Giulio Prisco

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Universal Bitcoin Payment System OneBit Enters Alpha Testing

In April, Bitcoin Magazinereported that startup OneBit was developing a Bitcoin wallet app that lets users pay at any store with contactless mobile payment by seamlessly and transparently accessing the credit card payment...

BNP Paribas Testing Plans to Add Bitcoin to its Currency Funds

France’s biggest bank BNP Paribas is reportedly testing the idea of adding bitcoin to one of its currency funds, a source at the bank told International Business Times UK. The unnamed source said...

Coinffeine Launches Beta Version of Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Platform Worldwide

Spanish Bitcoin startup Coinffeine has launched the world’s first decentralized Bitcoin exchange platform in more than 70 countries, including Russia, China, Indonesia and Brazil.The company, which started offering a technical preview of their...

Tomasz Tunguz: Bitcoin Is the Fastest Growing Area of Startup Investment

Tomasz Tunguz, a partner at venture capital firm Redpoint, has written a post titled “The Fastest Growing Areas of Startup Investment in 2015” on his personal blog.“Which lesser known startup...

The Texas Bullion Depository Challenges the Federal Reserve System

In mid-June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law HB 483, paving the way for Texas to repatriate $1 billion in gold from an underground vault in Manhattan operated...

Standard Chartered Innovation Chief Bullish on Bitcoin for Financial Institutions

Standard Chartered Chief Innovation Officer Anju Patwardhan is the latest senior banker to praise the potential of the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin as a way to cut costs and...

Barclays Launches Fintech Innovation Hub Rise New York, Other Rise Hubs to Follow

British multinational banking and financial services company Barclays launchedRise New York, a physical space and virtual global community designed to pioneer the future of financial technology. By the end of...

Overstock Wants to Clean up Food Distribution – and Wall Street

Overstock.com is expanding its already popular online produce delivery service by teaming up with farmers in 35 states, Retailing Today reports. The partnership means that nearly half of Americans currently have...

African Bitcoin Startup Wins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant, Launches Blockchain Event Series in Nairobi

Bitcoin startup Bitsoko announced that it soon will begin sponsoring a Blockchain Event Series in Nairobi, Kenya. The events, held monthly at the iHub innovation hub, will focus on Blockchain education and networking,...

Varoufakis Speaks Out Against Greek Bailout Agreement Reached by EU Leaders

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned after the Greek referendum on July 5 in a surprising move interpreted as a conciliatory move toward Greece’s creditors, gave his first interview...

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