Bitcoin And Blockchain Startups Make It To Top 70 At Pioneers Festival 2016
May 13, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitwala, a Netherlands-based digital currency payments solutions firm, and Ledger, a French blockchain startup, have been selected among the top 70 startups at the Pioneers Festival 2016, a major event for future...
Digital currency is the way of the future, says Winklevoss Twins
May 13, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
Entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of Gemini which is a virtual bitcoin exchange, speaking to Bloomberg during SALT conference in Las Vegas said that cryptocurrency is the way of the future. When...
R3 Blockchain Consortium Seeks To Raise $200 Mln From Member Banks
May 13, 2016 07:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation company R3 is planning to raise $200 million from member banks of the blockchain consortium in return for equity stakes in a new company that will run applications based on blockchain technology for...
US Think Tank Recommends Blockchain Application In Health Care
May 13, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Speaking before the United States Congress House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Scott Gottlieb, Resident Fellow at American Enterprise Institute (AEI), has suggested that blockchain technology has...
Tax Software Provider Avalara Welcomes Blockchain Revolution
May 13, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Seattle based Avalara, which is a tax compliance automation provider for business has announced to welcome blockchain technology after it recently introduced a bitcoin module for its AvaTax compliance engine. Avalara...
Palantir Technologies Refutes Ownership Claims Of Bitcoin Mining Service CoinFac Limited
May 13, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
In rather surprising news, Palantir Technologies has clarified that it is not involved with CoinFac Limited, a technology company, that recently announced its plans to introduce the next generation quantum computing...
Mystery Mining Pool BitClub Gives $65,000 To Bitcoin Foundation
May 13, 2016 05:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bitcoin Foundation on Thursday received 146 BTC ($65,000) from BitClub after half of the proceeds from bitcoin transaction was sent as a fee, given by the recipient mining pool. The bitcoin mining pool BitClub,...
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