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Sweden-based bitcoin exchange Safello has formed a deal with Barclays Bank to examine how blockchain tech could be utilized in the financial services sector. The British bank revealed the deal with Safello this week as the Barclay Accelerator at the Demo Day in London showcased 10 financial technology firms, seven...

Blockchain Capital announced yesterday first closing of its second venture capital fund and rebranding from Crypto Currency Partners. The firm's second fund has raised $7 million in a first close and will continue to invest in blockchain-enabled technology companies over the next 12 to 24 months. Blockchain Capital's initial fund...

Kraken, a San Francisco-based Bitcoin exchange, has introduced a dark pool for bitcoin trading, a new feature that allows clients to discreetly place large bitcoin orders and execute against similar sized orders at potentially better prices. The Kraken dark pool is an order book not visible to the rest of...

Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider BitFury and the Georgian Co-Investment Fund have partnered up to support Tbilisi, Georgia flood victims. According to the official reports, the severe flooding killed at least 12 people, swept away buildings and cars, damaged roads, caused deaths of hundreds of local Zoo animals. 24 people are...

Bitcoin analytics and security firm Elliptic has developed a new method for bitcoin transaction monitoring and compliance. The company has debuted ‘The Bitcoin Big Bang’, an interactive visualisation that plots the emergence and interconnectivity of the key players in bitcoin since its genesis in 2009. While the full transaction history...

Case Wallet Inc. today announced the company has secured $ 1.5 million in funding led by FuturePerfect Ventures, along with RRE Ventures, High Line Venture Partners and theRochester Institute of Technology Venture Fund, among others. The company’s funding round follows the recent launch of Case’s credit card-sized hardware wallet at...

Instant cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift.io has completed an API integration with Coinomi, a free, open-source wallet for Bitcoin and multiple crypto-currencies, available as an Android application. The ShapeShift API integration allows Coinomi wallet users to convert between each supported altcoin within the wallet without the user having to leave the...

HashingSpace Corporation, a Bitcoin ASIC mining and hosting company, has officially launched operations. Timothy Roberts, the Chief Executive Officer of HashingSpace Corporation, commented on the launch: We are delighted to be a part of the Bitcoin marketplace at a time when consumer demand for Bitcoin mining opportunities are increasing. This...

The alternative Java-based blockchain protocol Nxt, UK-based 44 Phones Ltd and blockchain technology consultancy Coinstructors are working on several real world use cases for blockchain technology. While Bitcoin is primarily focused on as a currency or asset of value, Nxt is trying to use blockchain technology to solve various real world problems...

Blockchain API provider Blockstrap and new blockchain startup accelerator Block Chain Space are holding a series of introductory blockchain workshops around Europe this summer. The content of the workshops, which are being called ‘A Complete Beginners Guide to Blockchain Technology’, is designed to introduce and encourage blockchain technology among students, startups, and developers. No...

Coinbase has launched a new service called Instant Exchange, a feature that allows users to send or receive bitcoin payments that limits exposure to bitcoin exchange rate fluctuation. Coinbase has already been offering merchants the ability to automatically convert received bitcoin into their local currency, and now Instant Exchange is...

MecklerMedia Corporation has revealed the list of confirmed speakers and sessions for its Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo in Chicago, Illinois, taking place at the Navy Pier on July 10-11, 2015. The event will apparently cover a diverse range of topics including blockchain-based startups, bitcoin markets and exchanges, FinTech innovation,...

Chain.com has partnered with Gyft, a First Data subsidiary, to offer USD digital gift card issuance, transfer, and redemption for small and medium businesses that are using Clover terminals. The solution taps the Bitcoin Blockchain as the payment rails, and tiny fractions of bitcoin to pay the fees required to...

Multiple digital currencies exchange ShapeShift AG has suspended service to all residents of New York State, following the release of the “BitLicense” regulation by the New York Department of Financial Services. The company says NY's new anti-competitive licensing scheme, which targets a wide swath of digital currency and blockchain-based financial...

London-based Bitcoin trading platform, BTC.sx, is introducing interest-bearing savings accounts and completely re-branding as Magnr. The savings account interest, a first for the Bitcoin space, will be fixed at 2.18 percent per year for a six month promotional period. Payment of that savings account interest will be supplied from the...

Scotland-based MaidSafe will soon release the first development bundle of its SAFE network roadmap. The idea behind MaidSafe, which literally stands for "Massive Array of Internet Disks" is to reconfigure the Internet by building a "fully cross platform, fully decentralized autonomous data and communications network" that eliminates the need for data...

Vancouver-based bitcoin exchange, Bit-X Financial Corp, has announced that its new exchange, set to go-live later this month, will be branded and marketed under the name Digatrade, which the company has trademarked in the US and Canada. The current domain bitxfin.com will redirect users to the new site digatrade.com. Brad...

Palo Alto-based IdentityMind Global, a risk management and payment solutions provider, announced this week that their solution provides anti-money aundering capabilities required to comply with the final Bitlicense requirements announced by the New York Department of Financial Services in early June 2015. Companies with customers in New York or physically...

International blockchain payment platform GoCoin and customer loyalty firm Ziftr have reached an agreement to proceed with strategic merger discussions. After BitPay and Coinbase, GoCoin is the third largest blockchain payment processor and the only major player processing Litecoin, Dogecoin, Tether and altcoins in addition to Bitcoin. GoCoin claims to...

ShapeShift.io has just made available an iPhone iOS app for its "instant" cryptocurrency exchange platform. Users can now trade Bitcoin with Ripple, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Monero, Counterparty, Dash and other altcoins rapidly with their iPhone. ShapeShift.io Founder and CEO Erik Voorhees, commented: Since inception, ShapeShift has changed what is expected of...