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...
Advertisers And Visitors On Kilobitcoinhomepage.com Could Avail Unique Rewards
Mar 08, 2016 05:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kilobitcoinhomepage.com (kBTC), an innovative bitcoin advertising platform, is offering several unique rewards for advertisers and visitors. Benefits for Advertisers The new Million Dollar Homepage for bitcoin offers...
Ghana Dot Com Launches Bitcoin Mining Facility
Mar 08, 2016 04:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ghana Dot Com (GDC), a Ghana-based IT solutions provider, haslaunched what it claims to be the first bitcoin mining facility in Africa. The company also says that its farm is now producing several hundred terahashes per...
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