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Western Union Blocks Cryptocurrency-Related Transactions
December 6th, 2017
International money transfer services provider Western Union (WU) has launched a campaign against wire transfer transactions involving digital currency exchanges. The company’s decision to disallow cryptocurrency-related services or transactions is covered by its internal regulations. In a post by ...
Increased Bitcoin Demand Puts a Strain on Global Exchanges
May 29th, 2017
May 25th was a hectic day in Bitcoin-land as trade volumes hit an all-time high of over $2.4 billion during the day. Many traders are making moves to accumulate profits by day trading or utilizing intra-range strategies. Although quite ...
XRP Liquidity to Increase With Listings on Six New Exchanges
May 22nd, 2017
Ripple, the only blockchain payments provider with proven commercial deployments, has announced today the expansion of its partnership with BitGo to list XRP on several leading digital asset exchanges: Bitso, Coinone, bitbank, and SCI’s BuyBitcoin. Additionally,AlphaPoint will be adding ...
Investors see bitcoin as safe haven
June 27th, 2016
Demand is up following drop in pound as a result of Brexit Demand surged for bitcoin as a safe haven from the British pound, which plummeted after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). The pound fell ...
Mt.Gox Trustee Suspends Release of Exchange’s Bitcoin Addresses List
May 11th, 2016
Citing security concerns with the possibility of endangering personal information and the privacy of users in relation to the planned release of the list of bitcoin addresses controlled by now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, the trustee has suspended the ...
Japan’s Largest Bank developed its own digital currency
February 4th, 2016
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed that it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed “MUFG coin” as part of its research into blockchain and distributed ledger technology. According to The Asahi Shimbun, the digital currency project seeks ...
Are Bitcoin and Litecoin here to stay?
January 14th, 2016
How Bitcoin & Litecoin Could Fail One the most influential inventors of a cryptocurrency doesn’t believe that his invention, or Bitcoin for that matter, are necessarily here to stay. Litecoin was designed by Charlie Lee to be the so-called ...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Calls Rich to Tax-Free Tropical Paradise
June 16th, 2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Meet Roger Ver, ...
