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Barry Silbert of SecondMarket announced the spin off of the Digital Currency Group from the parent company. The announcement:
Important step towards separating our bitcoin biz from @SecondMarket. The name. Introducing…Digital Currency Group http://t.co/s4Hld235bP
— Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) October 10, 2014
The trademark for the new venture was initially filed June 20th, and the Digital Currency Group has a website at dcg.co
After much delay, the comedy titled The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin has been released. Available for purchase via Vimeo for $4.951, the movie provides the viewer with a glimpse into the past of bitcoiners who lost it all. While the film makers set out to create a serious documentary about Bitcoin, the end result is that TRAROB lost all of its appeal as a documentary but in turn, became a classic Bitcoin comedy. Continue reading
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All Wix members can now accept bitcoin on their websites or blogs with the snapCard widget. Wix.com is an online based website builder that includes simple drag n' drop features as well as free hosting for their members. In conjunction with Boost.vc, Snapcard was founded on Black Friday in 2013. Their goal is to "help bring liquidity to the Bitcoin currency" by giving users the ability to purchase items from online retailers such as Amazon and Staples. Continue reading
BitcoinEzy, an Australian company has released details of its Ezy Bit product, which it claims is an all in one solution for users that are new to Bitcoin and wish to purchase and invest in it. Continue reading
The Internet Watch Foundation, a charity based in the UK which aims to remove child pornography from the Internet claims it has seen an up tick in child pornography websites that accept Bitcoin as payment. Continue reading
eCoinConcepts, the creators of the BitStash, are to launch a Kickstater campaign in the hopes of raising $50,000. The company, founded by Trevor Murphy and Steve Swanson, previously received $500,000 seed funding in June of this year. Continue reading
Bill Tai1, Lars Rasmussen2 and the Georgian Co-Investment Fund are just some of the investors who participated in Bitfury's latest funding round. Continue reading
As announced earlier, the United States Commodities and Futures Trading Commission dedicated a portion of their meeting today to the subject of Bitcoin derivatives. The full video won't be released for a few days, but the full transcript of the session on Bitcoin derivatives is below. Continue reading
Attorneys filed a response following the 48 hour deadline imposed for the Ulbricht defense team to respond to the Justice Department's rejection of the Horowitz Declaration and assert 4th Amendment rights. The reply asserts the Justice Department's response failed to address any technical analysis or conclusions from the Horowitz Declaration, and that the government claims the right to "engage in criminal conduct with impunity in its pursuit of investigative objectives, and not be held accountable therefor." The reply also hammers on the discrepancy of the government's position in the case versus the Auernheimer case. Continue reading
The United States CFTC will be meeting today and one of the topics for discussion is derivatives contracts that reference Bitcoin and whether or to what extent the CFTC may perceive to have juridiction on the subject. Also on the agenda is the separate discussion of Non-Deliverable Forwards and whether or not a clearing mandate may be appropriate. The meeting states at 1:30 PM US Eastern Time and continues to 5:00 PM with the Non-Deliverable Forwards discussion preceding the Bitcoin Derivatives discussion. There will be a live webcast at www.cftc.gov and video should be posted in two days on their site. Members of the public are welcome to also listen via conference call toll free at 1-866-844-9416 or one of several other international numbers.