Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – February 3rd, 2017
Feb 03, 2017 09:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
European Commission mulls introducing transaction limits on cryptocurrencies The European Commission has published an impact assessment that proposes an introduction of a restriction of cash payments to reinforce the EU...
Bitcurex exchange disappears with 2,300 bitcoins
Feb 03, 2017 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitcurex, the oldest bitcoin exchange in Poland, has suddenly gone offline, with its users losing access to their 2,300 bitcoins, Bitcoinist reported. Local news source Gazeta reported that the circumstances of the...
FxWirePro: BTC/EUR faces strong resistance at 61.8% fibo, good to buy on dips
Feb 03, 2017 07:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading well above on Friday and the pair has jumped sharply till 952.47 at the time of writing and declined slightly from that level (COINBASE). It is currently trading around 939 at the time of...
Bitstamp expands debit and credit card purchases for bitcoin beyond EU countries
Feb 03, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitstamp, a European Union-based bitcoin marketplace, announced the expansion of its debit/credit card purchasing functionality in numerous countries beyond EU. The announcement follows the companys step last week in...
dotBlockchain Music Project reveals first industry partners
Feb 03, 2017 06:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The dotBlockchain Music Project (dotBC) has announced its first four industry partners, which includes Canadian Music rights organization SOCAN,its wholly owned subsidiary MediaNet, Songtrust, CDBaby and FUGA. dotBC,...
Fidelity Charitable raises $7m in bitcoin donations in 2016
Feb 03, 2017 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Fidelity Charitable, the independent public charity arm of Fidelity Investments, has announced that it distributed a record $3.5 billion in donor-recommended grants to nonprofit organizations in 2016, adding that donors...
Reserve Bank of India cautions users against bitcoin
Feb 03, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a fresh notice to the users of virtual currencies in the country, urging them to exercise high caution when engaging in digital currency-related activities. The recent warning...
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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects