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Quote from: Kprawn on October 20, 2016, 07:06:12 PM

Once again, Patrick comes from near death to fighting fit, and kicks the system in the teeth. I can already see the space colonies on all the

different planets, trading goods and services and paying with Bitcoin. Some developer or programmer living on Mars writes a program for

someone on earth and he gets paid in Bitcoin, now that would be cool... Inter Galaxy payment systems. Grin

The real problem will be solving space mining!

Why does it seem whenever there is a rally there is some bad news that happens. At least the exchange isn't to big to cause too much damage.

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne is a vocal Bitcoin proponent, even launching his own startup T0 to disrupt Wall Street. In a recent interview, Byrne discussed both Bitcoin and blockchain’s unique advantages.

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/patrick-byrne-space-cash/

Luxembourg-based blockchain company Scorechain has announced a new initiative, comprising ten organizations, to explore blockchain technology benefits for the local fund industry.

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/scorechain-blockchain-fund-industry/

The Bitcoin.com mining pool is currently in private beta testing following its announcement on September 21, 2016. In just over two weeks, the mining pool has already established nearly 1 percent of the hashrate across all bitcoin miners in the world.

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/mining-pool-captures-global-hashrate/

It is hard to keep up with all of the Bitcoin exchanges and wallets in the Bitcoin ecosystem, which is why Bitcoin.com will now have the most comprehensive and extensive catalog of every exchange and wallet following its acquisition of BitcoinX.

Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-com-acquires-bitcoinx/

Decentralized bitcoin exchange Bitsquare has released a new markets page, which gives the general public a view into exchange volume and statistics.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitsquare-unveils-public-markets-page-with-trading-charts-and-order-book/

In the past couple of days, many fake bitcoin wallets have made their way into Apple’s App Store, which are designed to steal unsuspecting user funds.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/psa-multiple-fake-ios-wallets-are-being-listed-in-the-app-store/

In light of the hack on Bitfinex resulting in millions of dollars of loss, a few bitcoin exchanges have spoken up about how they secure customer funds, and why security should always be top of mind when it comes to being a custodian of peoples money.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/how-different-exchanges-handle-security-of-customer-funds/

List of bitcoin exchanges hacked this year, hope it helps your list out some: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/the-number-of-exchanges-hacked-this-year-may-surprise-you/

There is a reason why people call bitcoin “Gold 2.0,” which has become the target of hackers worldwide with one purpose – to steal bitcoin for profit. Bitcoin holds many properties which makes it valuable, with the global market capitalization growing to a current value of $8 billion USD.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/the-number-of-exchanges-hacked-this-year-may-surprise-you/

Bitcoin exchange Colbitex had a short lived success, if you would like to call being open for a few days successful. Colbitex was Colombia’s first locally owned bitcoin exchange where people could buy and sell bitcoin in Colombian Pesos (COP). It was open for a month prior to going live in beta testing, and after going live a few days later they have shut down.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/colombian-exchange-colbitex-closes-down-after-being-open-for-just-a-few-days/

Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

Update:

Confirmed: $61.8 million stolen from Bitfinex in exchange heist
Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/confirmed-61-8-million-stolen-from-bitfinex-in-exchange-heist/

A new listing of hacked user accounts from Yahoo has been published today on TheRealDeal Dark Web marketplace, claiming to have over 200 million records in the hack. The hack includes usernames, passwords, and dates of birth for all users. For some records, there is also a backup email addresses, country of origin, and ZIP code for US users.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/data-breach-of-200-million-yahoo-accounts-could-spell-more-trouble-for-bitcoin-exchange-users/

Quick question - will Blocktrail go through a re-branding to match BTC.com's brand? Or will it stay as Blocktrail under the BTC.com umbrella? Thanks.

Quote from: BellaBitBit on August 01, 2016, 07:30:52 PM

hmmm. Not sure it was needed. The reason we are in to bitcoin is getting away from fees fees fees, everywhere are fees!

I agree but Coinbase can't pay all our fees for us as bitcoin network fees continue to rise. I expect other exchanges who already provide modest fees to follow suit and raise their fees as well if the network continues like this.

In an acquisition deal worth less than $1 million, Brazilian bitcoin exchange Foxbit has acquired Bitinvest, which is an exchange and payment processing company. Bitinvest is also located in Brazil, and with the acquisition Foxbit looks to grow their customer base in the region and strengthen their business.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/brazilian-bitcoin-exchange-foxbit-looks-to-grow-with-the-acquisition-of-bitinvest/

San Francisco based bitcoin startup Coinbase has increased their fee structure, making the announcement via their support site, where the new fee changes will go into effect on August 5th, 2016.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/coinbase-announces-new-increased-fee-structure/

Bitcoin exchange Exmo went offline starting on July 28, which we reported on July 29 that they were suffering from a prolonged outage. The good news is they are back up, however, they are now facing new problems.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitcoin-exchange-exmo-is-back-up-now-with-new-problems/

Bitcoin exchange and trading platform SimpleFX has added credit cards to their payment methods which allow for instant deposits for buying bitcoin.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/simplefx-adds-credit-cards-for-instant-deposits-to-buy-bitcoin/

PS, if you are into Pokemon Go, there is a snippet of info in the article which may peak your interest in SimpleFX