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Banks Still Closing Accounts Over Bitcoin Activity

11/01/2016(0)
Finding a bank that makes it easy to buy and sell bitcoin continues to be a challenge. The problem doesn’t come as a surprise to CCN readers, given that ... Read More
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Venezuelans Escape Currency Collapse with Bitcoin

11/01/2016(0)
Cryptocurrency Users Double in One Year “Bitcoin adoption in Venezuela will explode any time now,” one early cryptocurrency adopter in the South American nation confidently predicts. Bitcoin experts argue ... Read More
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The ‘Bitcoin Island’accept the digital currency for everyday transactions

04/01/2016(0)
Bitcoin: How the Isle of Man is leading a cryptocurrency revolution   A scattering of businesses on ‘Bitcoin Island’ accept the digital currency for everyday transactions alongside sterling Like ... Read More
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Bitcoin is one of 2015’s biggest winners

30/12/2015(0)
Gold is down nearly 10 percent, major U.S. stock indexes are roughly flat and energy commodities have nearly all fallen more than 30 percent: It’s been a tough year ... Read More
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Central Bank of Kenya says Bitcoin and similar products are not legal tender in Kenya

16/12/2015(0)
Central Bank of Kenya says that  public should desist from transacting in Bitcoin and similar products. According to the CBK’s release: The attention of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) ... Read More
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CBA builds a blockchain in its innovation lab

07/12/2015(0)
In its Innovation Lab in Darling Harbour, a team of Commonwealth Bank of Australia computer engineers have built a working “blockchain”. For CBA, a “distributed ledger” is no longer ... Read More
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Bitcoin Fund Linked to Currency’s Rally

07/12/2015(0)
Heavy trading in Bitcoin Investment Trust may have contributed to bitcoin price spike After months at $250, the price of the digital currency bitcoin took flight in early November, ... Read More
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GOLDMAN SACHS: ‘The Blockchain can change… well everything’

04/12/2015(0)
Goldman Sachs is a big bull on blockchain, the distributed ledger software that underpins digital currency bitcoin. In an “Emerging Theme Radar” note sent to clients on Wednesday, the ... Read More
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BNP Paribas joins the R3 Blockchain Initiative

24/11/2015(0)
The Group joins the R3 Blockchain initiative, which aims to establish whether an industry standard can be developed around Blockchain technology. This approach is part of the strategy of ... Read More
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Bitcoin has no future, says UBS chairman Axel Weber at Bank of England’s Open Forum

13/11/2015(0)
The chairman of investment bank UBS, Axel Weber, has played down the potential of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin. During a discussion at the Bank of England’s Open Forum, he ... Read More
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