As bizarre as it sounds, a marketplace for crowdfunding paramilitary mujahideen, those engaged in jihad, has been discovered on the dark web. Accessible only through using the Tor browser, SadaqaCoins is very different from your average crowdfunding ma…
This week Kik announces a new partnership with IMVU, the world’s largest avatar-based social network. Kik is a messenger service which has over 15 million monthly users including 1 in 5 US teenagers, and the project’s Kin cryptocurrency is desig…
Masjid Ramadan or Shacklewell Lane Mosque in London is taking a forward-thinking approach to the Islamic practice of Zakat and Sadaqah, alms-giving. Based in Dalston (Hackney), East London, Shackwell Lane Mosque is the UK’s first Turkish-owned mosque, …
An Arizona Senate bill that previously focused on state income tax is getting a makeover, the Senator who crafted the bill tells CCN. Senator Warren Petersen, a Republican, said the bill is being redesigned to instead focus on point-of-sale crypto tax …
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Plutus, a new start-up based in London, allows any merchant with contactless card terminals to accept bitcoin and ethereum payments regardless of whether the merchant has in fact adopted bitcoin or ethereum. Utilizing the new NFC technology, Plutus aims to make physical Bitcoin and Ethereum payments as easy as tap and go, with merchants not […]
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Earlier today a user under the handle of “daoattacker” came to the DAO slack channel and seemingly gave away 6.37 bitcoin. I was preparing to write an article on an alleged statement from the DAO attacker, so when I checked the slack channel the giveaway was just ending, but everyone was posting their bitcoin address. […]
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Following the publication of an alleged statement claimed to be from the DAO attackers who have appropriated 3.5 million Ether, an “intermediary” of the attackers who claims “nothing was hacked” appeared on the DAO slack channel, giving away 6.37 bitcoin as a “little demonstration that money speaks, and people in crypto are here for a […]
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In April, Red Hat announced the OpenShift initiative to aid financial services industry in building hosted blockchain applications. Red Hat would manage container application deployment with OpenShift Dedicated support for financial institutions interested in experimenting with the blockchain. “We are pleased to partner with Red Hat and have initially deployed BlockApps STRATO, our Ethereum Blockchain […]
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As the situation surrounding Crypsy continues to unfold, we saw the company post a blog entry stating that the majority of the funds within the company were stolen over a year ago and that that company has been insolvent for quite some time for a variety of reasons, one mainly being the theft of 13,000 […]
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For my first interview as a journalist, I have chosen a controversial figure that people either love or hate. In an interview with CCN, Bryce sits with me and we discuss his past and future with surprising revelations including his plans for future blockchains. Bryce Weiner is 41 years old and a Bitcoin and fintech […]
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A reader wrote in to CCN, concerned about what is an obvious scam to a veteran Bitcoiner, but might actually rope new folks in with ease. The concerned reader wrote: Basically they are building a pyramid scheme (sorry, I mean binary member system), where you can buy in and get some hashing power from their cloud mining service. Also they claim, that they will release a new cryptocurrency (S-Coin), which only they will be mining. More absurdly – when the coin comes out, they claim that it will have a value of 1€ and after some time even more. Also […]
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What follows is what you might call educated speculation. What we do know is that there are a lot of people, especially in the mining business, who’d have an interest in seeing the premiere Bitcoin forum, Bitcointalk, bite the dust. Bitcointalk is a haven for free speech regarding Bitcoin and issues surrounding it. Support for […]
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An “angel investor” is someone who individually bankrolls an investment for a new company or business venture. They usually invest on a smaller scale than a “venture capitalist”, but aren’t looking to take a start-up public to reap huge rewards. An “angel” may invest more in the idea or the person leading the new venture […]
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Since early in 2013, Darkcoin has been a permanent fixture in the daily digital currency news. From Darkcoin’s initial meteoric rise, quickly reaching a USD value of $15, to the level of security and innovation it provides for privacy seekers, to the failures and triumphs of the “Masternode Network”, Darkoin has been almost as interesting […]
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The issues at Paybase, Paycoin and GAW Miners that have festered over the past month have now finally come to a head. Paybase will be ceasing operations on April 30th, 2015, in accordance with a SEC and DOJ investigation into the actions and business practices of one Josh Garza. Paybase red flags surfaced weeks ago […]
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