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Saturday, December 6, 2014

6,000 Merchants in Romania Accept Bitcoin Overnight

A major mobile payment processor in Romania, Netopia mobilPay, has just added Bitcoin support to its payment platform. That means that all 6,000 Romanian merchants who are set up with MobilPay are now

Friday, December 5, 2014

MasterCard in Panic over Bitcoin: Drowns in the Shallow End of Pool (Op-ed)

A recent video released by MasterCard has people laughing from Boston to Bangladesh.

Second U.S. Marshal Bitcoin Auction Takes Place, Gets 11 Bidders

The United States Marshals have auctioned off the second batch of coins allegedly seized from the Silk Road and its alleged operator.

Blockchain.info Adds Additional Tor Security Features to Head Off Man-In-the-Middle Attacks

Tor may not have had the best past couple of months, with news releasing late in the summer that, with enough work, someone could theoretically discover user identities.

Banking on Trouble: What’s in a Name?

What’s in a name? A lot more than I bargained for. Born in Syria, I immigrated with my family to New York City as a ten-year-old. Back then, it used to bug me a lot when people mispronounced my name,

The Blockchain as a Settlement Rail for Payments

Align Commerce recently made headlines at Money 2020 in Las Vegas when their CEO, Marwan Forzley, spoke at one of their panel discussions about cross-border invoicing using the blockchain technology a

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Vizor.io Is Combining YouTube, Virtual Reality and Cryptocurrencies

Vizor.io wants to be the YouTuve of Virtual Reality, and they want Cryptocurrencies to play a big role.

Is Bitcoin to Banks and the American Public ‘as the Boston strangler is to the Woman Home Alone’? (Op-Ed)

Throughout history, disruptive technologies have always faced widespread criticism and fearmongering. One such example happened with the nascent VCR technology back in 1982.

Winner Will Grab 50,000 Bitcoins in Second US Marshals Auction

The US Marshals Service is auctioning off another 50,000 bitcoins seized from last year’s Silk Road bust. The auction for eligible bidders closes at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, and a winner will be announced

US Rep. Steve Stockman Introduces Bill to Protect Cryptocurrencies

United States Representative Steve Stockman (R-Texas) kept his promise and recently introduced a bill in Congress that will not only extend substantial protections to cryptocurrencies, but will also r

Union Square Ventures' Serial Investor, Joel Monegro: Blockchain Tech Will Disrupt Traditional Business Models

Union Square Ventures' Joel Monegro believes Bitcoin has the potential to change much more than just finance, and will likely disrupt current business models.

10-Year-Olds are Mastering Bitcoin and Dogecoin at 'Green School' in Indonesia

A school based in Indonesia is using Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and the blockchain to teach a group of 10-year-old children about environmental sustainability.