OKCoin chief technical officer (CTO) Changpeng Zhao has officially announced he will depart the company, citing a difference of direction as the impetus for the decision. Zhao joined the China-based bitcoin exchange in June, at a time when OKCoin was seeking to extend its services internationally. Today, the exchange is number two in the USD […]

The Commonwealth Secretariat is set to hold a hearing on digital currencies from 17th to 18th February to identify how their technology might benefit consumers in the developing world. Called the Virtual Currency Round Table, the two-day event will feature representatives from Europol, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs […]

Emerging digital currency protocols have enormous potential to transform payments, as the industry is known today. Currently all the players in the space are focused on what to do with it, how to regulate it and how to report business in it. But with more time and more clarity, that promise can manifest in digital […]

Fresh off $2.5m in funding, colored coins startup Colu has announced eToro CEO Yoni Assia has joined its board of directors. The founder and CEO of what’s billed as “the world’s largest social investment network”, Assia has long been an active member of the bitcoin community. For example, eToro first enabled bitcoin trading for the […]

PokerStars has denied rumours it will soon accept bitcoin. The world’s largest online poker site said through a representative that it has “no immediate plans” to accept bitcoin. The representative went on to say that accepting bitcoin is not on the site’s “development roadmap”. The representative told CoinDesk: Continue reading at CoinDesk Powered by WPeMatico