Blockchain.info The Breaking News Is.....

[Pangia]

I don't like when people make announcements about "announcements". It usually means that whatever they're going to announce is just fluff and the announcement about the upcoming announcement is just a way to generate some hype for personal gain.

[jztxeno]

"Blockchain.info was hacked"

lol'd

[davida]

emm.. litecoin wallets?

I really hope it isn't, fuck litecoin.

[Loozik]

I hope they found the disappeared coins.

[frankenmint]

1st one was mentioned at the bitcoin miami conference.  I believe it will be that which translates into:  "We have html5 based web wallet.  (FUCK YOU Apple), try and stop that!"

[Meuh6879]

when you do 1 thing, you do in the right way.

HTML stuff.

[davida]

Haaha I've got that exact mug....

Well, if the announcement is anything about their new .com domain I will be thoroughly unimpressed.  We can see already they own it, and who in the right mind would ever launch a new startup if the .com wasn't available.

[Rannasha]

Blockchain.info has acquired RTBTC. Live now on Bloomberg-TV.

[gizmoh]

Blockchain bought RTBTC platform.. it is now renamed Zeroblock

Nothing that warrants a bull run..

[keithers]

I think a major bank is going to endorse Bitcoin.

[BittBurger]

Blockchain.info has acquired RTBTC. Live now on Bloomberg-TV.

Yawn.

[BitOnyx]

There are surprising flood of totally unimportant information recently mixed with gossips and unrelated opinion of "messengers". I also love when someone post "News" as someone's post on his/her blog...



soooo... any important news?

[leopard2]

something about fixing malleability and / or about Gox?

[bitvestor]

Well, when i hear something like this, breaking news coming up, i will first be breaking away from blockchain before the news, because the news might be!!!  And our team could not save the coins as we used javascript.. Well my heart beat starts racing each time i hear of new fake hack news, its now on the regular..

[akujin]

hahaha surprise got spoiled!
 

[Pangia]

http://newsbtc.com/2014/03/04/blockchain-info-buys-rtbtc-com-launching-zeroblock-trading-platform/

Blockchain.info Buys RTBTC.com, Launching ZeroBlock Trading Platform
Eric Calouro | March 4, 2014    | 0 Comments
Blockchain ZeroBlock Exchange

Announced exclusively on Bloomberg TV, Blockchain.info CEO Nic Cary announced that his company has purchased RTBTC.com, a real-time trading platform developed by Clark Moody they’re re-branding as the ZeroBlock Trading Platform (if you recall, ZeroBlock was acquired by Blockchain.info last year).

“By merging a world class trading platform with the most popular mobile Bitcoin app Blockchain will lead the way for institutional investors,” said Cary.

This move will transform the informational ZeroBlock service into a full-fledged bitcoin exchange, providing traders with real-time access to exchange prices, news headlines, and more. Better yet, investors will have the opportunity to carry out their trading via the mobile application — which is one of the (if not the) most popular bitcoin-related app on iOS and Android. While existing ZeroBlock services will remain free, a new pro version will have the trading features enabled (among other things).


“Acquiring RTBTC was a perfect fit for ZeroBlock’s existing product,” said Dan Held, ZeroBlock co-founder and product director at Blockchain.info. “Our features and services are highly complimentary, and we are excited to bring additional functionality to our users.”

“What Clark has built is incredible. RTBTC was developed solely by Clark over the course of two years. We were very happy to have the opportunity to partner with him.”

For the ZeroBlock trading platform, a one-day free trial is available, and a subscription is available for $20/mo.

The acquisition was reportedly done completely in bitcoin, though Cary declined to say how much the deal was worth. He did, however, note that the acquisitions are getting larger and larger, so it’s assumed a significant amount of money was involved here.

As part of the deal, Clark Moody will be joining the Blockchain.info team, working with Dan Held in product strategy at ZeroBlock.

RTBTC has, to date, facilitated over $150 million in trading volume across multiple exchanges.

[Pangia]

I'm not very educated in general and even less so when it comes to crypto. 

Can someone please explain to me why the purchase of RTBTC and the launch of Zeroblock would be a significant event for the Bitcoin community?

[Lauda]

Can someone please explain to me why the purchase of RTBTC and the launch of Zeroblock would be a significant event for the Bitcoin community?

It wouldn't.

It isn't.

[keithers]

It's not that big of news for the general community, but it is significant to a small number of heavyweight day traders...  Even though most casual bitcoin users won't need this platform, it is still great that more and more products are coming out as a result of a larger adoption of bitcoin.   If blockchain.info did not see this as a profitable acquisition, they would not have done it in the first place.  So it is still good news...just not the news that some people were hoping for...