Major Bitcoin Boost as Unocoin Raises $1.5 Million

Monday, October 3, 2016

Kenya Shuts Down Bank Accounts of Bitcoin Startups, Minister Can't Sell BitPesa Shares

Why Africa's Erstwhile Largest Economy Lags Behind With Bitcoin

Gemini Brings Regulated Bitcoin Exchanges to HK and Singapore

Investors in Kim Dotcom's Mega Upload 2 Told To Stock Up On Bitcoin

How India's Growing Bitcoin Use Will Drag Africa Along

"People's Bitcoin" Gulden Makes Significant Gains Without Hype

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook Praises Encryption: "Makes the Public Safe”

Yuan Becomes World's Fifth Reserve Currency, Can Bitcoin Be Sixth?

Greece Seizes 500,000 Bank Accounts worth Euro 1.6 Bln, Escape With Bitcoin

Israeli Firm Claims It Can Break WhatsApp's Encryption from Backpack

Germany Won't Bail Out Banks, Including Deutsche Bank, Financial Collapse Possible

Podcast: Moritz Bierling and Shlomi Zeltsinger - Exosphere Academy II

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Multi-Billion Dollar Dutch Bank Runs Successful PoC Blockchain Tests

Bitcoin Boom Town: Mexican Bitcoin Exchange Bitso Secures $2.5 Million Investment Round

Monero's Bubble Pops, Price Plummets As Currency Loses Top Five Ranking

Community Prefers Bitcoin As Exchange Medium Over Store of Value, Survey Shows

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