Monday, January 4, 2016

Bitcoin Trading Holding The Line

Bitcoin trading is holding to a straight and narrow price path. There have been no significant new highs or lows, and we wait for a more confident mood to set traders in a direction. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and […]

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Report: How The Isle Of Man Became ‘Bitcoin Island’

Bitcoin has become well established as a currency for daily transactions on the Isle of Man, a U.K. dependency in the Irish Sea that aspires to be a global cryptocurrency leader, according to The Independent, the U.K. newspaper. The Isle of Man, known to some as “Bitcoin Island,” boasts a progressive government, outstanding technological expertise, […]

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CEX.IO Bitcoin Exchange Presents Mobile Apps for iOS and Android

Bitcoin Press Release: December, 28th, London, UK, — CEX.IO Bitcoin exchange released an official application compatible with iOS and Android mobile devices. The app allows exchange’s customers to track and control Bitcoin trading on their smartphones. CEX.IO application brings together main functionality of the full desktop version and user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to […]

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CSU : Financial Constraints to Combat Terrorism Includes Call for Bitcoin Framework

The Christian Social Union (CSU), a leading Christian democratic and conservative political party in Bavaria, Germany is due to issue a paper detailing effective ways to combat terrorism that will include financial restraints, as the party sees it. The paper will also include regulation for all virtual currencies including Bitcoin. As reported by German publication […]

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China Shuts down Day’s Stock Trading after Markets Crash; Bitcoin Not Impacted, Yet

Chinese shares experienced their worst ever start to a year after Chinese stock markets plunged 7% in their opening session of 2016 on Monday. It began with an initial halt of CSI-300 Futures (Chinese Securities Index) for 15-minutes at a 5 percent level, a move that failed to stop the retreat. When the market re-opened […]

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

Mainstream Media’s Take: Strong Momentum For Bitcoin And Blockchain In 2016

The final week of 2015 brought exciting indicators for bitcoin and the blockchain heading into 2016. Price stabilization, venture capital investment, financial institutions’ investment and bitcoin’s ability to enhance cross-border payments all paint a positive future for the new year, despite the challenges of cryptocurrency’s association with illegal activity and the uncertain impact of regulatory initiatives. […]

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Updated Windows Binary of the ccMiner 1.5.78-git Fork by SP for Maxwell

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New update in the form of a Windows binary compiled from the latest Git source code of the ccMiner 1.5.78-git SP-MOD fork by SP optimized for the latest Maxwell-based video cards (source). The new release comes with more performance improvements for various algorithms under CUDA 7.5 trying to reach the same performance as with CUDA 6.5, the latest CUDA 6.5 release was version 74. Do note that the SP-MOD fork of ccMiner is designed for Nvidia Maxwell GPUs such as the already available GTX 750, 750 Ti as well as the newer GTX 960, GTX 970, GTX 980 and GTX 980 Ti and GTX Titan X. The Windows binary release we have made available here is with support for Compute 5.0 and Compute 5.2 GPUs or with other words only for Maxwell-based Nvidia video cards compiled with CUDA 7.5 and VS2013.

– To download the latest ccMiner for Maxwell version 1.5.78-git by SP for Windows OS…