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Swiss rail ticket machines to sell bitcoins

01/11/2016(0)
Bitcoin users will soon be able to buy the digital currency from Swiss rail ticket machines. The pilot project starts on November 11 and will initially last two years ... Read More
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The price of bitcoin has risen by 19% in October

01/11/2016(0)
In a year of monster hackers, the rise of new cryptocurrencies, and its own unresolved “civil war” over how to enlarge its transaction capacity, bitcoin has not only survived, ... Read More
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Japanese Financial Institution Set to Launch a Digital Currency Exchange

31/10/2016(0)
Japanese financial services group SBI is set to launch a platform that enables the trading and exchange of virtual currencies, citing increasing interest in virtual currencies like bitcoin which is proving ... Read More
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New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog

31/10/2016(0)
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost ... Read More
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A bank in the Netherlands and a local university are working on blockchain prototypes

27/10/2016(0)
A prominent bank in the Netherlands is working with a local university to develop a series of blockchain prototypes. ABN Amro, which is a member of the Linux Foundation-led ... Read More
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London banks are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals

26/10/2016(0)
THE threat of debilitating attacks launched by hackers has become so concerning that financial institutions in London are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber ... Read More
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Korean Government to Commercialize Bitcoin, Digital Currency

25/10/2016(0)
Financial authorities decided to institutionalize digital currencies such as Bitcoin. In addition, they are planning to ramp up the size of average annual policy finance to one trillion won ... Read More
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BitPay announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel Technologies

25/10/2016(0)
Leading bitcoin payments company BitPay today announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel hardware security integration. This new solution will allow Copay users to rest assured that their data is better protected even ... Read More
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Blockchain applied for the first time in a global transaction

24/10/2016(0)
Blockchain, the technology behind digital currency bitcoin and now being used to simplify secure financial transactions, has been applied for the first time in a deal facilitated by an ... Read More
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Blockchain platform developed by Banks to be Open-Source

23/10/2016(0)
A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world’s biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what could become the ... Read More
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