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.
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
Winklevoss twins launch bitcoin exchange in the UK
The twin brothers who sued Mark Zuckerberg after claiming he stole their idea for Facebook are opening an exchange for buying and selling bitcoins in the UK. Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inventor of Skype: saving the world with bitcoin tech
Jaan Tallinn, the co-founder of technology giant Skype, which is now owned by Microsoft, has revealed that he is working on a new project. Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk
Investor Tim Draper is still buying Bitcoin and now owns Ether
Two years after buying roughly 30,000 BTC, investor Tim Draper is still passionate about the technology as well as competing blockchain offerings. Read more: www.coindesk.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