Three startups working on blockchain-related products and services have been selected to join Barclays Accelerator in London this spring. Enrolled in the 90-day mentorship-driven program, which began today, are bitcoin exchange Safello, bitcoin-based debit card creators Atlas Card, and Blocktrace, which aims to provide blockchain solutions for the insurance industry. “The selection of Safello, Atlas […]

Bitcoin brokerage Anycoin Direct has added TrustPay as a new payment option, opening the company to 14 new markets in Europe. The deal enables the Netherlands-based brokerage to receive instant wire transfers from customers in markets such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary and others in the region. Anycoin Direct provides brokerage services for bitcoin as […]

Former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) CEO and Goldman Sachs partner Duncan Niederauer has joined regulated bitcoin futures exchange TeraExchange. The former NYSE exec will serve as an advisory director, providing insight to the increasingly bitcoin-focused firm. Niederauer retired from his position in 2014, having held the post since 2007. TeraExchange CEO Christian Martin explained […]

CEX.IO is offering 0% trading fees for a short period of time as it renews its focus on the bitcoin exchange space, following the suspension of its GHash.io cloud mining contracts earlier this year. The exchange, which currently charges a fixed 0.2% commission fee on all buy/sell transactions – excluding those of trading future contracts, will […]

At 17 years old, Louison Dumont is the youngest-ever entrepreneur to be accepted into Boost VC, the California incubator that has so far nurtured five batches of mostly bitcoin startups, but he’s not short on experience. Having started mining bitcoin at the age of 13, Dumont boasts more maturity than many in the still-nascent industry […]