Catalog Roundup: NitrogenSports.eu, Bitcoin-Trader.biz, and moreEvery week, Cointelegraph will do a roundup of all the businesses and the altcoins we have added during the week to our catalogs.Sep 5, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Bitcoin for Books: MIT CO-OP Now Accepting BitcoinMIT’s new arrangement with the CO-OP will now give the students a handy place to spend Bitcoins and save money on books and materials at the same time.Sep 5, 2014Carlo C
KnCMiner Closes $14M Series A Investment RoundBitcoin mining hardware manufacturer KnCMiner finalized a $14M Series A investment round, led by Nordic-based venture capital firm CreandumSep 4, 2014Diana Ngo
World Dollar Foundation’s Andrew Yiu: WLD ‘a vote against the present monetary system’Andrew Yiu of the World Dollar Foundation reached out to Cointelegraph to discuss a project he is working on to deliver 10,000 World dollars to everyone on Earth.Sep 4, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Why Is Latvia Blocking the BitPay Blog?Bitpay Blog seems to be blocked by at least on Latvian ISP, but no one seems to know why.Sep 4, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Alternet Systems Partners with BitPay for Launch of World Wide Payment Processing BusinessAlternet Systems Inc. announced a new strategic partnership with BitPay, one of the world’s leaders in business solutions for Bitcoin and digital currencies.Sep 4, 2014Carlo C
Chamber of Digital Commerce Receives Donation From OverstockChamber of Digital Commerce is announcing that they are the first benefactors of Overstock’s commitment to spend 4 % of its Bitcoin revenue on increasing adoption of the digital currency.Sep 4, 2014Ian DeMartino
Andreas Climbs the Blockchain LadderAndreas M Antonopoulos joining the Board at BlockchainSep 4, 2014Carlo C
Indonesian and Filipino Startups Striving to Bring Bitcoin to the MassesAs Singapore is emerging as a regional Bitcoin hub and attracting more and more venture capital investments from the West, its neighbors, Indonesia and the Philippines, are following the city-state’s pace and initiating ambitious projects striving to bring Bitcoin to the locals.Sep 4, 2014Diana Ngo
BitMEX Trading Challenge Kicks Off for Round IIAfter the August Trading challenge was a smashing success, the crypto-currency derivatives exchange BitMEX has just started round two, with the winner taking home two bitcoins just for trying out the system.Sep 4, 2014Cointelegraph
The Brewing Bitcoin Showdown in SwedenSweden’s Bitcoin Party (“Bitcoinpartiet”) has published its election manifesto for what it aims to achieve in Sweden’s general election on September 14.Sep 3, 2014Armand Tanzarian
DigitalTangible Launches First Ever Gold/Bitcoin Online MarketplaceDigitalTangible in a partnership with dealer Amagi Metals, who recently made headlines with their announcement to eventually stop accepting USD as payment for precious metals, are introducing a marketplace that will allow investors to exchange bitcoins for gold in real time.Sep 3, 2014Cointelegraph
There is a Storjcoin X Giveaway Underway on Redditr/Rad_Decentralization is hosting a Strojcoin X giveaway right now that is available to anyone with a relatively active Reddit account.Sep 3, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Introducing the Swiss University-led NFC Payments ProjectSwiss doctoral students released an open source tool that relaxes mobile payment process. The mobile payment wallet can still be useful when one user has a patchy Internet connection.Sep 3, 2014Alyssa Hertig
OpenBazaar, the untouchable online market, inches closer to game timeAn untouchable Internet-based market is on the verge of release. OpenBazaar, once just a proof-of-concept for a decentralized marketplace run on Bitcoin, entered beta 1.0 Tuesday morning.Sep 3, 2014Alyssa Hertig
