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Blockchain: A Fundamental Shift for Financial Services Institutions
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...
read moreBLOCKCHAIN & BITCOIN 2016: A SURVEY OF GLOBAL LEADERS
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 investors, to gain detailed insight and understanding of the development of the market and the direction these fascinating technologies will take in 2016.
read moreBitcoin to be 6th largest reserve currency by 2030: Research
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.
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Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
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 Australian bank and...
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Richard Branson holding digital currency summit on private Caribbean island
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...
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BitFury Brings Jason Weinstein Former US Deputy Asst Attorney General On Board
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...
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BitFury Names Former Justice Department Official to Advisory Board
UPDATE (19th March 0:00 BST): This piece has been updated with additional comment and information from BitFury. A former US Department of Justice official has been named to the board of strategic advisors at bitcoin mining firm BitFury. As reported by the Wall Street...
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BitFury Enhances Its Advisory Board with Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Based in Washington DC
SAN FRANCISCO & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BitFury Group, the leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company has added Jason Weinstein, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the US Department of...
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Millennius becomes first online retailer to accept bitcoin and litecoin in Australia
MELBOURNE: WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2014 – Leading Australian online consumer electronics retailer Millennius today announced it is the first major Australian online retailer to accept Bitcoin as a payment mechanism. Bitcoin is a digital currency that enables instant...
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Prwire.com.au – Millennius proves that Bitcoin is a hit with Australian online shoppers
MELBOURNE: WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2014 – Leading Australian online consumer electronics retailerMillennius said Bitcoin buyers were now among the company’s most valuable customers with Bitcoiners spending more per transaction than any other method of payment. And...
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