Ex-Prime Minister of Georgia criticized for bitcoin investments
Several Georgian financiers have voiced a heavy critique of bitcoin and of those who invest in it, including the Co-Investment fund, created by Bidzina Ivanishvili, a prominent Georgian entrepreneur and the country’s former Prime Minister.
Dima Starodubtsev: Blockchain allows to create values of all sorts with private keys
Dima Starodubtsev, the Russian ambassador of Colored Coins, spoke at the Business panel of the Moscow Bitcoin Conference about the capacities of the blockchain technology.
Advanced Cash: Bitcoin will get closer to fiat currencies as the industry grows
Advanced Cash, an online payment platform, teamed up with BitPay to offer users 0% fee top-up of accounts in bitcoin. CoinFox reached out to Tom Abramov, Chief Business Development Officer at Advanced Cash, to find out more about the partnership.
Russian lawyer: Bitcoin companies should leave Russia or fight money laundering
Russian bitcoin companies should work in other jurisdictions or introduce strict anti-money laundering (AML) measures. This is the opinion of lawyer Artem Tolkachev, who presented his views at the Bitcoin Conference Moscow.
Bitcoin companies ask for a ‘Safe Harbor’ in New York
Representatives of Coinbase, Ripple Labs, Circle, Bitstamp, Xapo, BitPay and other cryptocurrency groups signed a petition aimed at freeing a part of bitcoin startups from BitLicense requirements
Peter Kirby: working to build transparent and tamper-proof record systems
Next day after the launch of the Factoid Software Sale, CoinFox contacted Factom for more details. Peter Kirby, co-founder and president of Factom, answered our questions.
Factom launches public sale of digital tokens, raises money to develop the service
Factom has sold over 1.4 million Factoids worth more than 575 BTC after the launch of the Factoid Software Sale on March 31st.
Advanced Cash converts bitcoin into fiat, allows bitcoiners to shop with MasterCard
Advanced Cash, an online payment platform, has announced a new partnership with BitPay, one of the major bitcoin payment processors, to launch 0% fee top-up of accounts in bitcoin.
The Russian bitcoin community's case has not been heard by the government
The Russian government has completely ignored the bitcoin community’s negative response to the proposed law banning the “surrogate money” in Russia. The opinions submitted during the public consultation received formal answers and were declined without further explanations.
Overstock invests $5 mln in cryptocurrency company
The Internet sales platform Overstock has invested 5 million dollars in PeerNova, a cryptocurrency platform. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne announced the deal on his Twitter account.
New evidence about arrested Federal Agent agitates bitcoin community
In a Reddit post, Mark Karpeles revealed emails from Carl Mark Force IV, the Federal Agent accused of stealing Silk Road bitcoins, suggesting Force tried to become Mt. Gox’s representative in U.S. and Canada.
Third key: Andreas Antonopoulos offers outsourced security solution for bitcoin companies
Bitcoin entrepreneur Andreas Antonopoulos has launched a company that offers a third-party security solution for bitcoin companies. The price of the service starts from $2,500.
GuestLogix: We open bitcoin up to the onboard environment
With the integration of bitcoin by GuestLogix, air passengers can now pay in bitcoin onboard aircraft and at other points throughout their travel journey. CoinFox reached out to GuestLogix to find out more.
Two-thirds of all bitcoins have been mined
Of the 21 million bitcoins that can be in circulation, 14 million have been mined by now
Invoiced.com helps small businesses accept payments in bitcoin
Invoiced, a billing system that helps freelancers and small businesses to create invoices and receive online payments from their clients, has announced it is integrating bitcoin via the Stripe payment processor.
Two Federal Agents are accused of stealing Silk Road bitcoins
Two former federal agents have been charged with stealing bitcoins while investigating the case of the Silk Road black market website, according to an affidavit filed to the San Francisco District Court by a special agent Tigran Gambaryan.
