Iron Gate Wine to accept bitcoin for purchasing fine and rare vintage wine
IronGate.Wine, an online retailer of private, rare wine collections, today announced that they have completed testing and will immediately begin accepting Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as payment methods for their extensive online inventory of vintage wine. Utilizing the processing system provided…
Bitwarden encrypted password manager service now accepts bitcoin
Bitwarden, an open-source password management service that stores sensitive information such as website credentials in an encrypted vault, has announced that Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) are now accepted methods of payment for both Bitwarden premium membership and organization plan purchases. Bitcoin…
Escrow My Bits bitcoin escrow service getting new ownership
Escrow My Bits, a full-fledged bitcoin escrow service offering 4 different types of escrow, has announced that the site will be transferred to new ownership. The transition marks the next phase in a journey that started more than 5 years ago. Escrow My…
Onfido partners with BitPay to power secure bitcoin payments
Onfido, a global identity verification platform, today announced a partnership with BitPay to accept payment in bitcoin. BitPay is also using Onfido’s technology to meet Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements and onboard new users to its platform swiftly and securely.
Blockstream venture with Digital Garage, Tokyo Tanshi to improve Japan’s bitcoin market
Today it was announced that Blockstream, a blockchain infrastructure technology company has entered a new joint venture called Crypto Garage, with Japanese blockchain company Digital Garage and financial company Tokyo Tanshi. As part of the joint venture, Crypto Garage will soon launch SETTLENET, a…
Coinme launches service enabling consumers to buy bitcoin with cash at Coinstar kiosks
Coinme, a venture-backed blockchain financial services company, today launched a service that offers consumers the ability to buy bitcoin at Coinstar kiosks at select Safeway and Albertsons stores in California, Texas, and Washington with plans to extend this offering to additional U.S. markets and retailers following a…
Ternary Intelligence and Uphold launch ‘Hedged Bitcoin’ investment strategy
Ternary Intelligence, a company engaged in computational modeling of financial markets and digital money platform Uphold today launched Hedged Bitcoin, an investment strategy designed to allow investors to reap the rewards of an upward market, while also reducing the impact of downturns. Hedged Bitcoin uses…
Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network ready for eCommerce?
If Bitcoin wants to become a broadly accepted payment method, it will have to overcome some of the flaws that make it unattractive for many commerce applications. One of its biggest problems is “transaction speed”, which pretty much precludes it from day-to-day use and will limit its…
Crypto exchange company Huobi launches derivatives market
It was announced this week that Huobi Derivative Market (Huobi DM) has integrated with Huobi Global, a leading bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange. The launch will allow Huobi users to enjoy a seamless user experience and full accessibility to a variety of Huobi products…
Crypto exchange OKEx launches bitcoin (BTC) perpetual swap
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, today announced the launch of a brand-new derivative product, a bitcoin-based perpetual swap. With the new addition, users of OKEx can now perform perpetual swap, futures contract, and spot trading with margin and leverage at one stop. Perpetual…
ICONLOOP’s blockchain-based Disease Prediction beta service launches
ICONLOOP, the Korean blockchain technology company has announced the launch of the ‘Lifelong Healthy Life’ service in beta version. ‘Lifelong Healthy Life’ is a disease prediction service running on top of the blockchain developed in collaboration with Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Korea’s largest life insurance company…
Blockstream releases Liquid Network bitcoin sidechain full node and wallet
Blockstream, the blockchain technology and financial cryptography infrastructure provider today has announced the availability of the Liquid full node binaries and source code. Now any user can join the P2P Liquid Network by operating a full node, in order to trustlessly self-validate the chain just…
COINiD Group launches new app for improved bitcoin storage
COINiD Group today announced the live launch of their new bitcoin (BTC) storage solution that prioritizes user security, has full SegWit support, allows transaction batching and offers offline storage without the need to purchase specialized hardware. With COINiD users can choose to store both hot and…
Austria’s Bitpanda cuts fees on cash voucher purchases of cryptocurrency
In July 2017, European bitcoin exchange BitPanda launched a new service called “BitPanda to go“ which allowed for a new, fast, safe and inexpensive way to access Bitcoin at Österreichische Post AG branches all over Austria. It enabled buyers to swap cash into Bitcoin and…
Cindicator debunks belief in correlation between bitcoin (BTC) futures expiry and price drops
Cindicator, a company which develops predictive Hybrid Intelligence (human + artificial intelligence) for effective asset management, today published a report “Bitcoin Futures: Market Evolution,” a new analysis of the emerging market for bitcoin (BTC) futures. For this analysis, Cindicator researchers first looked at…
