JUL 20 DIGEST: Bitcoin is the Fastest Growing Area of VC Funding; Keybase Raises $10.8 MillionBitcoin is the fastest growing sector for startup investment; Keybase raises over 10 million in investment round Led by Andreessen Horowitz and other news.Jul 20, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls’ Summer Vacation or Bear Trap? (Week of July 20th)Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph.Jul 20, 2015George Samman
Ethereum Prepares for Take OffEthereum, the decentralized application and smart contracting platform prepares to shoot the starting gun, as their Frontier release reaches 99% completionJul 20, 2015Juan S. Galt
New Bitnet Tool Allows Merchants to Instantly Accept Bitcoin TransactionsBitcoin payments processor Bitnet has launched a new tool that allows merchants to mitigate the risk of accepting bitcoin payments without confirmations.Jul 19, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Spain Goes Orwellian: How to Defend YourselfSpain passed a law enacting fines of up to US$33,000 for peaceful protest and filming of police.Jul 19, 2015Juan S. Galt
Blockchain Data Provider TradeBlock Partners With FinTech SandboxTradeBlock announced on July 18 that it will collaborate with Boston-based incubator FinTech Sandbox.Jul 19, 2015Jamie Redman
United States Military Seeks Bitcoin Tipping BountiesUnited States military is considering using Bitcoin tipping as a platform for providing bounties in combat and terrorist hot zones.Jul 19, 2015Brian Cohen
10 Big Banks That Are Seriously Looking into Blockchain TechnologyCointelegraph has compiled a list of some of the most notable banking giants experimenting with Bitcoin’s underlying technology.Jul 19, 2015Joseph Young
FinTech Digest: Samsung Pay Launches Trial Service, BLender Raises $5M, Bitcoin Transactions Up Over 500% in Latin AmericaSouth Koreans get a first look at Samsung’s new mobile payment solution, P2P lending company BLender secures new funding and more top stories from this week in FinTech.Jul 18, 2015Connie Kearney
The Proof-of-Work EvolutionThe proof-of-work concept allows network nodes to reach consensus on which version of the blockchain should be considered correct.Jul 18, 2015Joseph Lin aka Neocortex
Core Developer Jeff Garzik Proposes 2MB Block Size Limit to Buy TimeBitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik has submitted a proposal to raise the block size limit from 1MB to 2MB.Jul 18, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
10 Steps to a Better Bitcoin WalletThis article will cover the necessary steps that need to be considered when creating and maintaining a bitcoin wallet.Jul 18, 2015Evander Smart
Bitcoin ‘Should Be Exempted from VAT’ Says European Court of Justice OfficialThe most popular Swedish news site, Dn.se, has reported the European Court of Justice as stating, “Bitcoin is a means of payment and that the exchange should therefore be exempted VAT obligations.”Jul 17, 2015Joseph Young
Bitpay: Monthly Bitcoin Transactions Up 510% in Latin AmericaBitpay has released figures showing a huge spike in transactions in Latin America, surging from 638 in February all the way up to 3,509 monthly in June 2015.Jul 17, 2015Joseph Young
JULY 17 DIGEST: Top EU Court Adviser Says Bitcoin Should be Exempt From VAT and Factom Launches First Release CandidateThe legal adviser to the EU’s highest court said that digital currencies like Bitcoin should be exempt from value-added tax, the Factom Foundation has launched a first release candidate, and more newsJul 17, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Bitcoin Real Estate Company Offers Alternative to Chinese A Bitcoin real estate remittances company is working to lower the bureaucratic complexity of buying American real estate for the Chinese middle class.Jul 17, 2015Juan S. Galt
Ebay Forbids Bitcoin for Payments, Removes Merchant ListingOn Tuesday, Andy Shroder posted on Reddit that eBay Inc. had removed his merchant listing because he accepted bitcoin for his products.Jul 17, 2015Joseph Young
Greek Bitcoin Community Spreads the Word Amidst ViolenceOn July 15, the birthplace of democracy descended into Molotov cocktails, teargas and violent thugs riding motorcycles and swinging billy clubs on behalf of Greek law enforcement.Jul 16, 2015Ian DeMartino
Иeureal: Bringing Artificial Intelligence to the PeopleИeureal is the first decentralized open-source protocol designed to produce a distributed artificial intelligence (AI) architecture that is incentivized, maintained and housed within a cryptocurrency.Jul 16, 2015Jamie Redman
Daily Bitcoin Transactions Increase by 94%, Wallet Numbers Double Since 2014On July 15, Coinbase released a half-year report on Bitcoin trends in 2015. They included information about increases in such activities as the creation of wallets, daily transactions, Github repositories and investments.Jul 16, 2015Joseph Young
6 More Don’ts for Bitcoin Startups Here are the six caveats that will help startups get off the ground in this volatile landscape.Jul 16, 2015Allen Scott
An International Group of Lawyers & Academics Publishes Book on Bitcoin LawA group of 10 lawyers and academics from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany has published a book on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency law in all four of these jurisdictions.Jul 16, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Police Crackdown on €50 Million Spanish Virtual Currency Ponzi Scheme ‘Unete’Spanish national police have arrested 20 people involved in massive Ponzi scheme, Unetenet.Jul 16, 2015Diana Ngo
JUL 16 DIGEST: Bitnet Unveils ‘Instant Approval’ Tool for Merchants; Jersey City get its First Bitcoin ATM Merchants can now receive bitcoin payments in seconds with Bitnet’s ‘Instant Approval’ tool; Blockchain Investment Firm Coinsilium to IPO in London and more news.Jul 16, 2015Daniel O. Nyairo
Philippines’ Bitcoin Ecosystem Advances Beyond RemittancesFew markets have seen activity like the Philippines Bitcoin space in recent years. The country is now home to a whole ecosystem of crypto-focused startups, offering unparalleled flexibility for its users.Jul 16, 2015William Suberg
Leaked Emails Suggest FBI Used Hacking Team Software to Identify Tor UserMotherboard has pieced together that the FBI likely used Hacking Team software to de-anonymize a user of the anonymizing Tor software.Jul 16, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Bitcoin Capital Investment in 2015 Quickly Passes 2014 TotalsWhile large-scale national economies are slipping into default and long-term indebtedness, the Bitcoin economy couldn’t be more robust in 2015.Jul 16, 2015Evander Smart
Investment Firm Wedbush Predicts $400 Bitcoin by 2016; Advises to Buy GBTCLA-based financial services and investment firm Wedbush Securities released a report in which it predicts that bitcoin will trade for US$400 by next year.Jul 15, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Promotes Bitcoin in KenyaBill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded Ghana based blockchain startup Bitsoko in a startup competition called Gran Challenges Explorations, which focused on promoting wide spread acceptance of mobile money by small merchants.Jul 15, 2015Joseph Young
Russia’s Putin: Bitcoin ‘Can Be Used in Some Account’Russian president Vladimir Putin has stated that use of Bitcoin “as some kind of unit in some account” is “possible” in a surprisingly supportive gesture towards the currencyJul 15, 2015William Suberg