Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Inc. has established a formal agreement with Signature Bank in New York to allow corporate clients in specific states to purchase virtual tokens using USD….
Author: Nick Marinoff
Bitcoin Nonprofit BitGive Announces New Project and Research Collaboration
BitGive — the globe’s first bitcoin-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit — has joined hands with the University of Edinburgh to research and examine the effects of digital currencies on both national…
Scotland Hospital Opens Rehab Center for Crypto-Trading Addicts
We all indulge in guilty pleasures from time to time. Whether it’s chocolate, alcohol or something completely different, everyone has something that tantalizes their senses. For some people, that…
Bifröst: A New Blockchain-Based Effort to Deliver Foreign Aid Payments
ConsenSys Social Impact has joined hands with MakerDAO and Dether to launch Bifröst, a crypto-to-fiat payment system built to expedite the delivery of cash donations to aid groups in…
Zcoin’s Merkle Tree Proof Release Seeks to Bring Back Fairer Mining
Zcoin, a privacy-focused asset, is launching a working version of MTP v1.2 (Merkle Tree Proof) — an ASIC-resistant proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm — on its testnet. Chinese mining conglomerate Bitmain…
Podcast Platform Castbox Launches Blockchain Project to Reward Creators
Award-winning global podcast platform Castbox has announced the release of ContentBox, a blockchain-based infrastructure for decentralized digital content. The project is backed by Bo Shen — the founder of…
Argentinian Bank Allows Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin
Banco Masventas in Argentina announced via its Facebook page that it is introducing a new program that will allow customers to make cross-border payments using bitcoin. The institution has…