A Venezuelan pastry shop starts accepting bitcoin
May 30, 2016 05:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tortas Don Eduardo, a Venezuelan pastry shop accepts bitcoins due to bitcoins growth as a currency, its market value, and its ease of transaction. Founded over 4 years ago by the pastry chef Guillermo Eduardo Hernandez,...
Bitcoin block reward halving, rising competition lead KnCMiner to bankruptcy
May 30, 2016 04:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, KnCMiner, a bitcoin mining hardware company based out of Sweden, has filed for bankruptcy citing the imminent bitcoin block reward halving and rising competition from miners based in China,...
May 27, 2016 12:23 pm UTC| Digital Currency
In an exclusive interview with themerkle.com, Uphold EVP Global Growth Partnerships Robin OConnell talks about how the company envisions the future of cryptocurrency saying that bitcoin is the leader over all digital and...
Enterprise Ireland’s new fintech fund to support startups in blockchain space
May 27, 2016 11:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Enterprise Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets, is inviting early stage companies active in FinTech to apply for a new 500,000 Enterprise...
Russian authorities consider creating national cryptocurrency
May 27, 2016 10:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, the Russian Ministry of Finance is holding discussions with regulators and banks to come up with the countrys own state-controlled digital currency. Pavel Livadny, a deputy director of the...
NAV coin swap receives positive response from market
May 27, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
NAV coin has announced a long list of improvements coming in next update to NAV Coin and there will be coin swap to bring more features. Upon this announcement, the markets seem to be responding with a price surge. NAV...
May 27, 2016 09:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
KPMG and CB Insights have released a new report that analyses fintech venture funding for the first quarter of 2016. The report assesses the trend in across a diverse array of companies and technology including money...
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