Secure Bitcoin Payments Integration Startup Simplex Raises $7m The latest Series A funding round has brought Simplex’s overall investments so far to $8.4 million.
Bitcoin Celebrates 7th Birthday The genesis block was mined during the peak of the 2008-09 financial crisis.
How We Fared in Our 2015 Crypto Predictions We anticipated the evolution of 'Bitcoin 2.0', but had no idea that 2015 would become the year of the ...
Bitcoin Hash Rate Climbs to New Heights as Hardware Advances The Bitcoin network hash rate has taken a noticeable turn higher this month as a slew of new cutting ...
Where’s the Money? August Figures for Crypto Funding Lowest in over a Year August 2015 saw only 3 deals, bringing a total of $10.4 million- the lowest figures since April last year.
The Who’s Who of Blockchain, Banks and Bitcoin With many global banks relating their interest in blockchain technology, Finance Magnates summarizes which firms are doing what.
Will Bitcoin Survive When Quantum Computing Arrives? In theory, it can render the encryption which we depend upon in our daily internet lives as useless.
Why Are People Making the Move from Financial Services to Crypto? The last year has seen its fair share of professionals in mainstream finance making the move into the cryptocurrency ...
Will the Mining Hash Rate Resume Its Trek Upward? Today's world of bitcoin mining is a very different one than the era of free money that prevailed two ...
Cloud Mining Put to the Test- Is It Worth Your Money? In my opinion, most of these companies are just Ponzi schemes in disguise and the few who may be ...
Does Belgian Bitcoin Derivative Ban Include CFDs? The FSMA Decree pointed to risks related to investing in virtual currency, and that the layering of derivatives compounds ...
Sardinia’s Virtual Currency Aims to Help Economy Overcome Credit Crunch A virtual currency system used on the Italian island Sardinia, Sardex, may be helping businesses overcome the local credit ...
BitPay Industry Research Shows Growth, But Take with Grain of Salt Earlier this year, the total number of merchants around the world accepting bitcoin for payment surpassed the 100,000 mark.
Bitcoins, What Are They, and Why Should I Care? Called the ‘biggest thing since the internet’ and the ‘new gold’, bitcoins have received their share of praise since ...
What is Dogecoin? Dogecoin is yet another one of the popular Litecoin derived crypto-currencies in circulation today. It was first introduced in ...
Vircurex – More than Just Bitcoin Trading Vircurex is a Beijing-based Bitcoin and altcoin exchange platform that was founded in October 2011. Transaction fees opened at ...
The Blockchain – The Decentralized Power Behind Bitcoins The blockchain is the public ledger that allows Bitcoins to be safely and securely distributed.
Tagcoin – The Reward Currency Tagcoin is a cryptocurrency issued by Tagbond, a company specializing in customized marketing and rewards plans for businesses.
Satoshi (as value of Bitcoins, not the creator) Named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the inventor of Bitcoins, a satoshi is the smallest denomination of Bitcoins ...