Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Mobiles, cryptocurrency and private sector to boost financial inclusion - Gates Foundation

Mobile phones and the underlying technology behind crypto-currencies are helping to slash the cost of providing financial services to the poor, making the area an increasingly attractive proposition to the private sector, according to Rodger Voorhies from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

03 November 2014

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The future of payments

David Yates, CEO of Vocalink looks at payments, the rise of startups, the future of ACHs and the promise of blockchain technology prior to Money 20/20 in Las Vegas.

02 November 2014

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Millennials and high earners drive North American adoption of mobile money and digital currencies

A significant proportion of North Americans - 40% - have used their smartphones to make payments at merchant locations, up from just 16% two years ago, according to an Accenture survey.

30 October 2014

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GoCoin to enable virtual currency payments for Shopify merchants

GoCoin LLC, the first e-commerce payment solution for processing bitcoin and emerging digital currencies, today announced a partnership with Shopify to provide the company's 120,000+ retailers the option to accept cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin at checkout.

29 October 2014

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UK watchdog to investigate blockchain potential

The Financial Conduct Authority is to investigate ways in which the technology underpinning bitcoin can be used elsewhere in the formal financial services industry.

29 October 2014

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Former SEC chairman Levitt becomes advisor to bitcoin firms

Former US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt is taking on advisory roles at bitcoin firms BitPay and Vaurum. He enters the cryptocurrency industry as it digests rulings from regulators that could see many companies classed as money transmitters.

28 October 2014

Company update/Blockchain

Physical bitcoins arrive in UK

TGBEX Limited, which claims to be the world's first and only producer of high quality physical bitcoins was pleased today to announce its launch in the United Kingdom.

24 October 2014

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MIT scientist develops algo to predict bitcoin price

Bitcoin's notoriously volatile price may look like it bounces around arbitrarily but an MIT computer scientist has developed a machine-learning algorithm that appears to have found a pattern in the mayhem, helping him to nearly double his investment in less than two months.

23 October 2014

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Lamssu ups bitcoin ATM compliance with IdentityMind

IdentityMind Global and Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures announced today their partnership to integrate IdentityMind’s international compliance platform in Lamassu Bitcoin ATMs.

23 October 2014

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Visa veterans raise $14.5m for bitcoin processing platform

Bitnet, a bitcoin payments processor targeting large merchants that was set up earlier this year by a gaggle of Visa and CyberSource veterans, has raised $14.5 million in a series a funding round led by Highland Capital Partners.

20 October 2014

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Coinfloor to expand trading to wider range of currencies

London-based bitcoin exchange Coinfloor is to open up to new currencies, accepting deposits in US dollars, euros and Polish zloty, this Tuesday. Coinfloor is already the the biggest exchange for bitcoin-to-sterling transactions by volume of currency traded.

20 October 2014

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Crook dumps Target card details on Russian forum

A cyber-crook has uploaded the details of more than five million cards, many of them stolen during the data breach at US retailer Target, to a Russian carding site, says security firm Group-IB.

17 October 2014

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Artists for Humanity at Sibos

Sven Bossu, head of Sibos and Jason Talbot. co-founder at Artists for Humanity discuss The Banker's Briefcase art exhibit, created by students, for the Sibos art gallary.

17 October 2014

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W3C standards body looks to improve web payments

The World Wide Web standards organisation, W3C, is bringing together banks, retailers and tech firms in an effort to develop standards for payments on the open web.

15 October 2014

Company update/Blockchain

DigitalTangible launches silver marketplace on Bitcoin blockchain

DigitalTangible, Inc, a leader in the Gold-bitcoin marketplace, enters the silver marketplace by offering fine silver bullion and coins on its catalog at the lowest premiums available anywhere online.

15 October 2014

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Digital currency exchange tech platform AlphaPoint secures $1.35 million funding

AlphaPoint, a leading financial technology platform provider, powering the top global digital currency exchanges, today announced it has closed $1.35 million in funding.

15 October 2014

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Lawsky bows to BitLicense backlash

Individual users, software developers and bitcoin miners will be exempt from new regulations being drawn up to regulate the crypto-currency markets by New York's State Department of Financial Services.

15 October 2014

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US government advisor joins Coinbase

From the outset, our team has always invested a great deal of time and energy to help educate and inform regulators and other public officials about bitcoin.

14 October 2014

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What do banks need to know about bitcoin?

Jon Matonis, executive director, The Bitcoin Foundation, Brett King, CEO, Moven and Jeremy Light, head of payment services at Accenture look at the evolution of bitcoin, the relationship between innovation and regulation and what banks need to know about the rise of crypto-currencies.

10 October 2014

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Innotribe at Sibos: A midweek update

Peter Vander Auwera, co-founder of Innotribe, provides a look at Innotribe activity midweek at Sibos, the daily agendas and the startup challenge.

09 October 2014