Wyoming Lawmakers Seek 'Level Playing Field' for Bitcoin -
A group of Wyoming legislators has introduced a bill that would ease a regulatory burden on money transmitters in the state that work with bitcoin. The bill, if passed, would add a definition of digital currencies to a list of "permissive investments" for money services businesses.
Stan Higgins / Jan 22, 2016 04:59 am
Bitcoin Industry Optimistic Amid Bitter Battle for Scaling Solution -
Following a week of heavy media coverage on bitcoin's ongoing technical challenges, industry CEOs and thought leaders converged in Miami for the first stop on the annual event calendar – TNABC. There, they voiced their belief bitcoin is on the verge of new solutions despite problems with governance.
Pete Rizzo / Jan 22, 2016 03:35 am
Blythe Masters Blockchain Startup Raises $50 Million From 13 Financial Firms -
Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has announced that it has raised more than $50m in a new funding round. A report by Bloomberg News indicates that the total amount raised was $52m. Digital Asset did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Stan Higgins / Jan 22, 2016 01:48 am
UBS Contributes Blockchain Code to HIV Research Effort -
UBS has donated the code for a blockchain-based trading platform to a nonprofit group funding research into a cure for HIV/AIDS. The HEAL Alliance is hoping to raise $10bn selling 'social impact bonds' on the blockchain platform, which is currently in testing and not collecting investments at this time.
Stan Higgins / Jan 22, 2016 01:00 am
New Hampshire Legislators Kill Bitcoin Tax Bill -
A legislative effort that would have allowed New Hampshire residents to pay their tax bills using bitcoin has been defeated in a vote earlier this week. The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 264 to 74 to kill the bill on 20th January, a move that came just over a year after the measure was first introduced.
Stan Higgins / Jan 21, 2016 07:10 pm
ECB Board Member: Blockchain Could Disrupt Payments -
Yves Mersch, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, has said innovative new payments systems, including blockchain technology, have the potential to disrupt card-based payments. Mersch was addressing a Bank of France Conference in Paris on 18th January.
Daniel Palmer / Jan 21, 2016 04:26 pm
Is Bitcoin For the Masses or Against the State? -
In this opinion piece, CoinDesk contributor Bailey Reutzel argues the recent communication breakdown in bitcoin reveals the project may no longer be making good on its original ideals, and that, perhaps more troublingly, it may be falling victim to the same pitfalls of the traditional finance industry.
Bailey Reutzel / Jan 21, 2016 04:26 pm
MasterCard Exec Talks Cautious Approach to Blockchain Tech -
A MasterCard exec has said that while the firm is "very, very interested" in the blockchain, it will take a cautious approach while the technology is still developing. MasterCard's Chief Innovation Officer Garry Lyons made the comments to Business Insider at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Daniel Palmer / Jan 21, 2016 03:30 pm
