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Apple Removes ShapeShift From App Store

12/09/2016(0)
Apple appears once again to be restricting the use of digital currencies on iOS, with the removal of multi-currency trading app ShapeShift from its mobile App Store. ShapeShift’s Currency ... Read More
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Innovator Launches New Digital Currency eQuid with a Focus on the Money System Side of the Coin

06/09/2016(1)
eQuid will launch on select cryptocurrency exchanges in late fall 2016 after running a crowdfunding campaign to build support. When the currency is active on those exchanges, anyone with ... Read More
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Bitcoin Regulation in Russia Takes a U-Turn, Subject to Review

05/09/2016(0)
Russia’s stance towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has taken a U-turn. Last week, the country’s finance ministry stated that it is not in a hurry to introduce the Bitcoin ... Read More
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Baidu Freezes Bitcoin related promotions

29/08/2016(0)
China’s leading search engine Baidu has halted—sans any warning—all bitcoin and digital currency-related advertising on its network. Chinese media outlet CnLedger broke the news on Friday, with a tweet that said Baidu “has stopped all ... Read More
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Could bitcoin change the game in Africa?

04/08/2016(0)
In the wildest of claims, bitcoin – the virtual paperless and stateless currency transacted on the borderless internet – was going to tear apart traditional money transfer companies and ... Read More
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Bitcoin challenger YoCoin launches

08/07/2016(0)
Cryptocurrency has become a phenomenon that will not be going away anytime soon, and YoCoin is leading the charge to take cryptocurrencies mainstream and make them accessible to everyone. ... Read More
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An Everyman’s Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrencies

13/06/2016(0)
Cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued. When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention. Recently, ... Read More
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CFTC Orders Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex to Pay $75,000

03/06/2016(0)
CFTC Orders Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex to Pay $75,000 for Offering Illegal Off-Exchange Financed Retail Commodity Transactions and Failing to Register as a Futures Commission Merchant The U.S. Commodity Futures ... Read More
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Russian Official Calls for Criminal Liability for Bitcoin

21/04/2016(0)
Russia’s Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has, once again, opined that virtual and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are money substitutes or surrogates that need to be outlawed. He also claimed ... Read More
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Treasury planning crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency anonymity in bid to tackle criminal use of digital currencies

11/04/2016(0)
Ministers at the Treasury are planning a shake-up in the world of cryptocurrencies that will mean bitcoins and other virtual currencies can no longer be purchased anonymously. The change ... Read More
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