JUL 29 DIGEST: Lawsky Denies Working in Bitcoin Space; CoinTape Lets Users Find Optimal Transaction FeeBenjamin Lawsky claimed he is not working in the digital currency space; a new CoinTape service lets Bitcoin users find optimum transaction fees, and more news.Jul 29, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Blythe Masters: Bitcoin Tech has ‘Gigantic Potential’Blythe Masters has spoken out in support of the “gigantic potential” of Bitcoin and blockchain technology.Jul 29, 2015William Suberg
Hornet: High-Speed Protocol for a Fully-Encrypted & Anonymous InternetThe problem of spying in Internet is about to be solved due to Hornet.Jul 29, 2015Evander Smart
US National Science Foundation Awards 3-Year Grant for Cryptocurrency ResearchAmerican National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three year grant worth US$162,117 for research on the science and applications of cryptocurrency.Jul 29, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Ethereum announces official launch dateEthereum has announced the official release date of the first ‘Frontier’ version, and provided a specific ‘how to’ guide for setting up mining clients, clarifying some confusion about the release process.Jul 28, 2015Juan S. Galt
Founder of European Stock Exchange Launches Blockchain StartupPeter Randall and Anthony Culligan have announced to launch blockchain startup SETL.Jul 28, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
JUL 28 DIGEST: Bitcoin Growth 25% Faster than the Internet in 90s; Estonian Angel List Service Secures Marketplace with BTC BlockchainBitcoin growth is outpacing that of the early stage internet by almost 25%; an Estonian Angel List service will utilize Bitcoin’s blockchain and more news.Jul 28, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Stripe Partners with Visa for ‘Digital Payment Improvements’Digital payments processor Stripe has announced “collaboration” with Visa following a US$5 billion dollar valuation.Jul 28, 2015William Suberg
US Presidential Candidate Using Bitcoin to Fight ‘Two-Party Monopoly’Gary Johnson acceptted bitcoin for his “Fair Debates” lawsuit against the official presidential debates’ two-party monopoly.Jul 28, 2015Jamie Redman
HP: Blockchain Can Make IRS ‘Most Disrupted’ Entity of AllAdding to the already impressive list of big name proponents of Bitcoin’ technology, tech gi-ant Hewlett-Packard (HP) in partnership with Quartz has published an article on the disrup-tive potential of the blockchain.Jul 27, 2015Cointelegraph
Coinbase CEO: Bitcoin Will Replace Dollar within 15 Years (Op-Ed)As many experts around the world agree that the dollar’s dominance won’t last forever the CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, believes bitcoin will “surpass” it as a global reserve currency “within 10-15 years.”Jul 27, 2015Evander Smart
Russian Bank Refuses to Pay Half Million Dollar Ransom in BitcoinBank Saint-Petersburg has refused to pay a ransom to hackers who managed to steal the account information of over 300 thousand clients.Jul 27, 2015Allen Scott
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls Eyeing $300 (Week of July 27)Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph.Jul 27, 2015George Samman
JUL 27 DIGEST: Former EU Stock Market CEO Joins Blockchain Startup; Hewlett Packard Shows Interest in BitcoinThe former officer of the Chi-X been hired as the CEO of blockchain startup SETL; Hewlett-Packard is blogging about Bitcoin and blockchain, and more news.Jul 27, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
First Publicly Traded Company Targets Western Union with BitcoinMarilynJean Media Interactive (MJMI.qb) announced on July 24 plans to enter the lucrative international remittance market using bitcoin.Jul 27, 2015Barry Dolphin
Greece’s Varoufakis ‘Hacked Own Tax Office’ to Build Parallel Currency SystemYanis Varoufakis has confirmed that he masterminded a “parallel” currency system, which could be switched from euro to drachma “at the flick of a switch.”Jul 27, 2015William Suberg
Mike Tyson Hits Bitcoin Bandwagon with 5M Twitter FollowersTyson wants to add Bitcoin business endeavors to his legacy.Jul 27, 2015Evander Smart
CoinMate Partners With MoneyPolo, Allowing Purchasing and Selling Bitcoin With Cash in More Than 100 CountriesEuropean bitcoin exchange CoinMate has announced a new partnership with payment provider MoneyPolo. This enables users from over 100 countries to exchange cash for bitcoin and back.Jul 26, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
OneBit: Pay with Bitcoin Using NFC at Any Credit Card Accepting MerchantOneBit, a bitcoin wallet app that enables its users to pay with bitcoin at any credit card accepting store, has entered the alpha stage of development.Jul 26, 2015Joseph Young
RRRcomputer.org: ‘Bridging the Digital Divide One Kid & One Computer at a Time’A company RRRcomputer.org recently started accepting Bitcoin through BitPay.Jul 26, 2015Jamie Redman
Garzik Predicts ‘Chaos’ If Changes Made to Both Fee Structure and Block SizeJeff Garzik sent an email to Pieter Wuille in which Garzik spoke against the implementation of a fee market and also said that Bitcoin’s block size “will be increase eventually”Jul 25, 2015Joseph Young
HullCoin: Government-Backed Digital Currency Designed to Tackle Local PovertyThe city of Kingston upon Hull located in the United Kingdom has released its plans to unveil a new cryptocurrency: Hullcoin.Jul 25, 2015Jamie Redman
FinTech Digest: Number 26 Predicts FinTech Future, Former Google Exec Launches ClearScore, ‘The Young Turks’ Accepts BitcoinNumber 26 predicts the financial ecosystem that will replace banks, “TYT” dips its toes into Bitcoin, and other news.Jul 25, 2015Connie Kearney
San Francisco Fed Outlines Virtual Currency RisksThe Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) has published an article covering the risks of bitcoin and other virtual currencies.Jul 25, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Australian Regulator Blocks IPO Bitcoin Mining CompanyBy issuing a stop order, the ASIC has further stalled IPO requested by Bitcoin mining company Bitcoin Group Limited.Jul 25, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Foldapp: ‘Top 30 Retailers in the US Are All in Our Sights’Cointelegraph spoke with the founder of Fold, Matt Luongo.Jul 24, 2015Allen Scott
World’s Largest Online News Show ‘The Young Turks’ Accepts BitcoinThe Young Turks, the world’s largest online news show has begun accepting bitcoin for donations since last weekJul 24, 2015Joseph Young
Greenwich Report: Blockchain Technology Is Coming to Capital MarketsA newly published report by Greenwich Associates suggests that the tech-exchange might just be setting a trend.Jul 24, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
JUL 24 DIGEST: Federal Reserve Publishes Study on Virtual Currency; NASDAQ to Pioneer Bitcoin TechThe Federal Reserve published a paper about the growth of virtual currencies; NASDAQ is expected to be the first major exchange operator and other news.Jul 24, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
BNP Paribas ‘to Add Bitcoin to Currency Fund’ Within WeeksBNP Paribas is set to announce it is adding Bitcoin to one of its currency funds in the coming weeks.Jul 24, 2015William Suberg