Korean Bitcoin Exchange Coinone Signs MOU With Daishin Securities
Apr 19, 2016 05:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Daishin Securities, a Korea-based company specialized in the securities and investment banking business, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Seoul based bitcoin exchange Coinone for the Bitcoin blockchain...
Cryptocurrency Exchange ShapeShift Lost $230k In Data Breach
Apr 19, 2016 04:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency exchange platformShapeShift.io has announced the conclusion of its investigations relating to the data breach that took place recently. The ShapeShift team has provided the key findings of the...
Apr 18, 2016 12:08 pm UTC| Digital Currency
In an article published on Kommersant, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin has shared his views on the ways and methods of struggle against extremism in Russia. Bastrykin...
Indian Bitcoin Exchange Coinsecure Raises $1.2 Mln In Series A Funding
Apr 18, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinsecure, the leading Indian Bitcoin trading platform, has announced that it has secured $1.2 million as part of its ongoing Series A investment round, opened in January this year. The funding round is expected to be...
Michael Chobanian Discards Ukraine’s Bitcoin Legalization Draft Law Plans
Apr 18, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, Michael Chobanian, founder of KUNA bitcoin Agency and Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine, has abandoned his plans to introduce a draft law on cryptocurrency regulation to the Ukrainian Parliament,...
Applications Open For Accenture’s Asia Pacific Fintech Innovation Lab 2016
Apr 18, 2016 09:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Accenture has started accepting applications for Asia-Pacifics third annual FinTech Innovation Lab the 12-week program that helps early- and growth-stage fintech companies accelerate product and business development by...
Coincheck Launches Bitcoin Relief Fund For Japan Earthquake Victims
Apr 18, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese Bitcoin Exchange Coincheck has started accepting bitcoin donation to support Kumamoto Japan earthquake victims. Japan was recently hit by twin earthquakes, one day apart, that has killed at least 41 people. On...
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