Bitcoin exchange Kraken announced a multi-million dollar agreement with SBI Investment, one of Japan’s leading and most respected venture capital firms, to invest in and lead the Series B...
In January Bitcoin Magazinereported that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s largest professional services firm, had started an aggressive blockchain-based fintech development program and recruited 15 technology specialists to explore the...
On January 20, 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, during the panel on Transformation of Finance, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a paper titled “Virtual Currencies...
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is studying the prospect of issuing its own digital currency and is aiming to roll out a product as soon as possible, Bloomberg...
In September 2015 Bitcoin Magazinereviewed a conversation with legendary cryptographer Adam Back on the Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast, hosted by Trace Mayer. Back is known as the inventor of Hashcash,...
“In a telling move about the future of money, PayPal has added a Bitcoin entrepreneur to its board of directors,” CNN Moneyreports. Fintech entrepreneur Wences Casares joined the board...
The U.K.’s chief scientific adviser has urged the government to adopt the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin to run various public services, BBC Newsreports. The recommendation comes in the...
Fintech startup Freemit is about to launch the next generation of money transfer. “Money when you need it, anywhere, in any currency, from anyone, in seconds, NO fees,” states...
The RAND Corporation, an influential global policy think tank with strong defense and homeland security ties, has released a report titled “National Security Implications of Virtual Currency .” The...
In July Bitcoin Magazinereported that researchers and entrepreneurs at the MIT Media Lab had started the development of a new encryption system, dubbed Enigma, based on the blockchain technology....
