Austrian Luxury hotel gets hacked, pays bitcoin ransom
Jan 30, 2017 07:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Following recent reports of cybercriminals demanding bitcoin ransom from Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), yet another case has been reported this time its a luxury hotel in Austria. The Local reported...
FxWirePro: BTC/EUR trades in narrow range, slight bullishness only above 900 level
Jan 30, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading in anarrow range between 825.90 and 869 for the past five trading days (COINBASE). It is currently trading around 861.13 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...
Digital currencies could change payments landscape if adopted by central banks: U.S. Fed report
Jan 30, 2017 06:25 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Faster Payments Task Force, assembled by the Federal Reserve, has released a new report which describes the background and process of the task forces work and its motivation for pursuing faster payments solutions in...
Blockchain Intelligence Group joins Offset Symposium’s list of sponsors
Jan 30, 2017 05:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), a Canada-based developer of blockchain technology solutions, has announced that it will be a sponsor at the inaugural Offset Symposium in San Francisco February 14thand 15th. The...
BNY Mellon, Cisco and others team up with startups for blockchain consortium
Jan 30, 2017 05:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bosch, Cisco, BNY Mellon and other innovative Fortune 500 companies have teamed up with blockchain startups to set up a blockchain consortium in order to discuss and work on the use cases of blockchain in securing and...
Accenture signs up as title sponsor for DC Blockchain Summit 2017
Jan 30, 2017 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
TheChamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association representing the blockchain and digital asset industry, has announced that Accenture is joining the DC Blockchain Summit 2017 as title sponsor. Were pleased to...
Freewallet goes global, localizes cryptocurrency mobile apps into six new languages
Jan 30, 2017 04:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Freewallet, the developer of user-friendly crypto-wallets, has announced that it has localized the apps into Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, Korean and Chinese languages. Starting from January 2016, the Freewallet...
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