Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday 27 June 2015

 
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As part of the Humans + Bits + Blocks series, which uses design to explore how bitcoin technology might change everyday life, Matt Weiss, Dan Elitzer and Joe Gerber from IDEO Futures examine how blockchain technology could assist with emergency medical care and access to the latest treatments.
27 Jun 2015 12:50 pm | Matt Weiss
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Bitso has closed a seed funding round led by the Barry Silbert-backed investment fund Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. In statements, Silbert suggested that he sees the company's greatest asset as its position to help facilitate remittances to and from Mexico.
26 Jun 2015 10:31 pm | Pete Rizzo
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Ex-Coinbase CCO Martine Niejadlik believes the bitcoin and digital currency industry is still being held back by confusion that is creating compliance issues. In the full interview, Niejadlik gives a broad overview of the resulting challenges and the technology's path forward.
26 Jun 2015 10:15 pm | Pete Rizzo
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A server on the wildly popular video game Minecraft has introduced bitcoin to its world as a way of teaching children about digital currency. While in-game currencies exist on several minecraft servers, using bitcoin means that players can take their money out of the game and use it in the real world as well.
26 Jun 2015 05:45 pm | Jon Southurst
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its 'Guidance for a risk-based approach to virtual currencies' document at its meeting this week. It acknowledges the benefits of digital currencies but specifies exchanges and gateways need to be tightly regulated to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.
26 Jun 2015 02:39 pm | Jon Southurst
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