Friday, October 30, 2015

BitGo Unveils Open-Source Bitcoin Key Recovery Service

Bitcoin security platform BitGo announced the launch of the first automated open source Key Recovery Service (KRS) software that allows generating, securing and storing private backup keys
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

World's First DAPI: Decentralized Application Programming Interface

Lead Dash developer Evan Duffield recently gave a presentation for Bitcoin Wednesday. After an introduction to Dash's core protocol functions, Duffield went on to give a pre-announcement of a series o
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R3 Blockchain Consortium Adds 3 More Banks

Three more banks have announced joining the Distributed Ledger Group (DLG) and R3 Blockchain consortium that nclude Mizuho Bank, UniCredit and Nordea.
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IOTA: A Blockchain-less *GASP* Token for The Internet of Things

In today’s digital age, there are many people on the quest towards the Internet of things (IoT). Now, a new micro-transaction crypto-token called IOTA looks to facilitate the architecture involved wit
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NSA-Friendly CISA Bill Easily Passes U.S. Senate; Snowden Attacks

CISA (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015) easily passed through the U.S. Senate’s vote on Tuesday, creating a new avenue for consumer data sharing that benefits anti-privacy entities like t
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Digital CC Abandons Bitcoin, Rebrands to Digital X

Former bitcoin miner and transaction processor Digital CC has terminated all bitcoin related operations by rebranding to Digital X to focus on its remittance product and blockchain-based software
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Taiwanese Kidnappers Receive $1.68M Bitcoin Ransom from Billionaire Yuk-Kwan

The family of billionaire Pearl Oriental Oil chairman Wong Yuk-Kwan paid Taiwanese kidnappers US$1.68 million in bitcoin after they threatened to “dig out the eyeballs or chop off the legs” of Yuk-Kwa
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Study: Only 3% of Bank CEOs Have Tech Experience

The latest study from Accenture shows that only 6% of board directors and just 3% of CEOs of the world’s biggest banks have any technology experience, reports Business Wire.
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Bitcoin Price Tops $300: To the Moon or Blowoff Top Forming?

The Bitcoin price is back above US$300 where it hasn’t been since the summer’s Grexit fiasco. This has been a strong up move, in which the last 7 days have been positive (green candles).
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Nasdaq’s Blockchain-Powered Platform Linq Attracts First 6 Clients

Nasdaq announced the first six inaugural clients of its new blockchain-enabled platform “Nasdaq Linq.” The first participants will include Chain.com, ChangeTip, PeerNova, Synack, Tango, and Vera.
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Mt. Gox’s Karpeles: Embezzled Funds ‘Spent on Prostitutes’

Shamed Mt. Gox former CEO Mark Karpeles allegedly used suspected embezzled funds to pay for prostitutes, new reports claim.
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Bitcoin Awareness Campaign Launches Across Major U.S. Cities

I often sit and consider what I would do on the off chance that I had a million dollars. When I chat with people about Bitcoin, they understand very little about it.
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