NBU Review: PayPal, Bitcoin to appear on market soon, says analyst
Apr 28, 2015 05:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Last week, the National Bank of Ukraine held a conference to consider the ways of "[improving] the performance of international payment systems in Ukraine" along with lessening of regulatory constraints for new market...
Russian bitcoin exchange makes its source code public
Apr 28, 2015 05:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
A defunct Russia-based bitcoin exchange has recently released its source code to the bitcoin community, while the country is gearing up to crackdown the cryptocurrency ecosystem.The exchange took totheBitcoin Talkforum...
Circle seeks $40 Million in New Funding
Apr 28, 2015 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Circle Internet Financial, a bitcoin brokeragestart-up company, is seeking to raise around $40m in fresh round of funding. The funding would raise its total investment to $66m.The brokerage firm is raising the funds at a...
Swarm aims Blockchain Governance
Apr 28, 2015 04:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swarm is turning toward decentralized governance, a move that will see the project distancing itself from its original focus ondistributed crowdfunding.The decision comes post the release of aresearch paper that indicated...
Starbucks starts accepting bitcoin in Hong Kong
Apr 27, 2015 09:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Starbucks, the leading coffeehouse chain in the world, has started accepting bitcoin in its Hong Kong-based branches. The company has launched a new service called "FOLD", which will enable users to make payment in bitcoin...
SA-FSD to unveil “The Digital Currency Science Centre Exhibit Project”
Apr 27, 2015 06:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
In an attempt to encourage children to learn about virtual currency, the South AfricanFoundation for Space Developmenthas developed a project called "The Digital Currency Science Centre Exhibit Project".It is developed in...
Apr 27, 2015 06:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has made a low of $210.86 and recovered from that level. Overall trend is neutral and any trend reversal can happen only above $244 (trend line joining $269.90 and $258.80. On the downside minor support is around...
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