Three individuals call for a moratorium to prevent losses to the Ethereum DAO
May 31, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Three Ethereum DAO critics have called for a moratorium on proposals to prevent losses to the Distributed Autonomous Organization (DAO) which is a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain. Dino Mark, Vlad Zamfir and...
Indonesian ecommerce portal KinerjaPay to allow bitcoin transactions
May 31, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
KinerjaPay Corp., an Indonesian digital payment and ecommerce platform, has entered into a partnership with Bitcoin Indonesia an online platform allowing buying and selling Bitcoin with Indonesian Rupiah to accept...
Bitcoin could not be considered money under Florida law, says Barry University professor
May 31, 2016 08:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Michell Espinozas defense team member professorCharles Evansat a money laundering trial in Miami, Florida said that bitcoin could not be considered money under Florida law as it was more similar to poker chips. Michell...
Bitstamp allows bitcoin payments via credit cards in 28 EU countries; launches EUR/USD trading
May 31, 2016 08:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitstamp, a Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the expansion of its services to all 28 European Union countries and is going to launchEUR/USD trading. Bitcoin Purchase With Credit Card Bitstamp, in...
Penalty documents filed in U.S. in 2013 bitcoin theft
May 31, 2016 06:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Forfeiture documents of two Florida men, who were involved in the theft of 5,400 bitcoins from illegal online drug sales site Sheep Marketplace in late 2013, were filed last week in Jacksonville, Florida. According to...
Align Commerce gets insurance cover for blockchain payments to secure client assets
May 31, 2016 06:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a move to augment the protection for small- and medium-sized business (SMB) clients sending payments internationally, Align Commerce, a US-based global payments provider,has announced that it is obtaining insurance to...
Jaxx 1.0 multi-platform blockchain wallet moves out of beta for all device versions
May 31, 2016 05:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
Jaxx, a unified platform which provides wallet services for Bitcoin as well as Ethereum users,has announced the launch of its multi-platform blockchain wallet. The company said in the announcement that Jaxx 1.0 is...
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