BitAccess Launches Bitcoin Purchases At Multiple Storefronts in Canada
Mar 08, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BitAccess has announced the launch of bitcoin purchases at thousands of retail locations across Canada. Customers will now be able to purchase bitcoin using a Flexepin voucher. BitAccess, founded in November 2013,...
Philips Healthcare Launches Blockchain Lab
Mar 08, 2016 11:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Philips has officially launched the Philips Blockchain Lab, located in its headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The lab offers a dedicated environment where Philips IT experts, healthcare professionals, partners and...
BitGo Extends Biometric Authentication to Blockchain Space Via HYPR Partnership
Mar 08, 2016 10:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitcoin security platform BitGo, Inc. has partnered with HYPR Corp. in order to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space to secure digital assets, cryptocurrency, identities and private keys. Were...
Mizuho Bank, Fujitsu Conclude Blockchain Trial For Cross-Border Securities Transactions
Mar 08, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a leading financial institution headquartered in Japan, along with Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that they have jointly conducted an operational trial for cross-border...
Align Commerce Opens Blockchain-Based Payment Corridor To Brazil
Mar 08, 2016 08:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
Align Commerce, a US-based global payments provider, has announced the opening of its Brazil corridor in order to allow small businesses to easily send payments to Latin Americas largest country. With Align, SMBs doing...
US Precious Metals Dealer Starts Accepting Bitcoin
Mar 08, 2016 07:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
Precious metals dealer JM Bullion has entered into an agreement with bitcoin payment processor BitPay and is now accepting bitcoin payments. James Walpole, Marketing and Communications Specialist at BitPay, made the...
Bitcoin Ransomware Attack Hits Apple; 6,500 Users Likely Affected
Mar 08, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
In what is being considered as the first ransomware attack focused on Apple, nearly 6,500 Mac users are expected to have been affected by KeRanger the first fully functional ransomware seen on the OS X...
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