Bitwage and Bitso collaborate to offer bitcoin payroll in Mexico
Jun 23, 2016 06:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain-based firm Bitwage has partnered with Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso in order to offer bitcoin payroll services to Mexican employers. According to Bitso blog post, the integration takes advantage of the...
Circle raises $60 mln in latest funding round, reveals expansion plans
Jun 23, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
Circle, a blockchain-based startup company headquartered in Ireland, has raised $60 million in latest funding round, drawing support from a syndicate of major Chinese strategic investors. The strategic financing round...
Coinbase rolls out PayPal and credit card support in beta
Jun 23, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinbase, a San Francisco-based leading bitcoin exchange and wallet service, announced on Wednesdaythe addition of PayPal and credit card funding mechanisms in order to ease the process of digital currency...
ASX increases investment in blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings
Jun 23, 2016 04:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a latest announcement, Australian Securities Exchange Ltd (ASX) has stated that it is exercising its right to purchase further equity in the Digital Asset Holdings, the US-based startup developing distributed ledger...
Finland state company receives fund to pay for blockchain powered project
Jun 23, 2016 03:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
Economic development company Kouvola Innovation owned by the Kouvola town in Finland has been awarded 2.4 million Euros in order to pay for a blockchain technology powered shipping project named SmartLog. According to...
LTCUSD recovers slightly, jump till 5.05 likely
Jun 22, 2016 12:15 pm UTC| Digital Currency
LTC/USD slightly recovered on Wednesday and hit a high of 4.84 levels so far in the day. It currently trades at 4.69 levels (BTC-e) at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart shows: Tenkan-Sen level:...
Cambridge University to offer Blockchain education
Jun 22, 2016 11:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
TheUniversity of Cambridgeis putting efforts in bringing blockchain education to the curriculum. The efforts are being made at the universitys Centre for Alternative Finance. For more than two years, I have seen...
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