BTCC celebrates fifth anniversary, launches Five Bitcoin titanium coin
Jun 09, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCC, one of the worlds leading and long-running bitcoin exchanges, has completed five years of continuous operation and to celebrate the occasion it has introduced a new set of physical bitcoins. Last month, BTCC...
Blockchain platform Waves to release main net client on Thursday
Jun 09, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain tokens platform WAVES has announced that it is going to launch its main net client today, allowing users to generate addresses to withdraw their tokens. Earlier in April, WAVES announced the release of the...
Cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin likely to relaunch in July
Jun 09, 2016 06:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gatecoin, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, has provided new updates on ETH fundraising and technology team recruitment, following the hot wallet breach in which it lost ETH 185,000 and BTC 250(which is...
Canadian university paid bitcoins to ransomware hackers to restore data access
Jun 09, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
The University of Calgary in Canada paid bitcoins worth 20k Canadian dollars to ransomware hackers in order to restore access to data after hundreds of its computers were attacked. The university was unable to unwind...
Coinsource expands bitcoin ATM network in US
Jun 09, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinsource, a leading Bitcoin ATM network, has set up its first bitcoin ATM in New Orleans, Louisiana, along with new machines in Newark and Jersey City, New Jersey, bringing its total number of machines to 35,...
Bitcoin transaction volume rises in Turkey after PayPal's exit
Jun 09, 2016 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
The volume of bitcoin online transactions has increased in Turkey after PayPal has stopped its operations in the country from June 6 following the non-approval of its license. According to a Turkish bitcoin exchange...
BlockCypher announces beta release of Ethereum web services
Jun 09, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
BlockCypher, blockchain web services company, has announced that it has added support for Ethereum, thereby becoming the first software company to offer both Ethereum and Bitcoin APIs on the same platform. Ethereum web...
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