14 Headlines That Rocked Bitcoin and the Blockchain in 2015
It's been another formative year in the world of bitcoin and the blockchain, and while the price has been subdued over much of the year, other developments in the space have arguably been more intriguing than in any 12-month period previously. We've seen companies come and go, record-setting funding rounds, increased interest in the technology and, sadly, occasional bad actors still stirring negativity into the mix. In this year-end special, we look back at the news stories that made the most impact during 2015. The year got off to a shocking start on 5th January when bitcoin exchange....
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In a blog post summing up 2015 as a year for payments, Visa Europe deemed ‘Fintech’ as the industry where ‘everyone wants to be’ and made a marked point about blockchain and bitcoin becoming a reality that the ‘industry has to live with.’ A blog post titled “Why 2015 was the year for payments” published as a retrospective for the year went up on Visa’s European website to broadly summarize the Fintech sector with a focus on consumer banking. Citing ‘payment innovation’ as the driving force behind progress, the post noted tech giants such as Apple, Samsung and Google to come up with their....
Bitcoin on Wall street has been the subject of many headlines in 2015 thus far. As bitcoin makes headway in the financial world, the signs are clear, Wall Street is quickly moving in on bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal reports: Amid a slew of deals involving prominent finance and tech companies lie signs that the U.S. business establishment is exploring innovative new enterprise uses for digital currencies. They are making early, tentative bets that the so-called blockchain-ledger technology behind bitcoin might one day transform how banks, businesses and even smart appliances circulate....
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly analysis of bitcoin media coverage and its impact. If you are tired of reading about blockchain technology, then look away now, as bitcoin's underlying ledger dominated much of the mainstream news flow again this week. Elsewhere, Bitreserve's decision to rebrand as Uphold and ostensible move away from bitcoin also captivated the media's attention, and was subsequently followed by various pieces which questioned the digital currency's means of survival. Who's said what and where? Here's CoinDesk's latest look at the top bitcoin and blockchain-related....
This year has been a pretty solid year for the digital currency Bitcoin. In fact it has performed better than other long-term investments such as precious metals and also many sovereign currencies over the course of 2015. Another promising sign is that the virtual money is being rigorously researched by everyone including some of the top legacy finance....
The price of bitcoin has hit a new high for 2015, with the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) peaking at $333.75 this morning. Bitcoin, which opened the day at $313.31, rose 6.5% to $333.75 at 8.16am (UTC). It has since decreased to $326.55 at press time. The cryptocurrency began the year trading at $313.92, which was followed by a steep drop of more than 43% to $177.28 two weeks later, making headlines across the world. Today's peak price marks a 6.2% increase from the digital currency's value on 1st January 2015, but a 57% decrease from the same day in 2014, when bitcoin was trading at....