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Patrick Byrne, CEO of US online retail giant Overstock, unveiled tØ.com today at the headquarters of Nasdaq in New York today. The announcement marked the formal debut of tØ (pronounced tee-zero), Overstock's long awaited blockchain-based private and public equities trading platform first announced in 2014.
05 Aug 2015 02:19 am | Pete Rizzo
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Officials in the Japanese government are said to be weighing how to regulate digital currency exchanges following renewed attention on past issues at Mt Gox. Such a framework may include a licensing scheme and user identification requirements, reports suggest.
04 Aug 2015 11:30 pm | Stan Higgins
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LOT Polish Airlines is now accepting bitcoin payments, meaning the digital currency can be used to pay for flights to more than 60 global destinations. Jiri Marek, executive director of sales and distribution for the company, said the decision demonstrates how LOT is open to innovations in the travel industry.
04 Aug 2015 10:31 pm | Pete Rizzo
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To Klarna North America CEO Brian Billingsley, bitcoin and the blockchain hold the promise to solve many of the "great problems" affecting the payments space. However, he says his company isn't ready to join the list of online checkout startups like Shopify and Stripe that have embraced the payment method.
04 Aug 2015 10:00 pm | Pete Rizzo
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Last week, wallet provider Blockchain represented the bitcoin industry in an official government trade mission. Though the UK government has mentioned bitcoin technology in its rhetoric to date, Smith's invitation is more evidence it is championing it as part of its FinTech agenda.
04 Aug 2015 08:16 pm | Grace Caffyn
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Smart contracts platform Symbiont has announced the issuance of its first smart security. The issuance was formally unveiled at an event in New York on today, during which the security was issued on the bitcoin blockchain. The launch comes more than a month after the startup raised $1.25m in seed funding.
04 Aug 2015 07:45 pm | Stan Higgins
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The arrest of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles in Japan on Saturday is the latest twist in a lengthy plot surrounding the now-defunct bitcoin exchange. CoinDesk has put together an interactive timeline of the key events surrounding Mt Gox and its CEO.
04 Aug 2015 06:46 pm | Yessi Bello Perez
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