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Africa, the continent with the most countries in the world and 54 currencies could benefit immensely from more digital currency and blockchain education. I am fortunate …
By satoshi
December 20, 2016
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When you think of bitcoin and extreme sports, you may not necessarily put the two together. And yet, for many in the extreme-sports world, the digital …
By satoshi
December 19, 2016
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According to the World Bank’s Global Financial Inclusion Index, Africa has the highest mobile money adoption rate in the world. Worldwide, only 2 percent of the population …
By satoshi
December 7, 2016
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The price of bitcoin has experienced a steady rally in 2016: It has increased from $433 in January, surging past the $700 mark for the second …
By satoshi
November 4, 2016
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Some Bitcoin marketers and advocates have conflated mass adoption with mass appeal; the two, however, are not the same. That’s according to Reynaldo Poullard, founder of …
By satoshi
October 24, 2016
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A year ago, Bitcoin Magazine highlighted the work of U.S. Congress Representative Jared Polis and noted his work meeting with politicians and businesses, promoting the many …
By satoshi
September 28, 2016
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Reimagining traditional finance to dreaming of alternative, self-sovereign futures has become possible with blockchain technology. That’s according to Berlin-based New Zealand artist, Simon Denny, whose latest …
By satoshi
September 19, 2016
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Straits Financial has become the first U.S.-based futures commission merchant to integrate BitPay as a payment option for their customers. In addition to BitPay, Straits is …
By satoshi
September 12, 2016
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Kim Dotcom, the notorious internet entrepreneur and Megaupload founder, has been building hype for the relaunch of his file-sharing website on Twitter and various media outlets …
By satoshi
September 6, 2016
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In March, Bitcoin Magazine covered the launch of the Brave browser, which offers faster browsing by replacing ads with clean and light ads. The announcement stated …
By satoshi
September 2, 2016
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Former Reddit Cryptocurrency Engineer, Ryan X. Charles, is currently working on a new, bitcoin-powered social network, but he isn’t focused on creating something that will only …
By satoshi
August 30, 2016
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A team of economists from UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Deutsche Bundesbank, University of Wisconsin and The New School have published a research paper titled “The …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 27, 2016
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In October 2015, Nexusguard, a systems security company that specializes in DDoS defense, started accepting bitcoin as a form of payment after one of their large international …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 27, 2016
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The weakening economy of Venezuela under the regime of President Nicolas Maduro is forecast by the International Monetary Fund to reach a consumer-price inflation rate of …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 26, 2016
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A milestone in Bitcoin’s history, the block reward will be halved for the second time today. Where the first “halving” cut the mining reward from 50 …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 9, 2016
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San Francisco-based Coinbase, a leading Bitcoin exchange offering numerous services and products, has informed its Canadian users they must liquidate their CAD holdings by July 29th. “As …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 7, 2016
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As the price of Bitcoin continues its wild ride, expert observers weigh in on the reasons: China, halving, Japan, Brexit ‒ all seen as factors. But …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 24, 2016
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U.K.-based Bitcoin startup Caricoin recently announced the launch of a Bitcoin wallet for the Caribbean. The wallet has been developed in partnership with Palo Alto-based blockchain …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 20, 2016
