Coinsecure and BitPay bring bitcoin payments to Indian merchants
Coinsecure and BitPay have teamed up to create a new platform for India-based merchants. The platform will allow merchants to receive Bitcoin but have rupees sent to their bank accounts instead. Read more: www.neowin.net
Blockchain will impact banking just as severely as the internet
Blockchain will prove to have the same impact on the future of financial services as the internet has had on travel, media and entertainment. Read more: www.siliconrepublic.com
Cryptocurrency crowdfunding experiment ends in disaster
Wildly successful DAO crowdsourced venture fund using Ethereum currency will now shut down. Read more: www.inc.com
Bitcoin still not ready for prime time, Citi says
Bitcoin is an interesting experiment that is no threat to the banking system. Read more: blogs.wsj.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
Swiss bank offers bitcoin trading platform
The private Bank Vontobel AG has introduced a new financial instrument to enable trading in the cryptocurrency bitcoin on the Swiss stock market. Read more: www.swissinfo.ch
Stricter regulation in Europe for bitcoin companies
The European commission said yesterday (July 5) that it was proposing strict new rules for companies that exchange or store digital currencies such as bitcoin. Read More: qz.com
Gatecoin completes recovery from hacking chaos with $500k investment
Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Gatecoin has raised $500,000 just months after being hacked.
Bitcoin drifts lower after technical milestone
The virtual currency bitcoin made it through its closely watched ‘halving’ with a 2% decline. Read More: www.wsj.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.