Tagged: bitcoin

March 17, 2015 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Research firm has published a research report on Bitcoin utilization.  The research (you have to pay for it) predicts Bitcoin users will grow t0 4.7 million by 2019.  The firm sees “adoption limited to niche demographics”.  Juniper estimated the number of users at just 1.3… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the value of all cryptocurrency transactions will fall sharply this year to just over $30 billion, compared with over $71 billion in 2014. The report, ‘The Future of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin & Altcoin Impact & Opportunities 2015-2019‘ claimed that… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“USAA’s recent entrance into the bitcoin space may have been driven, in part, by interest in the technology among its own membership,” reported Stan Higgens from CoinDesk.  “The Fortune 500 financial services company, based in Texas, was among a diverse group of investors that took part in… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 9:19 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Bitsquare, a fully peer-to-peer decentralized Bitcoin exchange that handles BTC/USD, recently announced it will crowdfund toward a 120 BTC goal (about $28,000), notes BTC Geek. Bitsquare will be crowdfunding using Lighthouse, which was recently released into public beta by Mike Hearn, making it one… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The bitcoin eco-system has developed rapidly going from zero to hyperspace in just a few short years. The leading crypto-currency has gone from an internet niche embraced by those in the know to becoming widely accepted currency in a growing number of established firms.  Large… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lighthouse Bitcoin crowdfunding App is now available for download for Mac, Linux and yes even Windows.  The Alpha version was released by Mike Hearn, based in Zurich, last September and after many bug fixes and a reported 18 updates the public beta version is ready… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 4:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ciphrex Corp , a software company in the emerging field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, announced it has completed the sale of its Series A stock offering. The company, based in San Diego, was co-founded by Eric Lombrozo and Enrique Lombrozo just over a year ago. Its… Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockCypher, a block chain web services company, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding.  The San Mateo based company was founded in 2014. The  over-subscribed round included; Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang), Tim Draper, Upside Partnership, Streamlined Ventures and Fenox Venture… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 1:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Post-Trade Settlement will Allow Some Customers to Trade Prior to Making a Deposit. Coinsetter bitcoin exchange, has announced the ability for “select business customers” to trade on margin accounts.  and “post trade settlement”. Post-trade settlement allows customers to place trades on Coinsetter’s order book before making a… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nin Ventures launched its new investment crowdfunding platform early last year. The objective of the site was described as transforming the VC industry by creating an online marketplace for accredited investors leveraging Title II of the JOBS Act.  Chicago based Nin went on to launch its… Read More

January 10, 2015 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp is back online after a difficult week.  Last weekend, on January 5th, an announcement was posted that operational wallets were “compromised” and almost 19,000 BTC (around $5 million) was pilfered. Bitstamp quickly jumped into hyperspace as the all hands on deck… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Side by Side US / UK Investment Offer Called Fundraising Record by Crowdcube. Innovative bitcoin financial service company Bitreserve has raised £6.3 million ($9.527 million) according to a statement by company representatives. The offer was simultaneously posted on Crowdcube in the UK and Venovate in… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitstamp bitcoin exchange is in the process of completely rebuilding its platform.  In a series of tweets, libertarian entrepreneur and BitStamp CEO Nejc Kodrič has kept site users up to date on the progress to reanimate the popular bitcoin site.  Last week, BitStamp reported that… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

In an “important message” customers, BitStamp announced it has temporarily suspended all services as it investigates a security breach where “operational wallets” were compromised.  According to the popular Bitcoin exchange, hackers stole “less than 19,000 BTC” or approximately $5 million – a sizable amount but… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In a recent post on FxPro by Ron Finberg, he cites the fintech tends to watch during 2015, may they be “either high opportunities or stumbling blocks,” as “service-based investing,” robo investing (“anti-social trading”) and digital-based crowdfunding. “Fintech was a great sector to be in… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Orchard is all about data and managing data effectively.  The platform was one of the first (if not the first) to figure out how to tap into the growing number of peer to peer lending (or marketplace lending) platforms and put their code magic to… Read More

December 29, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (December 29th), UAE real estate crowdfunding platform Durise announced that investors are now allowed to use Bitcoin as a form of payment. According to Trade Arabia, founder and CEO of Durise Waleed Esbaitah stated, “Although Bitcoin may seem revolutionary to traditional investors this… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

KBBEX, a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin Exchange Platform, has formed a strategic partnership with the Taiwanese Bitcoin Platform BitoEX, to supply bitcoins in more than 5000 convenience stores located in Taiwan. Consumers may now buy bitcoins at all FamilyMart convenience stores in Taiwan. The alliance enables the development… Read More

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