CEO Cyril Houri has left bitcoin buying service Brawker following a management shakeup. The decentralised platform, which allows bitcoin users to buy “almost anything” online at a discount, is now operated by its two-person development team. Speaking to CoinDesk, the serial entrepreneur said the departure – on “very friendly terms” – would give him more […]

Coinbase’s compliance office is seeking to acquire operational information from bitcoin mining companies in a process that some of the sector’s businesses are framing as an infringement on their trade secrets. MegaBigPower (MBP) and Bitmain report that Coinbase has asked for detailed information regarding their mining facilities, requesting time-stamped photographs and videos of mining facilities and details […]

The 2015 edition of the St Petersburg Bowl will not be known as the Bitcoin St Petersburg Bowl, according to ESPN. A representative from the TV news source would not comment as to whether the move foretells a sponsorship change for this year’s event, or if it is currently seeking a new sponsor for the 2015 bowl […]

More than 70 digital currency industry businesses, executives and advocates are backing a petition that calls for the easing or eradication of allegedly onerous components of New York’s BitLicense proposal. Submitted as part of a recently closed public comment period, the measure has so far garnered support from companies such as Coinbase, Blockstream, BitPay, Circle and Ripple Labs, […]

Factom has raised 579 BTC, or roughly $140,000, through the first day of its crowdsale. The blockchain-based record-keeping network launched its crowdsale yesterday at 17:00 UTC on decentralized application platform Koinify, offering 2,000 Factoid tokens (FACTs) for every 1 BTC pledged by prospective users. Continue reading at CoinDesk Powered by WPeMatico