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Winklevoss twins predict Bitcoin’s market capitalization could easily skyrocket to over $1 trillion.
Anycoin Direct gets €500K in funding, while blockchain technology platform Colu and Japan-based BitFlyer raise $2.5M and $1.1M in funding, respectively.
Coinbase has raised $75 million in Series C financing, the largest funding round to date for a Bitcoin company.
IBM has published a draft paper on the Internet of Things system ADEPT, developed in collaboration with Samsung.
Bitcoin is getting off to a poor start in 2015 after a rough ride last year as the price falls to 20-month low.
The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF filed an amendment to its Securities and Exchange Commission prospectuson to sell 1 million shares on the Nasdaq exchange.
“Bitcoin is gold for nerds. It is something that a whole new generation of people believe in. The online nature of their lives and their economy, and so bitcoin, resonates with them.” — Nicholas Colas, Convergex
PeerNova, a vendor of hardware and software for enterprises, has obtained investments of $8.6 million that will be used to finance the company’s new blockchain enterprise software.
Bitcoin developers believe Sidechains that allows creating new currency within the bitcoin network could turn bitcoin in the main Internet reserve currency.
American entrepreneur Brock Pierce gave his speech at the recent WIRED Retail event and talked mostly on the benefits of blockchain technology.
Vitalik Buterin has been awarded the prestigious IT software prize at the 2014 World Technology Awards, beating out Mark Zuckerberg and other illustrious personalities.
Blockstream has raised $21 million in a new funding round to continue developing the bitcoin’s blockchain protocol.
Brian Armstrong, Coinbase co-founder, revealed his view on the future of bitcoin at the TechCrunch Disrupt Europe conference in the UK.
Recent bitcoin decrease could really be good for the crptocurrency future development.
Circle has launched its cryptocurrency platform, allowing customers to deposit and send bitcoin.