The bitcoin price has continued to build on recent gains, adding $15 over the last week. This represents a 6% increase over the opening price on 2nd March, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index. The week’s biggest intra-day price swing happened early in the week, when bitcoin hit a high of $286.28, representing a […]
Why Wiper Added Bitcoin to Its Disappearing Chat App
Messaging could be the logical starting point for digital currency adoption, according to the CEO of bitcoin-enabled chat app Wiper. In an interview with CoinDesk, Manlion Carelli praised bitcoin’s “amazing” promise but said the currency remains difficult for beginners to use. “Wiper’s goal is to make it more accessible to even first time smartphone users, so that its promise […]
Why Bitcoin Regulation Lags Where it’s Needed Most
International remittance is ostensibly one of the most compelling use cases for bitcoin and digital currencies. Continue reading at CoinDesk Powered by WPeMatico
With Decentralization, Where is the Money?
William Mougayar is a Toronto-based angel investor and four-time entrepreneur who advises startups on strategy and marketing. Here, he discusses where the monetization is behind decentralized business models. If we are to strictly follow bitcoin’s first principles of decentralization, then very little to no money should be made by the centers. Continue reading at CoinDesk Powered by […]
Former GAW Manager: $8 Million ZenMiner Investment ‘A Total Lie’
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 […]
