Joseph Young
17 Arrested and $80,000 Worth of Bitcoin Seized in Dark Web Sting Operation
As a result of a six-month joint investigation between the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS),...
Hong Kong Banks Targeted By DDOS Attacks, Bitcoin Payout Demanded
On May 9, an international group of hackers launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on two of the largest financial institutions in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police confirmed...
Coinify Expands to 34 European Countries
Coinify, a Danish bitcoin exchange and bitcoin payment processing platform is expanding its platform to all 36 EU member states under the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) including Monaco,...
Three Bitcoin Startups Solving Remittance Problems in the Philippines
The Philippines has the world’s third largest remittance market just behind India and China, with overseas remittances reaching more than $25.1 billion in 2013. But due to the country’s...
Coinzone to Launch a European Bitcoin Service with Banking Relationships
European Bitcoin payment processor Coinzone officially announced in a recent blog post that the company will be launching a Bitcoin wallet for its European customers. The announcement follows the...
CNET Founder to Launch BitReserve in India
On May 4, The Times of India reported that Halsey Minor, the multi-millionaire entrepreneur and founder/CEO of BitReserve, engaged a meeting with the local regulators for the company’s future...
Boost VC-backed Bitcoin Smart Contract Startup Hedgy Raises $1.2 million
The Boost VC Tribe 4 graduate Hedgy completed a $1.2 million funding round from investors including Tim Draper, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Sand Hill Ventures.Hedgy, founded in April...
Lawnmower Invests Users’ Spare Change to Purchase Bitcoin
The Boost VC-backed Bitcoin startup Lawnmower tracks purchases on a user's account, rounds them up to the nearest dollar to create spare change, and uses the change to purchase bitcoin on behalf...
Former Yahoo! Executive and Hightail CEO Joins Ripple as COO
Brad Garlinghouse, the former CEO of Hightail and a long-time executive of Yahoo! has been appointed as Ripple’s first Chief Operating Officer, as the company passes the 100-employee mark.“Brad’s...
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