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  Swiss-based Bitcoin and gold trading platform Vaultoro released its API last week. Joshua Scigala, co-founder if Vaultoro, blogged this about the API: Programmers all over the world are welcome build anything they like, for example, graphing apps for bitcoin / gold price, build wallets that convert a portion or...

Gavin Wood, co-founder of the blockchain-based network Ethereum project, today announced the roll out of the “eπ” Ethereum-on-Raspberry Pi Program. As part of the program, Ethereum is offering a kit for placing a full Ethereum Internet node on a Raspberry Pi mini computer. Wood noted: Included in the kit is...

Blockchain-based distributive application project Factom concluded yesterday at 8 am PST its token crowdsale, selling 4,379,973 Factoids to over 1,500 people. The grand total of funds raised over the  Koinify crowdsale platform was 2,278 bitcoins - approximately USD 541,548 at today's price. Factom Foundation CEO Paul Snow commented after the sale...

Blockchain-based social network Synereo recently revealed that all proprietary tokens, called AMPs, purchased during the crowdsale were being made available to the backers. Moreover, Synereo raised a modest $126,023 by selling 22,719,689 AMPs, but ultimately was allocating 45,439,378 AMPs. Hosted on the Bitcoin-based asset creation platform Omni Layer, the AMPs are reportedly now tradable on...

Backed by the Crypto Private Investors Group, CoinCard, a crypto-based credit card will be launching in July 2015. Early adopters of cryptocurrencies will be able to pre-order a card and the first 1,000 applicants will be able to take advantage of a limited edition card where all transactions fees, with...

There was a good caliber of speakers on the first day of Inside Bitcoins conference in Hong Kong.  The fact that the bitcoin price is hanging around $236, which is far from its peak north of $1000, unavoidably generates some somber views at these conferences. That was not the case...

Hong-Kong based firm Sam Sien Trading Ltd recently launched a startup called 12charge.com. This global online recharge service allows users from more than 110 countries to top up their mobile phones or buy airtime from over 450 providers and to pay utility bills, loans, TV, internet and other services in...

A blockchain solution for Greece started out as a educational white paper by Lee Gibson Grant, co-founder of Coinstructors. The question Lee Grant was trying to answer was could Greece launch its national currency backed by state owned assets? This secondary currency could benefit Greece by keeping assets under state...

Philippines bitcoin firm Satoshi Citadel Industries has received $100,000 in seed funding from healthcare industry investor Joe Maristela. Serial healthcare entrepreneur Joe Maristela recently invested more than $100,000 into Satoshi Citadel Industries as part of a continuing seed round. Satoshi Citadel is a holding corporation that includes seven Philippine bitcoin...

Alternative cryptocurrency Hyper is rolling out a bunch of new developments. The team behind the gaming coin's development is taking over gaming coin GoldPieces, sponsoring a new crowdfunding platform called Picisi, forming an interesting partnership with a third gaming currency Coin2, and launching a global crypto gaming network. The developers...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (USAO-NDCA), assessed a $700,000 civil money penalty recently against Ripple Labs Inc. and its whollyowned subsidiary, XRP II, LLC (formerly known as XRP Fund II, LLC). According to FinCEN, Ripple...

SendChat, the Blockchain-based messenger application, announced this week that it will be launching its crowdfunding campaign on the BlockTrust platform on the 10th of May. In the crowdsale, backers will receive the project's proprietary Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrency, SEND. SendChat indicated that it needs to raise a minimum of 90 bitcoins for...

Bitcoin friendly online marketplace PayIvy allows users to buy and sell digital content. Sellers can list items such as e-books, music, software, codes and online services for free with no further obligations, and no monthly fee, while enjoying 100% of the revenue. PayIvy also offers multiple payment options like PayPal,...

BitGold announced this week the public launch of its blockchain-based platform, a software service that connects free vault storage with payment networks, enabling a 'banking' like platform for gold. The BitGold platform has previously been operating in private beta, with invitees opening accounts, sending and spending gold by email or...

Blockchain-based rewards firm Ribbit.me has formed a strategic partnership with "Bitcoin product search engine" Spendabit. Through the partnership, Ribbet's Marketplace.life  peer-to-peer marketplace for merchants and shoppers will be accessible via Spendabit. Zlatko Bijelic, Ribbit.me COO, commented: Marketplace.life has undergone rigorous development for about 14 months now. Through our affiliation with Spendabit,...

TSX Venture Exchange listed Vogogo Inc. will integrate its proprietary compliance, risk management and payment processing platform with leading bitcoin exchange Bitstamp. European-based Bitstamp is currently one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world. The Vogogo platform provides Bitstamp with risk management and payment processing services to support Bitstamp's...

Rochester-based Case has launched its hardware bitcoin wallet at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. The credit card-sized stand-alone device comes with an embedded biometric fingerprint scanner and is secured with three private keys. Case CEO Melanie Shapiro commented: Case represents an evolution for bitcoin users who buy, sell and use bitcoin. Since...

Western Canada's BitNational has become the largest over-the-counter bitcoin brokerage and ATM network in Canada after acquiring Calgary-based Bitcoin Brains. As part of its avowed goal of building a national network that provides bitcoin services to Canadians, BitNational entered a 10-year, $2.1 million dollar agreement to acquire Bitcoin Brains Founded...

I recently had a chance to chat with Eric Lombrozo, the technologist who has been a pioneer in developing security solutions in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Introduced to Bitcoin in 2011, Lombrozo eventually became a member of the Bitcoin core development group and a contributor to the Ripple and Ethereum open...

The news that Goldman Sachs and China's IDG Capital Partners co-led a $50 million investment round pumped into bitcoin startup Circle Internet has sent cheers of jubilation reverberating through the cryptocurrency community. The investment values the Boston startup at $200 million and added to the $23 million it had raised...