Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, attended the Dreamforce 2014 conference held in San Francisco this week. Fielding a variety of questions, he shared some brief thoughts on the future of Bitcoin. Continue reading
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AlphaPoint, White Label Exchange Provider Secure $1.35 Million In Funding
AlphaPoint, a white label exchange and automatic market making provider, secured $1.35 million in funding which will be used to promote international growth and further development of products and services. The round of capital raising included investors such as Scott Becker of Invite Media1, Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo, Robin Hood Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners as well as other unnamed angel investors. Continue reading
Acquired by Google. ↩
Lawsky Stays Lulzy
Benjamin Lawsky, the superintendent of financial services for the state of New York, today discussed some of the changes, which he said is more of a clarification, to the rules for the proposed set of regulations that make up the controversial BitLicense plan. Continue reading
Labor Party Australia: Can't Ignore Bitcoin
Australian Labor senator Sam Dastyari has told the Australian banking sector that they cannot ignore Bitcoin simply by sticking their heads in the sand" and that it is headed their way because it's the future. Continue reading
Living Room of Satoshi Packs It In
Living Room of Satoshi, an Australian company which enabled users to pay BPAY enabled bills using Bitcoin, has shut its doors due to concerns regarding the recent Goods and Services Tax ruling from the Australian Tax Office. The company had only recently won "best pitch" at the Future of Payments conference held in Sydney, Australia on the 19th of September. Continue reading
Unofficial IS Site Shut Down, Seeks Bitcoin Donations
Khilafah.is, an unofficial IS website, which was used to publish "an alternative narrative of the events happening in IQ & SY"1 has been shut down. Continue reading
Iraq and Syria. ↩
Coins.ph Launches Bitcoin Wallet For Emerging Markets
Coins.ph, a Bitcoin exchange located in the Philippines, today launched what they describe as a bitcoin wallet that caters to the needs of users in emerging markets. Continue reading
Butterfly Labs Seek To Have FTC Complaint Dismissed
James Humphrey1, an attorney representing BFL in the case that the FTC brought forward last month, has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. He stated that for the state to argue for deceptive representations, the FTC would need to allege facts that established BFL made a representation that was material and likely to mislead customers.
Polsinelli PC. ↩
Regulating Bitcoin and Block Chain Derivatives By Houman B Shadab
Houman B. Shadab, who recently appeared at the CFTC meeting which focused on issues related to clearing Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) and the digital currency bitcoin, has released a paper titled Regulating Bitcoin and Block Chain Derivatives. Continue reading
News And Score Enable Bitcoin Betting
The online gambling venue News and Score have enabled bitcoin bets which will allow customers to bet bitcoin, win bitcoin and do so without dealing with fiat currencies. Continue reading