Payment Systems Team Suggests Bank Of Korea To Undertake Blockchain Research
Feb 03, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks
Governments and central banks world over are starting to recognize the potential of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies and a recent report from the Bank of Korea suggests that it is the latest addition to this...
Digital Asset Raises Over $60 Mln As Goldman, IBM Join Funding Round
Feb 03, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, LLC, on Tuesday announced that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and IBM have joined its recently announced funding round bringing the total to more than $60 million. The new funding...
European Commission Considers Applying Licensing And Supervision Rules To Virtual Currency Exchanges
Feb 03, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Commission on Tuesday revealed its action plan to strengthen the fight against terrorist financing which includes raising the standards for digital currency exchanges. The Commission said that it will work...
Digital Money Is Now Part Of The Fabric Of The Modern World – Report
Feb 02, 2016 12:22 pm UTC| Digital Currency
A recentreport from Imperial College Londonwith Citi digs deeper into digital money its benefits, global adoption, tipping point and much more. The paperentitled, Releasing The Flow Of Digital Money Hitting The Tipping...
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet KeepKey Collaborates With The Vanbex Group
Feb 02, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
KeepKey, a Washington-based bitcoin hardware wallet provider, has partnered with the Vanbex Group, a leading Bitcoin 2.0 marketing and consulting firm, according to the press release published on...
Bitcoin Startup E-Coin’s User Base Grows To 100,000
Feb 02, 2016 09:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
E-Coin, the London-based Bitcoin debit card provider, recently announced that it reached 100,000th user mark exactly a year afterits launch. Our user base grew consistently over the past 7 months. Currently, we process...
Corrupt Silk Road Investigator Re-arrested, Denies Self-Surrender
Feb 02, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
A former U.S. Secret Service special agent who pleaded guilty last August to money laundering and obstruction of justice in connection with his theft of bitcoin during the investigation of Silk Road, has been re-arrested,...