Filament raises $5 Million to bring the blockchain to the Internet of things
Aug 20, 2015 12:06 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Filament, a start-up company founded in 2012, recently raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Bullpen Capital and including contributions from Verizon Ventures Crosslink Capital, Samsung Ventures, Digital Currency...
Japanese ruling triggers debate over bitcoin ownership rights
Aug 20, 2015 10:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tokyo District Court Judge Masumi Kurachi has ruled that bitcoin is not subject to ownership and rejected a claim for relief brought by a plaintiff against the collapse and informed him that he could not claim the bitcoins...
BTCChina’s Greg Wolfson: Growing population in China feels bitcoin is a safe haven of sorts
Aug 20, 2015 10:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
The surprise one-off depreciation of the yuan by the Peoples Bank of China led to price divergence between USD and CNY exchanges and yuan fell to a four-year low against the U.S. dollar. However, BTC/CNY rose from 1,633...
Bitcoin makes its way into Indian market
Aug 20, 2015 09:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitcoin awareness has been gradually rising in India as online e-commerce merchants and small businesses have started to comprehend the benefits of bitcoin. India, with an internet user base of nearly 243.2 million...
BTC/USD trades below major support $248, decline till $200 is possible
Aug 20, 2015 07:55 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals
BTC/USD has broken major support $248 (200 day MA) and declined till $220 It is currently trading at $232. Short term trend is bearish as long as resistance $247 holds. The major resistance is around $248 (200 day...
Central Bank of Nigeria calls for regulation of virtual currencies
Aug 20, 2015 07:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called for regulation of virtual currencies in a bid to save the country from money laundering. Mr. Okwu Nnanna, CBN Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, spoke about this at...
Tim Bock: 1500 Bitcoin ATMs in Georgia
Aug 20, 2015 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Satoshibay co-founder Timo Bock recently shared his bitcoin experience in Georgia (the country) in a blog post. He said that taking the definition of a Bitcoin ATM asamachine thatexchanges Bitcoins and cash without the...