The moment many former Bitfloor users have been waiting for is finally here. After months of infrequent, information sparse communications from the Bitfloor exchange managment left users frustrated to say the least. Many doubted the money would ever be returned
Category: Bitcoin News
Bitcoin Attends G8 Summit
The news of the day appears to be the bold move by Mt. GOX to take out a full page spread in the G8 Research Groups Official Magazine. The G8 is a representative group of the top 8 world economies
MT Gox Announces Mandatory Identity Verification
In what is surely a direct response to the recent shutdown of Liberty Reserve and DWOLLA businesses on money laundering allegations MT. GOX announced on there website today that they will only accept currency deposits from verified account holders. Users
No Bitcoin in Paypals immediate future
Despite the 80%+ of people polled by Paypal wanting to ditch there wallet for wireless transactions with there smartphones or some similar solution, Bitcoin won’t be in the cards for Paypal until it becomes regulated. The Paypal CEO, David Marcus
Is the spectre of Bitcoin regulation a sign of a mature market?
At the Bitcoin 2013 conference talk turned to the impending government regulation of Bitcoin. The conference featured a panel or keynote each day covering “Regulatory and Economic Issues” . Additionally the executive director of the Bitcoin foundation, Peter Vessenes, went as far as
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Bitpay.com processing more than $5M per month
It has been reported the Bitcoin payment Processor BitPay.com is already conducting over $5M per month in transactions for over 2000 businesses. They recently secured an additional $2M in funding from VC’s that will be used to hire additional staff.
Government Regulation of Bitcoin
Dwolla was a major funding source for individuals who need to transmit dollars to the MTGOX Bitcoin trading accounts. The MTGOX account at DWOLLA a US based company was frozen at the request of the DHS supposedly over concerns of
Is SatoshiDice.com blocked for U.S. Players? Not exactly
This morning reports surfaced on Reddit that “Beginning tomorrow, Thursday May 16, SatoshiDice.com will close to US players and all US-based IP’s will be blocked from the website. ” Have no fear this announcement is all bark with no bit.
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