Circle seeks $40 Million in New Funding
Apr 28, 2015 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Circle Internet Financial, a bitcoin brokeragestart-up company, is seeking to raise around $40m in fresh round of funding. The funding would raise its total investment to $66m.The brokerage firm is raising the funds at a...
Swarm aims Blockchain Governance
Apr 28, 2015 04:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swarm is turning toward decentralized governance, a move that will see the project distancing itself from its original focus ondistributed crowdfunding.The decision comes post the release of aresearch paper that indicated...
Starbucks starts accepting bitcoin in Hong Kong
Apr 27, 2015 09:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Starbucks, the leading coffeehouse chain in the world, has started accepting bitcoin in its Hong Kong-based branches. The company has launched a new service called "FOLD", which will enable users to make payment in bitcoin...
SA-FSD to unveil “The Digital Currency Science Centre Exhibit Project”
Apr 27, 2015 06:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
In an attempt to encourage children to learn about virtual currency, the South AfricanFoundation for Space Developmenthas developed a project called "The Digital Currency Science Centre Exhibit Project".It is developed in...
Apr 27, 2015 06:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has made a low of $210.86 and recovered from that level. Overall trend is neutral and any trend reversal can happen only above $244 (trend line joining $269.90 and $258.80. On the downside minor support is around...
CoinHako insures bitcoin reserves
Apr 27, 2015 06:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
CoinHako, a Singapore-based bitcoin wallet service, has recently announced that it is the first ever Asian exchange to fully insure bitcoin reserves and it believes that the insured bitcoin services will attract lots of...
IRS: U.S. will treat bitcoin as property for tax purposes
Apr 27, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
The IRS announced last week that the United States will treat bitcoin and other digital currencies as property. Cryptocurrency will be taxed as property for U.S. federal tax purposes, and their transactions will be subject...