A former employee of GAW Miners is claiming that the company’s previously announced $8m investment in the cloud mining firm ZenMiner never took place. In a new post on the GetHashing forum, former ZenMiner chief Eric Capuano set forth the allegation, the latest in a string of controversies affecting the mining firm. Capuano is among a number […]

Two new services enabling bitcoin transactions on chat platforms have launched, with one already gaining thousands of users. TeleBit launched in mid-February and has attracted some 6,400 registered users, according to co-founder Jonathan Harrison. It has nearly 5,000 daily active users and has transacted 41 BTC in total, Harrison said. Continue reading at CoinDesk Powered […]

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Bitcoin-to-cash withdrawals are now available at 10,000 additional bank ATMs in Spain. The development is the result of agreements between BTCPoint, major national bank Banc Sabadell and Hal-Cash that will see the bitcoin service integrating with Banc Sabadell, Banco Popular, Abanca and EVO Bank units. “Once you send your bitcoin to our address, you’ll receive a […]

Veteran Japanese VC Kazutaka Muraguchi says cryptocurrencies are the key to a “worldwide financial revolution”, following his firm’s ¥100m ($828,000) investment in Japan’s latest crypto exchange. Speaking to CoinDesk, the Nippon Technology Venture Partners (NTVP) general partner said he jumped at the opportunity to invest in Osaka-based platform Zaif as he had been interested in currency innovation for 15 years. The exchange, […]