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Take a look at what drove bitcoin and blockchain headlines in the past week. If there was remaining doubt that digital currency applications of bitcoin have taken a backseat to distributed ledger use cases, the October edition of Bloomberg Markets illustrated how fast this narrative is gaining traction.
05 Sep 2015 11:00 am | Pete Rizzo
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Brazil-based bitcoin startup Rippex has announced the former founders of digital payments gateway PagSeguro have joined its team. Rippex suggested the move is strategic, as it will help the firm better appeal to enterprise financial institutions.
04 Sep 2015 10:37 pm | Pete Rizzo
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A cybersecurity firm has released the results of a blockchain analysis into recent blackmail attempts against users of online infidelity website Ashley Madison. Software engineer and research analyst Toshiro Nishimura detailed a blockchain analysis suggested that as much as $6,400 may have been extracted.
04 Sep 2015 06:55 pm | Stan Higgins
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The US Marshals Service (USMS) has revealed it will announce the date on which it will auction off remaining Silk Road bitcoins in 2015. Expected to be the final auction involving bitcoins from the Silk Road investigation, the event could see as much as 44,336 BTC ($10m at press time) sold to investors.
04 Sep 2015 04:20 pm | Pete Rizzo
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The bitcoin stress tests planned by CoinWallet could breach UK law, a legal professional has suggested. The claim was first posted on Reddit, with user ‘btcdrak’ asserting: “The Computer Misuse Act 1990 in the United Kingdom makes it an offence to deliberately cause disruption to computer systems with intent.”
04 Sep 2015 02:39 pm | Emily Spaven
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