Thursday, June 25, 2015

Nasdaq Picks Chain for its Blockchain ‘Private Market’

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Nasdaq has named blockchain API developer Chain as the first company that will be trialing a blockchain backed version of the group's P...

JUN 25 DIGEST: Ascribe Raises $2 Million in Seed Capital, Onename Releases API to the World

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Ascribe raises $2 million in seed capital; Onename announces API enabling developers to build apps with blockchain identities; Ripple disco...

Iceland’s Pirate Party Tops Opinion Polls, Leader Seeks to Create ‘Switzerland of Bits’

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Following recent successes of the Finnish Pirate Party’s Bitcoin funding in the country’s 2015 election campaign, its Icelandic counterpart...

Xotika.TV: Bitcoin Turns Adult Entertainment on its Head

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A new adult videochat service is using Bitcoin to disrupt not only payments but the very mechanisms of the adult entertainment industry.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

New Bitreserve CEO to MSN Money: ‘957 People Own 50%’ of Bitcoin Value

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MSN Money spoke with Bitreserve’s new CEO, Anthony Watson, on Tuesday to talk about the business model of the Bitcoin startup he now heads,...

Bitcoin Now Accepted at Established Cloud Hosting Company Cloudways For All Web Hosting Services

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Bitcoin Press Release: Cloudways, a leading managed cloud hosting platform established in 2012, is pleased to announce it is now accepting...

The Blockchain Meets Big Data and Realtime Analysis

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Analysis by Steven McKie. Big Data. It’s a popular buzzword that you’ve seen all over the Net the past few years. It’s a very serious bill...

Ripple Discontinues Smart Contract Platform Codius, Citing Small Market

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Ripple Labs, maintainer of the digital currency Ripple, has announced it will not continue the development of its smart contract project ne...

'I Am Lyn Ulbricht': A Mother ‘Doubles Down’ for Her Son Against the ‘Failed Drug War’

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The hosts of the Austin-based Crypto Show, which covers libertarianism and Bitcoin topics, have started a fundraiser for the Ulbricht famil...

Barclays to Explore Financial Applications of Blockchain, Signs Deal with Bitcoin Company Safello

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Of the 10 firms to take part in Barclays’ 13-week fintech accelerator program in London, seven are now “exploring opportunities” with the ...

Case Raises the Stakes in the Hardware Wallet Marketplace with $1.5M Funding Round and New CTO

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Bitcoin hardware wallet provider Case Wallet Inc. has raised USD $1.5 million in an equity seed funding round led by FuturePerfect Ventures...

Elizabeth Ploshay: ‘The Majority of the Financially Excluded Happen to Be Women’

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CoinTelegraph spoke to Elizabeth Ploshay about the Bitcoin companies and related projects she's involved with as well as crypto’s poten...