Bitsquare supports several cryptocurrencies, increase in trade limits
May 27, 2016 09:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
One of the promising peer-to-peer digital exchanges Bitsquare has released a new update that supports various new cryptocurrencies and also bumped up trade limits on exchange. The cryptocurrencies that Bitsquare...
Blockchain startup ChainLab announces undisclosed seed investment from Bitmain
May 27, 2016 09:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
ChainLab, a Tel Aviv based blockchain start-up, has announced that it has received seed funding from Bitmain Technology, the worlds leading bitcoin hardware mining producer. The amount raised has not been disclosed. The...
New course on Ethereum engineering hosts accreditation on blockchain
May 27, 2016 07:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new course on Ethereum engineering which teaches developers on how to use Ethereum and aims in training over 2000 engineers in next two years will be hosting accreditation on the blockchain technology. The course is...
BTCC introduces titanium physical bitcoins – ‘BTCC Mint’ coins
May 27, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCC, one of the leading bitcoin exchanges in the world, has launched its new line of titanium physical bitcoins. BTCC Mint coins are physical coins with digital currency inside them. They are created with pure...
Europe moves forward to set up digital currency taskforce
May 27, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Parliament on Thursday gave a nod to the setting up of a taskforce to monitor virtual currencies, like Bitcoin, to prevent their use for money laundering and terrorism financing purposes. The proposal was...
Santander banking group partners with Ripple to launch new payments app
May 27, 2016 05:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
Santander, the Spanish banking group of U.K. has announced to launch a new payment app in partnership with distributed ledger Ripple before the end of 2016. This move by the bank would make it the first bank in the U.K....
US CFTC grants full registration to bitcoin Swap Execution Facility TeraExchange
May 27, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Thursday that it has issued Orders of Registration to TeraExchange, LLC (Tera), a New Jersey-based provisionally registered Swap Execution Facility (SEF),...
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