Ulbricht’s attorney demands fresh trial
Mar 09, 2015 04:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ross Ulbrichts defense attorney Joshua Dratel has filed a 33 page motion with the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, demanding a fresh trial. Ulbricht has been recently convicted as the Silk Road...
Former GAW employee says $8 million ZenMiner investment never took place
Mar 09, 2015 04:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
A former GAW Miners staff member, Eric Capuano has claimed that the $8m worth of investment in the cloud mining firm ZenMiner, announced by the company did not take place.Although the rumors that the ZenMiner deal never...
BTCPoint launches 10,000 bitcoin-enabled ATMs in Spain
Mar 09, 2015 04:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCPoint starts 10,000 bitcoin-enabled ATMs in Spain, as a result of its agreement with major national bank Banc Sabadell and Hal-Cash."Once you send your bitcoin to our address, youll receive a text message with a code...
Wiper Messaging App integrates bitcoin wallet
Mar 06, 2015 12:17 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Wiper, a free messaging app based in New York, is the first one to incorporate a bitcoin wallet. The users will be able to send and receive bitcoin through the app, CEO Manlio Carrelli said."Payments make a lot of sense in...
Swift panel discusses future of bitcoin in banking sector
Mar 06, 2015 10:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
At the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) panel meeting held this week, correspondent banking leaders mainly focussed on bitcoin and digital currency technology revolutionising the banking...
Hong Kong police makes arrest in MyCoin case
Mar 06, 2015 09:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hong Kong police arrested five persons in connection to the sudden disappearance of MyCoin, a bitcoin trading platform, which cost investors millions of dollars in losses for fraudulent activities, according to theSouth...
Tera Exchange enters an agreement with MGT Capital
Mar 06, 2015 08:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
MGT Capital Investments Inc. has officially entered into an agreement with Tera Group Inc., the owner of regulated swap execution facility (SEF) TeraExchange LLC, for the approval of transfer of share ownership by the...