Digital currency exchange Gemini expands to the U.K.
Jun 21, 2016 09:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has announced today expansion of its services to the United Kingdom after its expansion to Canada previously this month. Earlier this month, the company announced the expansion of its...
Skype co-founder wants to solve social ills using blockchain technology
Jun 21, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Co-founder of Skype, Jaan Tallinn has been working on a new project and has decided to explore blockchain technology in order to save the world. Tallinn has been a pioneer in effective altruism project which is a social...
New America, Bitfury Group and NDI announce blockchain initiative for social good
Jun 21, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
New America,Bitfury GroupandtheNational Democratic Institute(NDI) have come together to form the Blockchain Trust Accelerator Initiative, which aims to link governments with technologists and funders to accelerate the...
Ethereum community votes in support of DAO soft fork
Jun 21, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Following the DAO hack, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin proposed a solution software fork to prevent the ether from being withdrawn by the attacker. This, however, has become aheated debate that whether a potential...
Blockchain startup Ledger launches new cryptocurrency hardware wallet ‘Ledger Nano S’
Jun 21, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ledger, a blockchain-based startup, has launched its new Ledger Nano S product which is a secure bitcoin and Ethereum hardware wallet that connects to any computer through USB. The new Ledger Nano S which directly...
Deloitte blockchain experts launch new startup ‘Nuco’
Jun 21, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Three members of Deloittes blockchain team have left the organization and founded a new blockchain startup that aims to create the distributed systems of tomorrow. Mathew Spoke, team lead Strategy and Execution at...
BTC/USD weakens further, decline till 655 likely
Jun 21, 2016 04:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD plunged further on Tuesday, falling to $678.91 levels before recovering to $698 levels at the time of writing. The pair has broken major support $700 and is trading well below Tenken-Sen and Kijun-Sen. Ichimoku...
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