Indian police crack down on OneCoin with seizures & arrests
Indian authorities are engaging in a sweeping crackdown on OneCoin, a digital investment scheme that is commonly seen as a scam. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Bitcoin is taking a serious share of the online casino industry
There has always been a huge overlap of the people who enjoy using online casinos and who prefer the freedom of using Bitcoins. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Central banks should lead on digital currency, says PBOC
People’s Bank of China Vice Governor Fan Yifei said the monetary authority is pushing to supervise private digital currencies and develop its own digital money. Read more: www.bloomberg.com
Bitcoin trading platform Quoine scores $20m JAFCO-led funding
Japanese venture capital major JAFCO has led a $20m Series A financing round for bitcoin trading platform Quoine.
Straits Financial becomes first brokerage house to accept bitcoin
Straits Financial will become the first US-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) to accept bitcoin to fund trades and investments. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
BlockPay offers Cryptocurrency and e-commerce solutions
Bringing cryptocurrency to ecommerce is quite a challenge, even though it is possible to integrate solutions through popular platforms these days. Read more: themerkle.com
Bitcoin gets legal protection in China
The Chinese authorities issued a notice on the risk prevention of Bitcoin in 2013. Read more: e27.co
US government to auction $1.6m in seized bitcoin
The US government plans to auction over 2,700 bitcoin that were forfeited during several cases, including that of online black market Silk Road. Read more: fortune.com
Bitcoin is now helping Indians receive bigger paychecks
The Bitcoin Blockchain has enabled millions of workers in India to receive bigger paychecks in Indian Rupees through a new partnership between Bitwage and Unocoin. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com
Global currency wars are creating bitcoin’s ‘killer app’
Today, millions of people around the world have choose bitcoin over government’s manipulative fiat currency in the world of finance. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com