Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Think Tank Launches To Educate Lawmakers and the Media on Blockchain Technologies


In September, Coin Center announced that they were launching a blockchain-technology think tank with a $1 million budget.
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HyprKey To Exhibit Biometric Payment Gateway at the 2015 International CES


Fintech and cyber security startup HyprKey has announced it will exhibit its biometric mobile wallet app, the HYPR-3, at the 2015 International CES conference to be held in Las Vegas.
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‘I Wanted to be a Part of Something Special Much like I Did in Helping Get PayPal Off the Ground’


Earlier this fall, Gem launched as the first Bitcoin startup to ever compete in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield, presenting a full-stack API for digital currency developers that will eliminate the
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Bitreserve Lawsuit Rumor Untrue


CoinTelegraph can reveal that reports of Bitreserve facing a trademark lawsuit because of its use of the name “Bitgold” are unfounded.
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Monday, January 5, 2015

Founders Close Vault of Satoshi So They Can Focus on New Business


Vault of Satoshi announced that it will close on February 5. The founders are busy with another business.
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Altcoins Dropping Off Coin-Swap in Boycott Against GAW Miners


Litecoin, Dogecoin, Blackcoin and Neoscoin requested to be delisted from Coin-Swap. The move follows the recent announcement of Josh Garza's Paybase’s acquisition of the cryptocurrency exchange.
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Bitcoin Analysis: Week of Jan 4 (The Year Ahead)


Bitcoin Analysis from Tone Vays.
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ChangeTip Feature Lets Users Send Tips Using Unique URLs


On Monday morning, ChangeTip’s Victoria van Eyk posted on the company’s blog that they were officially launching its One Time Tip Link feature, which allows users to send bitcoins via email, text, or
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CoinTelegraph unveils international franchise opportunities – join us!


2015 will be an exciting year for CoinTelegraph. Straightaway, we’d like to announce a significant international expansion program which will take our news to all corners of globe.
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Magma Venture Invests US$400K Seed Funding in ‘Value 3.0’ GetGems Project


Magma Venture Partners has invested a US$400,000 seed fund in GetGems, the project and team which created the social messaging app of the same name. CEO Daniel Peled and the GetGems team made the anno
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Bitstamp Warns Users to Stop Depositing at the Exchange, Cites Problem With Hot Wallet


Bitstamp sent out an email Sunday, telling users to stop depositing bitcoins at the exchange.
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

LazyCoins Launching LazyPay Mobile Wallet and Merchant App for the Point-of-Sale Bitcoin Market


UK-based altcoin exchange LazyCoins has announced they are relaunching their online exchange, along with a mobile app for payments and merchant services.
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