Dec 23, 2015 | Industry Release
In the last year, millions of users were added to the Bitcoin ecosystem and daily transactions tripled. More revolutionary than the rise of Bitcoin, however, is the blockchain technology that makes it possible. Traditional banks may be rendered obsolete by Bitcoin and...
Dec 23, 2015 | Industry Release
As Bitcoin and Blockchain investment fast approaches $1bn, we have spent the last three months speaking with over 30 of the leading Bitcoin and Blockchain companies globally (with c. $500m of total investment), plus industry groups, financial institutions and...
Dec 22, 2015 | Industry Release
Bitcoin industry insiders have issued an optimistic prediction for the cryptocurrency over the next few decades, suggesting it could be as widely used as the Swiss franc or the Australian dollar. U.K.-based Magister Advisors, which advises the technology industry on...
Jul 24, 2015 | Industry Release
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving an...
Jul 24, 2015 | Industry Release
From May 25 to 28, the Virgin Group founder will co-host a forum about the future of Blockchain and Bitcoin. This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at entrepreneur.com. By Nina Zipkin, Entrepreneur Most people...
Jul 24, 2015 | Industry Release
BitFury’s work in both Bitcoin transaction processing (mining) and growing venture capital funding has also come with the growth of the company’s leadership team. Their latest addition is Jason Weinstein Former US Deputy Asst Attorney General. BitFury recently hired...