ECB report studies growth in digital currencies
Mar 10, 2015 11:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a report on digital currencies, entitled "Virtual currency schemes - a further analysis" that identifies their remarkable growth in recent years and studies some of their...
Coin Center report explores digital currency and its advantages
Mar 10, 2015 10:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coin Center, a US-based non-profit research and advocacy organization, has released a newreportprepared by the centers Director of Research, Peter Van Valkenburgh that explores how cryptocurrencies can support financial...
Utah crypto-bill passes first Senate reading
Mar 10, 2015 09:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Utah might become the first US state to accept bitcoin for state services. After passing through the House of Representatives with a slim majority of 38 yes votes against 36 no votes, the bill passed its first Senate...
Mar 10, 2015 08:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is trading near major resistance 275 and any break of will target $300 in short term. Overall trend is bullish as long as short term support 250 holds. On the downside any break below 250 will target 240/ term...
Mar 10, 2015 07:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has broken major resistance $285 and jump till $304 cannot be ruled out of $259. Overall trend is bullish as long as support $268 (55 day EMA) holds. It is facing short term resistance around $308 and any break...
Elegant starts accepting bitcoin
Mar 10, 2015 06:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
Elegant, a Belgium-based green energy provider, has started accepting bitcoin as a payment method following the rise in requests from various clients. It has collaborated with BitPay to facilitate this service."We have...
ZapChain launches micropayments tool
Mar 10, 2015 06:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
ZapChain, a bitcoin-based social network, has announced the launchof a new in-house tipping mechanism enabling micropayments. The launch suggests that the company is extending its efforts to experiment with content...
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