Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

QuickCoin integrates bitcoin wallet with Facebook

US startup QuickCoin has launched a bitcoin wallet app that lets users send the crypto-currency to their Facebook friends.

27 May 2014

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Ripple price plunges on co-founders sell-off plans

The price of the Ripple native digital currency has plummeted after Ripple Labs co-founder Jed McCaleb revealed that he plans to sell off his entire massive holding.

23 May 2014

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Is innovation a threat to incumbent structures?

Ali Farid Khwaja, vice president, Berenberg discusses the benefits and drawbacks of cryptocurrencies and the implications for traditional banking structures.

21 May 2014

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Bitcoin not a threat to banking system...yet

Bitcoin is still more of a curiosity than a threat to the banking system but in the long term the crypto-currency could have a pronounced impact on payments, according to a group of advisers to the US Federal Reserve.

20 May 2014

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Circle bids to take bitcoin mainstream

Circle Internet Financial has unveiled a free platform for buying, storing and paying with bitcoin, promising to bring the crypto-currency to the masses.

16 May 2014

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BitPay shoots for the moon with $30 million funding round

Digital currency startup BitPay has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round, valuing the company at $160 million.

13 May 2014

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SEC issues alert on bitcoin risks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors that getting involved in bitcoin is a risky business that could leave them open to fraud.

08 May 2014

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Robocoin rebrands bitcoin ATMs as 'bank branches'

Bitcoin ATM outfit Robocoin is playing fast and loose with banking terminology by rebranding its machines as bank branches and making a concerted play for the remittance market.

02 May 2014

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Finextra Future Money provokes strong views on fintech innovation

Fraud is good, Pingit is rubbish and Swift will be dead within three years. There was no shortage of controversial and provocative views at a lively Finextra Future Money conference this week at Canary Wharf's Level39.

02 May 2014

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Live: Finextra Future Money, day two

Welcome back to the Finextra Future Money liveblog where we'll be keeping you abreast of all the news and views as leading figures from the fintech world gather at Level39 in Canary Wharf to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

01 May 2014

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Bloomberg adds bitcoin pricing to Professional terminal

Hotshot traders with a sideline in bitcoin investments can now track the value of their assets through the Bloomberg Professional terminal

30 April 2014

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Live: Finextra Future Money

Welcome to the Finextra Future Money liveblog where we'll be keeping you abreast of all the news and views as leading figures from the fintech world gather at Level39 in Canary Wharf to explore the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

30 April 2014

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Payments, innovation and Angry Birds

Micah Gland, CEO of the Helsinki Business Hub discusses the entrepreneurial spirit of Finland and the new wave of FinTech innovation.

29 April 2014

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Xapo launches bitcoin debit card

Bitcoin startup Xapo has unveiled plans for a debit card that lets users pay with the crypto-currency wherever plastic is accepted.

25 April 2014

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US exchange rows back on commitment to help regulate bitcoin trading platform

The National Stock Exchange (NSX) has moved to play down its relationship with Atlas ATS, insisting that it has not agreed to regulate the bitcoin trading platform.

24 April 2014

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Brits wary of crypto-currency; Nakomoto outed?; bitcoin goes to pot

Despite the hype, the vast majority of Brits have no interest in using bitcoin to shop online, with a lack of trust cited as the main barrier to uptake.

17 April 2014

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Mt. Gox CEO unwilling to travel to US to answer bankruptcy case questions

Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is refusing to travel to America this week to answer questions about the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange's US bankruptcy case.

15 April 2014

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US Attorney General floats tighter regulations for virtual currencies

The US Attorney General has raised the prospect of applying money-laundering and know-your-customer controls to virtual currency transactions as a means to clamp down on illegal activity.

09 April 2014

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Royal Canadian Mint ditches MintChip digital currency project

The Royal Canadian Mint has pulled the plug on its MintChip cloud-based digital currency and is looking to offload the business.

07 April 2014

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Wall Street industry group swallows Bitcoin red pill

In a sure sign of the growing business interest in crypto-currencies on Wall Street, the Security Traders Association of New York (Stany) has decided to accept payment in bitcoin for tickets to its Annual Conference and Dinner.

31 March 2014