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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) head of research Jakob de Haan has issued new responses to pointed questions about the role of bitcoin in global finance. During a speech at the ...
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Gemini, the much-anticipated bitcoin exchange led by entrepreneurs and investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services to begin serving US ...
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Europol and Interpol have agreed to work together on issues related to the criminal use of digital currencies. The partnership became official during this year’s Interpol – Europol Cybercrime Conference, anannual ...
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Bitcoin compliance solutions provider Scorechain has raised €500,000 ($570,000) in seed funding from an undisclosed group of angel investors. The Luxembourg-based startup is seeking to target both bitcoin companies and ...
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Nearly one year after the release of its sidechains white paper, bitcoin technology startup Blockstream has announced the first commercial application of the technology. Dubbed Liquid, the unlaunched offering will serve bitcoin ...
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New academic research has found that the price of bitcoin is higher in countries with lower degrees of economic freedom. In his paper, Robert Viglione, a PhD student at Darla ...
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Bitcoin’s biggest miner, BitFury, says it is launching the world’s largest two-phase immersion cooling project. As part of its new $100m data centre in the Republic of Georgia, the firm will ...
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Nasdaq is set to unveil its new blockchain-based platform, which will facilitate share transfers and sales on its private market. The firm’s demonstration of the new platform is expected to take ...
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Visa and DocuSign unveiled a new proof-of-concept this week that leverages the bitcoin blockchain for recordkeeping. The project, outlined in a 26th October blog post and debuted at Money20/20 in Las ...
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Payments giant MasterCard has been named as one of 11 investors in Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) new funding round. The undisclosed raise, announced today, attracted support from billion-dollar brands across ...
