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ESMA is seeking information on new developments in virtual currency investment
April 22nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a call for evidence on investments using virtual currency or distributed ledger technology. ESMA is seeking information and views from stakeholders on new developments in how virtual currency technology is ...
Bitwage launches first international Bitcoin payroll debit card
April 7th, 2015
Bitwage, a California-based Bitcoin payroll firm, has released the first international Bitcoin payroll debit card. With the release of this card, employees and contractors using the Bitwage system can withdraw and spend US dollars, Euros, and British Pounds directly from ...
Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay
March 17th, 2015
“Virtual currency is here to stay”, according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, DC, office of global law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, was ...
IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies
March 16th, 2015
International Business Machines Corp is considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the “blockchain,” to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The objective is to ...
Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
Stay updated with coming Live Events, Conferences and Seminars for Forex Market, Accounting, Legal Banking and in general on Business, Finance and Investments
Cryptocurrency company’s operator arrested
February 24th, 2015
Ryan Kennedy committed fraud in the Dogecoin community last year. Kennedy, or “Alex Green” as he is known to the larger community, operated the cryptocurrency company Moolah before resigning amidst allegations of theft. In October of last year, Kennedy allegedly stole upwards ...
Five Reasons Bitcoin Revolution is Over
February 23rd, 2015
2015 will be the year Bitcoin “dies.” The bubble is over and the cryptocurrency, while revolutionary, has serious issues which will prevent it from ever becoming widely accepted. Andre Alessandro — The five problems listed here are both structural and external ...
Bitcoin: Luxembourg Researchers find a way to unmask Bitcoin users
December 1st, 2014
According to CryptoCoins News, one of the stated strengths of Bitcoin has, from the beginning, been its ability to provide anonymity and a sense of security on the same level that cash transactions do. When one spends and is ...
Bitcoin Needs an Aggressive Legal Defense
November 25th, 2014
Across the board, bitcoin requires forceful and aggressive legal defense, not complicity with governments in crafting policy and regulations. It’s going to get a lot rougher for bitcoin in the months and years ahead. We have to be prepared. ...
RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge
November 17th, 2014
A team from RBS took top honors at the Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon on Friday with a trading platform that utilised the Ripple protocol to handle integration with crypto-currencies. RBS built on top of its existing FXMicropay ...
