Russian Bitcoin Ban Law To Enter Duma Before The End Of Spring Session
Mar 28, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Russian government has been forging ahead in its efforts to criminalize the use of bitcoins in the country. Recently it was reported that the government is seeking to raise fines for companies involved in the...
Dutch Central Bank To Develop Prototype Coin Based On Blockchain Technology
Mar 28, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks
Central banks worldwide are increasingly taking interest not only in the blockchain technology, but also developing their own version of digital currency. Following the Peoples Bank of China and theReserve Bank of...
World Economic Forum To Dig Deeper Into Blockchain Technology
Mar 28, 2016 06:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
The World Economic Forum has been focusing on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies for quite some time now. In a report released last year, entitled Deep Shift: Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact, it...
New York Fed Report Discusses Frictions In Bitcoin Trading
Mar 28, 2016 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
A New York Fed report has shed light on exchange-related frictions that reduce the incentive of market participants to use bitcoin as a payment alternative. Authored by Alexander Kroeger, research analyst in the Federal...
Decentralized Startup Lisk Raises $5.7 Mln In Crowd-Fund; April Launch Likely
Mar 24, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, the decentralized application and custom blockchain platform, has announced that it has successfully concluded its crowd-fund and raised over $5.7 million (14,000 BTC). The startup commenced Initial Coin Offering...
The Sun Exchange Accepts Bitcoin Investment For Solar Project
Mar 24, 2016 11:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Sun Exchange, a South Africa-based crowd lending solar energy startup, has started accepting digital currency bitcoin for solar energy investment. This is perhaps the first such initiative wherein bitcoin is used to...
Emercoin To Launch Blockchain R&D Lab Later This Year
Mar 24, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Emercoin, a leading digital currency and blockchain platform, has announced that it has begun the process of launching its RD lab for blockchain technology. The focus of the laboratory is multi-faceted and its creation...
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