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Microsoft and MIT Explore Unique Applications of the Bitcoin Blockchain
July 30th, 2015
Microsoft New York and MIT Media Lab presented a 70-minute report called #Blockchain4good this week. Speakers included Brian Forde, MIT Media Lab director of digital currency and former senior technology adviser at the White House, and John Paul Farmer, ...
How Future Bitcoin Can Prevent a Future Greece
July 14th, 2015
The digital currency is at a turning point, evolving much more quickly than some observers realize Bitcoin, the volatile digital currency, cannot help the Greeks of today. But it could mean a great deal to those caught up in ...
Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
July 8th, 2015
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving ...
Bitcoin: What you didn’t know but always wanted to ask
July 7th, 2015
A new technology for the banking world: “The internet of money” In 2008, an individual or group writing under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that described a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that “would allow online ...
Computop and Bitnet Enable Merchants to Accept Bitcoin as Payment
July 1st, 2015
Computop, a leading payment service provider (PSP), and Bitnet, a bitcoin payments processor, today announced a strategic technology partnership. Through this partnership, global merchants will be able to accept bitcoin as a payment method on Computop Paygate. Bitcoin is ...
Barclays Trials Bitcoin Tech With Pilot Program
June 23rd, 2015
Barclays has signed off on a proof-of-concept to trial bitcoin technology. Following an agreement with bitcoin exchange Safello, the UK bank says it will explore how blockchain technologies could bolster the financial services sector. Speaking to CoinDesk, Safello CEO ...
Nasdaq Plans to Increase Bitcoin Blockchain Trials
May 27th, 2015
American Stock Exchange Nasdaq is planning to increase the number of Bitcoin blockchain trials this year, the finance news network FT reported. According to the available reports, the New York group is hoping to initiate three-to-four trials within the next ...
