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Citi to discuss its plans for blockchain technology and digital currency at CoinDesk's Consensus 2015 conference in September. The global bank is supporting the event as title sponsor, marking the first time it has supported a major public forum on digital currency.
10 Jul 2015 10:33 am | CoinDesk
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A new report by financial services firm Wedbush Securities has projected that the price of bitcoin will rise by 2016. Authored by Gil Luria and Aaron Turner, the report goes on to offer calculations as to the technology's penetration in verticals such as global remittances and online payments over the next decade.
10 Jul 2015 04:20 am | Pete Rizzo
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A secretive hacking group known as Wild Neutron has targeted a range of businesses worldwide including bitcoin companies. Twin studies published by Kapersky Lab and Symantec state that the group has been involved in a number of high-profile attacks on companies like Apple, Google and Facebook.
09 Jul 2015 08:56 pm | Stan Higgins
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Seven major bitcoin businesses have drafted a letter to California lawmakers following the state's most recent update of its proposed regulation for bitcoin and digital currencies. The startups called on California to update certain language and remove burdens for early-stage industry startups.
09 Jul 2015 07:25 pm | Pete Rizzo
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BitFury, the best capitalised mining firm in bitcoin, today announced it has raised a further $20m in funding. The raise, its third in two years, brings the company's total to $60m, double that of rival KnCMiner ($29m) and over half of the total investment in mining infrastructure to date ($116.5m).
09 Jul 2015 05:00 pm | Grace Caffyn
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Speaking at WIRED Money, held in London yesterday, Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe said he believed bitcoin has a future in payments. He also noted the digital currency was very much on his radar.
09 Jul 2015 03:01 pm | Emily Spaven
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