Tagged: bitcoin

December 11, 2014 @ 5:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In November The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe.  This benchmarking… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitreserve, based in Charleston, South Carolina, is offering shares in a cross national listing on both US based Venovate and UK based Crowdcube.  The equity crowdfunding opportunity stands at over £5.2 million (or about $8.1 million) from 69 investors – including at least one institution. While… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has shut down two online virtual currency trading platforms that were creating markets in Bitcoin and Litecoin.    The sites were cited as operating without registering as broker-dealers or stock exchanges.  The sites were actually turned off in late 2013… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mambu, a cloud banking technology platform provider that works with more than 100 financial innovators worldwide, including Banco Macro, Opportunity International,  Mentors International, and Yale University, uniquely sits at the nexus of the transformation and financial inclusion markets, where new applications and the cloud’s agility… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 12:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the support of over 23 investors, Bitreserve, a money service that makes using digital money easy, fast and free, quickly posted over £4,6M of its £6M goal in funding for 10.70% equity offered through Venovate Marketplace, a U.S.-based brokerage platform for alternative investing, and London-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Bitreserve,… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 6:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

At Crowdfund Insider, we have investigated some diverse crowdfunding projects and platforms – you name it, we have more than likely seen it. But never have we heard anything like this. Deep Dot Web has reported that pornographers have created a new, hidden platform that allows… Read More

November 13, 2014 @ 5:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting developments are abound at Cleverhash Technologies, which has been dubbed as the “mining company for the people” – with a dynamic new partnership and a wealth of special offers and new products for avid miners to enjoy. After making history last month with the… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Adding to $1.5M in previously secured funding, GoCoin has publicly secured more than $1.2M in crowdfunding in its Crowdfunder campaign. The campaign goal is set at $2M, with a minimum investment of $20,000.  Capitalizing on its belief that the future of currency is digital and… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Warsaw-based bitcoin payment solution provider, InPay, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Beesfund to raise 200,000 zloty, which is around $60,000, so it may be able to develop and expand to other markets. Through the platform, the company will be allow backers to use… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitLendingClub, a bitcoin peer to peer lending platform has reportedly received €200,000 in seed funding from LaunchHub.  BitLendingClub is a Bulgarian based p2p company that was officially launched in 2012.  The site facilitates borrowers to get loans in Bitcoins and claims the “most competitive rates and… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

eCoinConcepts, a provider of storage for digital currency, announced on Wednesday (October 22nd) that it is set to launch its first consumer facing product, BitStash, dubbed to be the safest and most secure device for storing and spending Bitcoin in the market today. CTO of… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin-powered crowdfunding platform Swarm announced its first class of startups that will be featured on its website earlier this week. According to its description, Swarm is “Kickstarter powered by Bitcoin technology.” It allows regular people to fund the startups they like, while entrepreneurs raise more… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 2:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mobbr, the crowd payments company that makes crowdsourcing online work rewarding for everyone, today announced the launch of Mobbr Crowd Payments, a crowd payments platform for the collaborative economy.  Mobbr’s unique, comprehensive, and technologically driven crowd payments platform unlocks the true potential of crowd-sourced labor…. Read More

October 14, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Newsweek may be heading to court soon! Earlier this year, the media outlet alleged that California resident, Dorian Nakamoto, is the creator of the Bitcoin. The 65-year-old man revealed that the article revealed false information about him and he is not the creator of the… Read More

October 12, 2014 @ 7:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Several weeks ago Crowdfund Insider received an email from a new bitcoin crowdfunding site; BitPieces.  Bitcoin, and other digital currencies, have quickly migrated into state-less measures of wealth that may transfer monetary value and benefit from the fact transactions are more like cash than credit…. Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (September 23rd), Kryptokit, the makers of the instant bitcoin wallet RushWallet, launched a video with a twist: embedded in the humorous video is a series of clues that lead viewers to 30 hidden brain wallets filled with bit coins. Once viewers decipher the clues they… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

So the team over at Crowd for Angels has cooked up an infographic explaining the intriguing realm of Crypto Currencies.  Unless you have been on the Moon for the past few years (and without the internet) you are well aware of Bitcoin and other competing… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

After 6 months of development, Zurich based Mike Hearn has open sourced their bitcoin crowdfunding application.  The alpha version is said to be pretty close to the expected final version with most of the desired functionality already incorporated. The files are downloadable now for people… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Recently, Japan-based bitcoin market, bitFlyer, launched a new bit coin crowdfunding platform called fundFlyer. According to Coindesk, fundFlyer is similar to other crowdfunding platform but it is taking a significant steps to mainstream bitcoin use in Japan.  One of the fundFlyer’s first projects is from… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 9:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss founded Winklevoss Capital in 2013 and have significantly bolstered their portfolio in the last four months.  Widely known for their claim that Mark Zuckerberg had stolen their idea for Facebook, the Harvard rowing grads have been in contentious litigation for… Read More