BitInstant’s co-founder released from prison
Jul 21, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Charlie Shrem, bitcoin advocate and the co-founder of BitInstant, a bitcoin exchange has been released from imprisonment who was convicted in 2014 of money laundering and acting as an unlicensed money transmitter. Shrem...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD struggles to break above $685, good to buy at dips
Jul 21, 2016 09:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has retreated till $660 after making a high of $682.21 on Tuesday. It is currently trading at $664.50 (Bitstamp). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen level: $665 Kijun-Sen level: $655 Trend...
Central bank digital currencies are long way off, says BoE Deputy Governor
Jul 21, 2016 09:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords (Parliaments upper house) recently held a meet to discuss blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Witnesses to the meeting included the likes of Ben Broadbent,...
BTC/EUR faces strong support at 600, break below targets 560
Jul 21, 2016 07:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading well below in red on Thursday. The pair has declined slightly after making a high of 610.95 levels (CEXIO) yesterday. It is currently trading at 602.3 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of...
Bitwala provides cheap cross-border transfers for altcoin users
Jul 21, 2016 07:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitwala, Europes bill payment service that facilitates paying bills with bitcoin, has announced to offer cheapest international money transfers for Ether, Dash, Litecoin, and Dogecoin users. According to the official...
Cryptocurrency exchange C-CEX adds Aten Coin
Jul 21, 2016 06:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
National Aten Coin Foundation has announced that its Aten Coin is now available on the cryptocurrency exchange C-CEX, which trades 140 different forms of digital currencies and has over one hundred thousand...
Chelan County Utility hikes electricity tariffs for bitcoin mining companies
Jul 21, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new electric rate has been approved by Chelan County Public Utility District commissioners on Monday for customers with energy intense loads such as server farms and similar technology operations including bitcoin...
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