A lot of people are excited about the news involving Amazon and Bitcoin payments. Some sources claim the company will enable cryptocurrency payments soon While that is an interesting opinion, it is also highly unlikely that will happen. In fact, Amazon shows no interest in any additional payment methods right now. It would be an interesting development if true, though. This is not the first time we see rumors regarding Amazon and cryptocurrency payments. It would be a welcome change Read more …
CoinLoan is an innovative project designed to integrate the traditional banking system with modern cryptocurrency technology. It offers an affordable solution where users will be able to receive real money in any currency secured by crypto assets when they are in need. This will reduce the loss of possible revenue from a further appreciation of cryptocurrency and additional costs. The CoinLoan crowdsale (pre-ICO) is just a day away from launch, where the platform will be making 5 million (10%) of Read more …
News An exchange-traded-fund (ETF) management firm, Evolve Funds, has announced the company is seeking regulatory approval for a Canadian bitcoin-based ETF. Also read: Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Consolidates After Last Week’s Volatility Evolve Funds Aims to Introduce Canada’s First Bitcoin ETF The Toronto-based firm, Evolve Funds, has revealed the fund management business is currently in the process of filing a preliminary prospectus for a bitcoin ETF in Canada. The company is attempting to provide a variety of other ETFs Read more …
The cryptocurrency ICO sector is undergoing some major changes in China. Due to the recent crackdown, a lot of companies are forced to reimburse investors. A very tedious process, although there is some decent progress to take note of. More specifically, it appears over 90% of these ICOs have successfully returned money to investors. An interesting trend as very few people expected things to go so smooth. Refunding cryptocurrency ICO investors is not as straightforward as it sounds. Trading tokens Read more …
Reliable access to patients’ medical information is a prerequisite for timely and effective healthcare, but the confidential nature of personal data means that healthcare providers often operate within a siloed world creating unintended consequences where patient outcomes come second to data protection concerns. These tensions have led the Connecticut-based company SimplyVital Health (SVH) to create a totally new kind of data-sharing solution. Health Nexus is an autonomous, blockchain ecosystem that integrates with existing healthcare systems for lower on-boarding costs. Because Read more …
DOVU, the blockchain transport data initiative, will showcase its software at the forthcoming Jaguar Land Rover Developer Challenge, to be held in Slovakia at the end of the month. The hackathon will take place around the theme of ‘smart mobility’, and will feature two specific challenges for developers: a mobile app that will incentivise car sharing, with the aim of decreasing overall vehicle emissions; and a seamless solution for multi-modal transport planning, uniting train and bus timetables, city bike schemes Read more …
Evolve Fund Group is preparing to launch Canada’s first Bitcoin ETF that will be tradeable on the TSX. Evolve Launching A Bitcoin ETF Evolve Fund Group Inc. is a financial corporation that is based in Canada. According to a recent report, the Canadian finance firm has filed a preliminary prospectus for Canada’s first Bitcoin ETF. The Bitcoin ETF is going to be called “BITS” and will be an easy and fast way for stock investors to indirectly invest into the Read more …
Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin has started to trend upwards on Saturday, September 23, after a slight dip in value 24-hours prior. Currently, the price per BTC is roughly $3,775 at press time after rebounding from yesterday’s low of $3,510. Also read: GMO to Invest 10 Billion Yen in Its Own 7nm, 5nm and 3.5nm Dedicated Bitcoin Chips Bitcoin’s Price Consolidates After Last Week’s Chinese Exchange Shakeout The price of bitcoin has been swinging back and Read more …
At the Blockchain Global Summit event in Hong Kong, anti-virus pioneer John McAfee said that war between world governments and cryptocurrency has already started. Conflict is an integral part of life. A person struggles to find their way in the world, and businesses compete with one another to earn your dollar and trust. It is in the economic realm where conflict is constant, and the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have led to struggles in multiple arenas. There is Read more …
A group of extremely savvy analysts started evaluating how much and where ETH transactions were being processed. What they found was a bit of a surprise. According to the analysis, over 65 percent of all ETH transactions are generated using temporary addresses. In other words, funds come into the address and leave the address again, usually within an hour, and the addresses are never used again. The finding, on the cyberFund blog, indicates that an ‘Ethereum mixer’ is moving funds Read more …
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Another unique and reliable digital identity verification platform, VerifyUnion, has been launched, highlighting secure but hassle-free features and taking in its first $100,000 seed capital before pre-crowd sale was to open, its top official said Wednesday. Read more …
Featured A Brief Introduction “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”— R. Buckminster Fuller The revolution of 2009 went unnoticed by most people because it was peaceful, orderly and profoundly technological. In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released open source software by which peer-to-peer transfers of digital wealth, called bitcoins, flashed over an immutable and transparent ledger, called the blockchain. A new model challenged Read more …