WeLab, a Hong Kong start-up operating the online lending platform WeLend and the mobile lending platform Wolaidai has secured 160M in venture capital.
WeLab Raises $160M in Funding Setting New Record Phishing at the Coinbase: a bug or a feature? A Coinbase user with the pseudonym “shubh” has published a post in his blog describing what he calls a “major security flaw”. After reddit exploded with comments and reposts developers made their official statement on the issue, insisting that this is a feature rather than a flaw.
Bitcoins and Banking: The UBS view on Bitcoin A very detailed 31-page report has been released by UBS detailing the banks’ opportunity to implement Bitcoin into their system to make use of its technology, which was previously considered a bank-killer.
Travelling Light with Digital Coins Using money while abroad has been a major problem for travelers since, well, the inception of money although I haven’t had the chance to try Bitcoin...
With Big Players on the Team, Coinbase is Building a Digital Fortress Coinbase has hired people, who in their time lead current internet giants to success that way enforcing its status among not only cryptocommunity but also the whole World Wide Web.
Andreessen Horowitz Proceeds to Pour Money into Bitcoin Andreessen Horowitz (AH) is a name that is usually whispered with awe in the cryptocommunity and not without a reason. Since the beginning of the last year the venture company has threw approximately $50 million into cryptocurrency related products.
Two Top Filipino Retailers Embrace Bitcoin Thanks to Coin.ph Philippines positively differ from other Asian countries in their relationship towards cryptocurrencies and implementation of Bitcoin payments into the MetroDeal and CashCashPinoy checkouts is a proof of that.
BitPay Playing Monopoly We just can’t catch up with BitPay, only yesterday we wrote about service’s new HQ in Argentina and a fresh press release it became known about two new offices, one in New York and another in San Francisco.
BitPay Goes Beyond 26 Thousand Merchants As of previous week, BitPay has surpassed an impressive number of 26,000 approved merchants that are willing to use the service to process their Bitcoin payments.
China’s Largest Exchange Gets $10 Million Thanks to VC Funding OKCoin, which claims to be the largest exchange in the country by trading volume, has raised its capital by as much as $10 million in venture capital funding.
Distillery in London Accepts Bitcoin Well, looks like Londoners are serious about Bitcoin. If even such a traditional for England thing as a gin distillery goes Bit, then any other merchant will join the party soon.
GoCoin Proceeds with Adding Up Altcoins, This Time DOGE Triple hurray for the service that doesn’t forget about the lesser siblings of the Bitcoin. GoCoin has turned its attention towards DogeCoin.
Bitcoin Decentral Accelerate – Opening Windows for Second Generation Cryptocurrencies As the new generation of cryptocurrencies is beginning to show its face, another digital coin accelerator rose up to attend the next level of natural Bitcoin evolution.
Fortress Financial Group - Play Big Lose Big After Fortress Investment Group LLC filed its report for the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year 2013, it a loss of $3,7 million have been uncovered due to the vast investment into Bitcoin. However, it seems like they do not regard it as loss.
180,000 hotels for the Bitcoin That is if you book your room with a help of destinia.com, a Spanish travel agency that saw Bitcoin adoption as a good idea.
Pizza Guys – first UAE outlet to embrace Bitcoin Even though the Gulf countries do not appreciate the Bitcoin arrival on the market and still regard it untrustworthy, Pizza Guys company from Dubai has decided to take the first step towards cryptocurrency in United Arab Emirates.
Wedbush Securities a pioneer in accepting Bitcoin The respected company that decided to shake hands with progress is Wedbush Securities (WS). The institution have been closely following the digital coin since the blindingly fast elevation of its price in the late November 2013.
CEO of Laureate Trust - “Bitcoin is stable and will continue to rise” While many regard the recent blows that Bitcoin has suffered a sign of an inevitable death, there are those, who do believe in “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” motto. Among these optimists is Peter Tasca the CEO of Laureate Trust.
Cryptsy.com have begun to trade Devcoin for Bitcoin One of the oldest alternatives to the creation of Satoshi Nakamoto – Devcoin has finally entered a new stage of its existence as a cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin trades under complex DDoS attack The largest Bitcoin exchanges are suffering from a combination of DDoS and Bitcoin transaction malleability issue that has proved itself effective against Mt.Gox.
“Smart” Price Tags for Bitcoin East London had a fresh piece of tech presented in one of the shops – BitTag which updates the Bitcoin price of the item real time.
Bitcoin ATMs are invading Australia An Australian state broadcaster has informed its listeners that a company by the name Australian Bitcoin ATMs will place as much as 100 shiny new crypto ATMs.
Arcade machines now accept Digital Coins Liberty Games have provided a new interface for the arcade machines that would allow players to pay for a game by scanning a QR code, thus sending digital coins to the cabinet owner’s wallet.
Bitcoin Inspires Developers to Create a Delocalized Internet First, currency started to become decentralized; now there are plans for internet to be given such honor.