“If You Don’t Have a Bitcoin Strategy, You Will Regret it in 5 Years” – Fran Strajnar, Bravenewcoin.comFran Strajnar is a serial-entrepreneur, he is also the founder of bravenewcoin.com, additionally, Fran is the organizer of Bitcoin South, the first ever Cryptocurrency conference in New Zealand slated for November 29-30.Sep 3, 2014Allen Scott
Mike Hearn’s Warnings of Bitcoin’s Fragility Draw Mixed ResponsesIn a recent interview with Success Council, Bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn expressed misgivings about the currency’s stability – but they’re not cutting much ice in community, it seems.Sep 2, 2014William Suberg
Listen to your Bitcoins with Sound WalletBelieve it or not, there’s a way to avoid using a paper wallet by using one of the most conventional means of diffusing information – sound.Sep 2, 2014Bogdan Ulm
New Cryptocoin to Sponsor Serie A Football TeamIn cooperation with Hong Kong cryptocurrency startup incubator Seedcoin, Jetcoin will sponsor Italian Serie A club A.C. ChievoVerona, making it the first pro football team to be sponsored by a cryptocurrency.Sep 2, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Is CoIntellect a Scam?Several members of the community are accusing CoIntellect.com of being a scam, based on a series of evidences that should attest so.Sep 2, 2014Diana Ngo
New Businesses Accepting BTC: Apache Software, Ombushop, Laundry Locker and MoreBitcoin has gained tremendous popularity in the last year, and it’s safe to say that it has become one of the world’s most convenient ways of buying, selling and trading things over the internet.Sep 2, 2014Bogdan Ulm
Canadian Employees Increasingly Preferring Bitcoins over DollarsSince it implemented its Bitcoin payment option in November 2013, payroll firm Wagepoint says there are a growing number of workers dishing Canadian dollars for bitcoins.Sep 2, 2014Diana Ngo
Op-Ed: Nigeria’s Identification Card Is a Move to Centralize the Nation’s Financial InstitutionsNigeria is moving to a MasterCard sponsored National Electronic ID Card that opens up financial institutions to the unbanked, but is it really a good thing?Sep 1, 2014Carlo C
Bitcoin: Buenos Aires Details Bitcoin’s Rise In Argentina, Crowdfunding NowProtocolTV has released a trailer for its already completed Bitcoin documentary, Bitcoin: Buenos Aires which focuses on Bitcoin’s rise in Argentina’s capital city.Sep 1, 2014Ian DeMartino
200+ Bitcoin ATMs Globally and Counting: Grand Rapids, Albuquerque, Budapest and MoreAccording to Bitcoin ATM Map, a website providing a service that tracks Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency ATMS around the world, there are 208 Bitcoin ATMS operating on six continents.Sep 1, 2014Bogdan Ulm
A Glimpse Into XCurrency’s Mission to ‘Decentralize Everything’XCurrency on its own is an exciting technology for many people (as the nearly 1,200 pages on its Bitcointalk.org thread demonstrate), so CT reached out to the team’s lead developer, Dan Metcalf, to get a better understanding what XCurrency was poised to create.Sep 1, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Congressional Bitcoin Education Day: I Tried To Teach Congress About BitcoinCongressional Bitcoin Education Day was this past Friday in Washington D.C. but the important question needs to be asked, did it accomplish anything?Sep 1, 2014Ian DeMartino
Apple Mobile Payment Hype Masks Practicality IssuesApple’s widely-expected announcement of mobile payments technology is a step closer to confirmation, but once it debuts, just how flexible will the advancement actually turn out?Sep 1, 2014William Suberg
Finnish Investor Plans to Turn Estonian Castle Into a Bitcoin CenterIn February, Finnish silver investor and Bitcoin millionaire Risto Pietilä, purchased Malla Manor, a 600-year-old castle located in North Estonia. 6 months after, the Bitcoin entrepreneur talks of the reasons that lead him to such an unusual project.Sep 1, 2014Diana Ngo
The BTC Giveaway Experiment: Can the Average Person Use Bitcoin?Can the Average Person Use Bitcoin?Sep 1, 2014Kenny Spotz