Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange in the world has utilized its Nasdaq Linq blockchain ledger technology to settle a private securities transaction of established blockchain software developer and infrastructure provider Chain.com.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/01/02/nasdaq-uses-the-blockchain-technology-to-settle-shares-of-chain-com/

ChangeTip community director Victoria van Eyk details the charitable efforts of the bitcoin community in 2015.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-charity-giving-back-2015/

Bitcoin price has moved strongly on the first day of the new year, and the increased volatility may herald large price distances during 2016. Overall Bitcoin price holding ground in the way.

http://www.altcointoday.com/bitcoin-price-holding-ground/

Bitcoin Core is at the center of Bitcoin; changes made here have the biggest effects on the network. Scalability has always been an issue of hot debate in Bitcoin, and it has only gotten bigger as time has elapsed.

http://bitcoinist.net/bitcoin-core-statement-capacity-increases-bitcoin-system/

Dealing with declining finances, criminal investigations of ex-board members and the ramifications of some bad management selections, the Bitcoin Basis has created some modifications to its board and is considering a shift in mission to sustain its existence, according to Bloomberg.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-foundation-struggles-sustain-existence/

On Tuesday, Samsung announced that its upcoming line-up of Smart TVs as well as its SUHD TVs would be compatible with the company’s Internet of Things platform dubbed SmartThings.

http://coinspeaker.com/2016/01/01/ces-2016-samsung-to-launch-internet-of-things-ready-tvs/

What is the best lightweight wallet for Dogecoin? Mean similiar wallet like Electrum for Bitcoin or Litecoin, where Blockchain must not downloaded entirely?

I rent my avatar space for altcoins.

I usually write at least 50 posts per week. I have made 3500+ posts. Your avatar will show up on each of it.

Price is 0.005 BTC in your desired altcoin per month.

I want to give away 0.1 BTC in 100 x 0.001 BTC fractions to members of a community.

What is the best way to do it in one transaction?

London-based startup Plutus is developing a mobile app that will allow bitcoin payments at contactless payment terminals all over the world. The technology is powered by the Ethereum platform and is destined to work at all NFC-enabled payment terminals in the world, even if the merchant hasn’t enabled Bitcoin as a mode of payment.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/plutus-mobile-app-enables-wide-bitcoin-acceptance/

[Andreas Antonopoulos: Third-tier Bitcoin Startups Will Disrupt the Industry]

Andreas Antonopoulos: Third-tier Bitcoin Startups Will Disrupt the Industry

California-based information security expert and author of Mastering Bitcoin Andreas Antonopoulos presented a cryptocurrency-focused session called “Beyond Bitcoin, Unleashing the Blockchain” at Wired Money 2015, an annual conference hosted by American magazine Wired and Spanish Banking Group BBVA.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/01/01/andreas-antonopoulos-third-tier-bitcoin-startups-will-disrupt-the-industry/

Blockchain startup Chain has issued shares to a private investor using Nasdaq’s recently launched private markets blockchain solution, Linq.

http://www.coindesk.com/chain-issues-investor-shares-nasdaq-linq

For nearly twelve hours, Cryptsy.com, an elder “alt coin” exchange which has been the subject of semi-regular community outrage for various reasons, has been inaccessible. According to one of the exchange’s proprietors, Paul Vernon, the site has suffered a DDoS attack not unlike the one CCN has been experiencing as of late.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/psa-cryptsy-claiming-ddos/

Bitcoin has dramatically ended 2015 as the best performing currency of the year, surpassing the growth rate and value of both emerging and dominant currencies including pound sterling, Japanese yen, Chinese Yuan and the US Dollar.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/31/bitcoin-ends-2015-as-the-best-performing-currency-of-the-year/

China has stepped up yet another round of capital controls. How will it impact the business of local Bitcoin exchanges and the overall Bitcoin market?

http://cointelegraph.com/news/115988/chinese-exchange-fx-controls-impact-will-be-limited

It is very likely that Puerto Rico will be officially bankrupt on 1st January 2016.
Does it have any impact on Bitcoin and/or crypto currencies?
What do you think?

The Reserve Bank of India, one of the few central banks worldwide that has been skeptical towards the Bitcoin blockchain technology has recently shown interest in the distributed ledger technology and peer to peer financial systems, due to their strengths in settling transactions and clearing assets securely, with significantly lower costs.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/31/indian-central-bank-blockchain-will-transform-the-finance-sector/

10 Bitcoin-related patents filed by American multinational banking and financial services corporation Bank of America in 2014 have recently been published by the US Patents Office.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/31/will-bank-of-america-defend-their-bitcoin-related-patents/

[Korean National Television Reports Growing Mainstream Bitcoin Awareness]

Korean National Television Reports Growing Mainstream Bitcoin Awareness

Korean national television and popular news network recently featured Bitcoin entrepreneurs Simon Dixon and Roger Ver to demonstrate how bitcoin is used often to settle peer to peer transactions in Korea.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/31/korean-national-television-reports-growing-mainstream-bitcoin-awareness/

The volatility of the bitcoin price has resulted around 50% loss for high profile and established investors and traders who purchased the shares of publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) like Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin Investment Trust.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/31/investors-begin-to-recognize-bitcoin-as-viable-retirement-asset/