Bill Barhydt, the entrepreneur and former Netscape director who is credited with giving the first TED Talk on bitcoin, has debuted a bitcoin venture called Abra. The announcement, which came on the final day of Launch Festival 2015, ends seven months of silence for the stealth project. Barhydt previously founded mobile banking startup Boom Financial, […]

Online privacy company Abine has announced the launch of Bitcoin Anywhere, enabling Coinbase wallet holders to make bitcoin purchases at any e-commerce site. Bitcoin Anywhere, currently in beta and invite only, will enable Coinbase users to link their wallet to Abine Blur, a password control service. When they want to make a purchase, consumers create […]

MegaBigPower has announced that it will begin purchasing preowned bitcoin mining ASICs as part of a plan to acquire as much as 10 megawatts worth of hardware. Under the buyback program, the US-based bitcoin mining company will purchase certain types of hardware, with an emphasis on models sold by mining manufacturers Spondoolies-Tech and Bitmain. Founder Dave […]

Though rumors that Islamic State (IS) has been seeking to use bitcoin as a means of payment have persisted in the media, so far, little connection has been made between the notorious rebel group and the digital currency. Perhaps as a comment on this ongoing media narrative, bitcoin enthusiast and AltMarket developer Bryce Weiner (@BryceWeiner) […]

The head of an independent US agency within the US Treasury that supervises national banks has issued new statements on virtual currencies and their “potentially revolutionary” impact on banking. Speaking before the Institute of International Bankers this week, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Thomas J Curry discussed virtual […]