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Altcoin Exchange ShapeShift Raises $1.6 Million in New Funding

Digital currency exchange ShapeShift.io has raised $1.6m in new funding.

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Westpac CEO: It's Too Soon to Panic About Bitcoin

The CEO of Westpac Group, one of Australia's 'Big Four' banks, has claimed it is "too soon" to panic about bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Group Makes Third Attempt to IPO in Australia

Bitcoin Group is to make its third attempt to IPO this November, following two stop orders from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

IPO

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AXA Eyeing Bitcoin for Remittance Market

AXA is eyeing bitcoin to help streamline the remittance market, the general partner of its VC fund has told CoinDesk.

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Payments Vets Join Brazilian Blockchain Startup

Brazil-based bitcoin startup Rippex has announced the former founders of digital payments gateway PagSeguro have joined its team.

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Mercados

Bitcoin Wallet Provider Blockchain Currently Offline

Blockchain, the operator of the world’s most popular bitcoin wallet service, is currently offline.

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Timeline: What Central Banks Have Said About Bitcoin in 2015

Who's said what about bitcoin and when? Check out our interactive timeline below for a refresher on the stance of central banks this year.

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Tecnología

UBS Sheds New Light on Blockchain Experimentation

Researchers at the London innovation lab of Swiss banking giant UBS are developing a new blockchain implementation for transaction settlement.

UBS

Finanzas

Paymium Raises €1 Million to Boost Bitcoin Merchant Onboarding

Bitcoin payments services startup Paymium has raised €1m in new seed funding from investors including Newfund and Kima Ventures.

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