Month: October 2015

Anthem Vault Submits Proposal To State Of Texas For Gold Depository

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Anthem Vault, which owns the Bitcoin-accepting online precious metals retailer Amagi Metals, submitted a proposal to the state of Texas regarding the building of a new Bullion Depository that was recently signed into law in the Lonestar State. The plan to build a gold depository has mustered the interest and support of the international precious metals community. The official state bullion depository appears to be in its incipience as more than a dozen companies answered Comptroller Glenn Hegar request for advice on the project. Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 483 in June, directing Hegar to develop the world’s only […]

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Bitcoin Price Correction Looms

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Bitcoin price had, during the past week, begun to resemble a rocket path with an extremely distant destination. Calls for an overdue correction seemed futile until price surprised by slamming down 50% of the week’s advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 15h22 UTC BTC-China 15-Minute Chart From the analysis pages of xbt.social, earlier today: Wild swings at altitude show the large degree of waves that underlie this move that started […]

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Video: Proof-Of-Concept of the World’s First Bio-Payment Using Bitcoin

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Biohacker Patric Lanhed has pulled off a neat trick. Only, it’s more than a gimmick. While sending payment of 1 Euro worth of Bitcoin from one wallet to another, the authentication for the transfer is embedded in a chip for the NFC-key transfer. The chip, is implanted into Patric’s hand, with the secret key to his Bitcoin wallet under his skin. With this established, a proof-of-concept video (below) shows Patric Lanhed and his acquaintance Juanjo Tara – a firmware engineer at Arduino, demonstrate a successful bitcoin payment from one digital wallet to another. The transaction they claim – is the […]

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Berlin Plays Host to the Annual Bitcoin Film Festival – Bitfilm

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The Bitfilm Festival, an annual film festival about all things Bitcoin and Blockchain and spanning multiple cities around the world is due to kick-off tomorrow, October 31 in Berlin, Germany. The first global film festival to showcase films exclusively related to Bitcoin and Blockchain will have its second annual event start in Berlin tomorrow. The film festival will then roll around to more than a dozen cities around the world where local communities of Bitcoin enthusiasts will organize the event in their respective cities. The final pit stop of the worldwide tour is rumored to be in Buenos Aires, Argentina, […]

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