Last month, Qntra reported on Lewys Martin, a UK citizen who attempted to blackmail Halifax Bank, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, to the tune of 2,800 BTC. Martin had previously been given a two year jail sentence for ddosing the websites of Oxford and Cambridge university. Continue reading
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Michael Mizrachi AKA The Grinder To Launch Bitcoin Based Poker Site
In an interview with CalvinAyre.com, Michael Mizrachi, better known as The Grinder, has discussion his intention to launch a bitcoin based poker site which he is calling Get Lucky Poker. The website, currently under construction, already sports a HTML5 and Windows client although bitcoin play is currently disabled. Mizrachi hopes to launch the site in January 2015. Continue reading
Qntra (S.QNTR) November 2014 Statement
CoinJar Relocate From Australia To UK, No Longer Charging GST
CoinJar has announced the relocation of its headquarters from Melbourne, Australia to the UK. As a result of the change, CoinJar customers are no longer subject to a GST of 10% when purchasing bitcoin via the platform.
CoinJar first began collecting the GST on bitcoin purchases as of October 3rd 2014. The addition of the GST made CoinJar the most expensive place to purchase bitcoin in Australia. After the GST was implemented, Qntra speculated that CoinJar customers had no reason to use the website as competitors, such as Circle, were now accepting credit cards from Australian users1 and did not collect the GST, making it a cheaper option despite currency exchange fees. Continue reading
Hit and miss depending on who issued the credit card. ↩
ATO Submission To Economics References Committee Now Available
A copy of the Australian Tax Office's submission to the Economics References Committee held by the Australian Senate on the 26th of November 2014 is now available to the public. A copy can be downloaded via PDF here or read below. Continue reading
Coinapult Relaunch Their Bitcoin SMS Service
Coinapult, which first introduced its BTC to SMS service in May 2012 to users in the US and Canada, has relaunched the service, making it available to users across the globe excluding the United States. Coinapult cited the regulatory minefield in the US as one of the reasons why the service is unavailable for use there. Continue reading
The Bitcoin.com.au Story Continues
On the 25th and 26th of November, Qntra ran a story in which we claimed the bitcoin.com.au domain name had been deleted due to a complaint lodged with auDA which outlined incorrect registrant information. In response to that article, Qntra received a statement from Shane Murphy on behalf of digitalBTC and Zhenya Tsvetnenko which can be read here. Shane Murphy clarified that the domain name had been dropped by Zhenya in his capacity as sole director of Magna Fortis Pty Ltd and not Executive Chairman of digitalBTC, an important distinction. Continue reading
GAW Lawyers Attempt To Bully CoinFire
CoinFire have published a copy of a cease and desist letter they received from Baker Marquart on behalf of GAW Miners. The C&D comes on the back of yesterday's threat by Josh Garza to pursue CoinFire for making what he claims are libellous and false statements about GAW Miners. Continue reading
Bitcoin.com.au Update
Qntra has received a statement from Shane Murphy on behalf of digitalBTC regarding the bitcoin.com.au domain name. Continue reading
Bitcoin.com.au Lost By Mistake
Update – Qntra has received a statement from Shane Murphy on behalf of digitalBTC regarding the bitcoin.com.au domain name.
Bitcoin.com.au has been inadvertently sold at auction via the Australian domain name drop catcher Netfleet at a price of AUD $36,300 or the equivalent of around USD $31,200. This marks the second time bitcoin.com.au has been sold in 2014, having been previously purchased at a price of USD $23,000 by Zhenya Tsvetnenko of Digital CC, the Australian company which trades as Digital BTC. Continue reading