Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Citi global head of digital strategy voices bitcoin scepticism

Speaking today at Citi's annual Digital Money Symposium event, Greg Baxter, global head of digital strategy at the US money centre bank, questioned the long-term economic viability of bitcoin as a global currency.

27 January 2015

News/Blockchain

Banks set blockchain/Internet of Things challenges for SBC hackathon

The future of the blockchain and the use of the Internet of Things in financial markets are among the challenges set out by banks participating in the next Startupbootcamp hackathon in London.

27 January 2015

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Bitcoin price soars on Coinbase exchange launch

Coinbase has launched America's first regulated bitcoin exchange, helping to push the crypto currency's price past the $280 mark.

26 January 2015

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Financial institutions join record-breaking bitcoin funding round

Three major financial institutions have contributed to a record-breaking $75 million investment round in bitcoin startup Coinbase.

20 January 2015

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Regulate bitcoin, but leave the blockchain alone say banking trade bodies

The British Bankers Association and the Payments Council have called for the Government to take a 'light touch' to regulation of the underlying bitcoin blockchain technology, which they say has the potential to fundamentally change the way financial assets are transferred.

20 January 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Tether brings fiat currency to the blockchain

Tether, the first real-world currency platform built on the Bitcoin blockchain and currently in private beta, today announced its first live integration with Bitfinex, the leading US Dollar digital currency exchange.

15 January 2015

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Bitcoin breaches $200 mark as bubble bursts

The price of bitcoin is hovering dangerously close to the $200 mark as BTC/USD exchanges creak under pressure from a wave of sell orders from spooked investors.

14 January 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Coinsetter to offer margin trading and post-trade settlement

Coinsetter, the Wall Street institutional-level bitcoin exchange, today announced it will begin offering margin trading and post-trade settlement to select business customers.

12 January 2015

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Circle adds NFC support to bitcoin app

Bitcoin firm Circle has added support for contactless mobile payments to its Android app, enabling crypto-currency enthusiasts to make instore purchases with a wave of their phone.

07 January 2015

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No happy new year for bitcoin as prices slump and Bitstamp suspends services

The Bitcoin ecosystem is picking up where it left off in 2014, with a further slump in volume and prices and fresh concerns over the fate of funds deposited with exchange operator Bitstamp, which has suspended services over a possible compromise of its 'hot wallet'.

05 January 2015

News/Blockchain

2014: That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2014, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, features and blogs over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2015.

22 December 2014

News/Blockchain

As bitcoin languishes, PeerNova raises $8.6 million to refocus on blockchain

With the price of bitcoin continuing to crater, Silicon Valley-based crypto-mining outfit PeerNova has raised $8.6 million in funding to refocus its business on blockchain-based enterprise products.

19 December 2014

Company update/Blockchain

New York regulator further refine BitLicense rules

Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, is today delivering remarks on the new, revised, proposed New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) BitLicense framework for regulating virtual currencies, as well as broader trends and issues in payments technology, at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.

19 December 2014

Company update/Blockchain

Bitcoin exchange Netagio launches USD and EUR order books

In response to customer demand, Bitcoin exchange Netagio today announced the launch of additional USD and EUR order books on its already established Bitcoin / GBP exchange.

18 December 2014

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Canadians get bitcoin option for credit card payments

Founded by self-proclaimed bitcoin enthusiast, Darwin Ramon, the startup, YesToBitcoins.com now allows users to settle payments on all Canadian credit cards.

16 December 2014

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Bitcoin margin trading platform launched in Vietnam

VBTC Vietnam and Coinarch have launched VBTC plus, Vietnam’s first bitcoin leverage trading platform.

16 December 2014

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Tech chief of cybercrime bank gets five year prison sentence

The former chief technology officer of Liberty Reserve has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business - billed as the bank of choice for the cyber underground - that processed more than $16 billion in digital currency transactions.

15 December 2014

News/Blockchain

Microsoft begins accepting bitcoin

Microsoft has begun accepting bitcoin as a payment option for apps, games, and other digital content from select Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox platforms.

11 December 2014

Finextra TV/Blockchain

FinTech: Beyond the hype

Paul Thomalla, SVP & MD EMEA and Lu Zurawski, practice lead, consumer payments EMEA both of ACI Worldwide talk about what banks are really doing to respond to digital change.

11 December 2014

News/Blockchain

Bitcoin's Black Friday 'bonanza'

While bitcoin's advance into the mainstream remains patchy, the crypto-currency still emerged as the ninth most popular payment method during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping frenzy earlier this week.

05 December 2014