Monday, January 2, 2017

No Scrooge: KeepKey Offers 30 BTC Reward For Capture Of Christmas Day Hacker

Hardware wallet manufacturer KeepKey is offering 30 Bitcoins ($30,400) as reward for the capture of a hacker who gained access to emails and customer information Christmas Day.

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Deloitte: Banks Need to Form Consortiums For Blockchain to Work

Deloitte stated in an annual report that banks and financial institutions must form consortiums in order to pursue the implementation and commercialisation of blockchain technology.

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FinTech Boom: China Going Cashless, Consumers Ditching Banks

China is going cashless, consumers are moving away from traditional banking systems to more efficient and user-friendly financial technologies.

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Bitcoin Breaks $1000,1 mBTC At Par With $1

The Bitcoin price has crossed the $1000 mark on several exchanges including Bitfinex, Poloniex and Bitstamp on Jan. 1, 2017.

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Lightning’s Elizabeth Stark: 2017 Will Be the Year of Smart Contracts

Elizabeth Stark, co-founder and CEO of Lightning, on where we’re at now and what’s going to be the next big thing.

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CNBC: Forget About Dow, Bitcoin to Reach $1,000

Recently, analysts at CNBC stated that bitcoin will most likely reach its $1,000 milestone before Dow surpasses 20,000 and CNBC is most likely accurate once more.

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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Microsoft to Add Extensive Support For Bitcoin, Describes it as Currency

Microsoft officially announced its plans to add extensive support for bitcoin in the upcoming release of Excel 2017.

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Rassah of Mycelium: What ETF Will Bring to Bitcoin Table

One thing among not a tall list that most people in the Bitcoin community are expecting in 2017 is Bitcoin Exchange and Traded Funds (ETF). What will it bring to the landscape?

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Vitalik Buterin: Bitcoin more likely than Ethereum to split in 2017

Ethereum’s lead developer thinks Bitcoin is more likely than Ethereum to split in two in 2017.

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Podcast: Dmitry Buterin - Like Father, Like Son

Hold on to your blockchain guys, this episodes a doozy! The man who created the man who created Ethereum, Dmitry Buterin joins us for an epic year’s end interview.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

With Legality Unclear, You Can Still Buy and Sell Bitcoin in Iran

The legality of Bitcoin in Iran is still unclear, as the local authorities continue to avoid addressing regulatory conflicts and frameworks in regards to Bitcoin trading, exchange operators and transaction settlement.

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Why Bitcoin Boomed in 2016, What Will Happen in 2017

With 2017 approaching let us look back and think of the reasons behind this year Bitcoin boom.

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