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Friday, December 19, 2014

Bitcoin Foundation Chairman: We Have a ‘Laser Focus on the Protocol’

At this year’s Money20/20 event held in Las Vegas, CoinTelegraph had a chance to catch up with Marco Santori, the chairman at the Bitcoin Foundation.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Latitude, a Blockchain Startup Accelerator, Set to Launch in the Cayman Islands

A newly announced accelerator program for blockchain ventures is set to launch in January in the Cayman Islands, aiming to take advantage of the location's heavenly landscapes and favorable tax regime

You Can Now Buy Ebay Giftcards With Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin

In a surprise move, eGifter, one of the two biggest online gift card providers that accepts bitcoin, added Ebay giftcards as an option for its customers.

BitLicense Updated To Be Less Strict, Lawsky Calls ACH ‘Disco Era’

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has updated its proposed Bitcoin regulation known as the BitLicense.

Who Will Regulate the Regulators? (Op-Ed)

The Conference of State Banking Supervisors (CSBS) recently released their “Draft Policy on State Virtual Currency Regulation.”

Ziftr CEO Bob Wilkins: ‘The Ideal Way to Get Wider Cryptocurrency Adoption is to Incentivize Users’

Ziftr CEO Bob Wilkins thinks his e-commerce platform could be poised to introduce the next wave of adopters to cryptocurrency technology.

5 Public Figures Who Changed Their Minds about Bitcoin

Changing your mind is usually a wonderful thing. If we never did it, we’d never learn.

‘I Would Like to Meet Ross Ulbricht as a Free Man’ – Tatiana Moroz

Coming off a powerful speech and singing performance to close out the Bitcoin South Conference in gorgeous Queenstown, New Zealand, Tatiana Moroz is solidifying her stature as a sought after presence

Draper University's Bitcoin Course Enrolls 2,000+ Students, Highlights Increasing Demand for Crypto Educational

Two months after the launch of Draper University's free Bitcoin course, the public commented on the program and highlighted the need of specifications on few topics, but overall, shared gratitude to t

Russian Ruble Woes ‘Not Impacting’ Bitcoin Price amid 250% Trading Increase

The dramatic fall of the Russian ruble has resulted in a marked increase in ruble/Bitcoin trades across the market.

BTXDeals: First Bitcoin Online Marketplace Opens in UK with 50% Lower CPS than eBay or Amazon

BTXDeals, the latest venture of serial entrepreneur Nick Boardman, presents a marketplace in which users can list items for free in a model similar to that of Amazon.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Bytecent’s Solution to Proof-of-Work Woes: Make Miners Less Efficient

And a new currency launched just last month, Bytecent, utilizes a kind of proof-of-work mining, but its developers have decided to try to prevent centralization by making miners manually attend to the