QuickSilver Coin Takes Aim at Cab Companies
There’s a groundswell currently brewing in favor of Uber and Lyft, two ride-sharing companies that are shaking up the taxi industry. Hailing a cab is now as easy as opening an app on your phone, complete with nice cars and competent drivers. Payments are even seamless, as both companies never allow the trade of currency in person. It’s all done from the phone, directly through the app, no tip required. In fact, it’s so seamless that one would think either company would integrate crypto-currency into their platform. Neither company, Lyft or Uber, has made a move toward cryptocurrency yet,....
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In what has become a staple of the Inside Bitcoins conferences, leading Bitcoin experts will be judging the demos of five companies from South Korea in this year's Startup Competition. The event takes place at 3 p.m. Korea Standard Time on December 10. The companies taking part are Bitholla, KoreanBuddy, WageCan, Epsilon Technologies and Coin Trade. The judges are Simon Dixon, Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, Hans Lombardo and Roger Ver. As a whole, the South Korean bitcoin ecosystem is relatively small when compared to nearby countries such as China and Hong Kong. "Bitcoin exchange in South....
Congressman Polis Bridges Gap Between Bitcoin Companies and Capitol Hill. U. S. Congressman Jared Polis took time out from his busy campaign schedule recently to meet with representatives, including CEOs, from nine digital currencies companies including itBit and Blockchain. Organized by the Washington, D. C. -based advocacy and education group Coin Center, the roundtable was an attempt to bridge the gap between the world of Washington and Congress and the world of fintech and digital currencies. Coin Center Executive Director Jerry Brito, who chaired the meeting, was happy with the....
The SEC has taken action against three companies owned by Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui for commingling the proceeds from two unregistered securities offerings. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui’s companies over an initial coin offering (ICO) and initial public offering (IPO) that fetched around $487 million combined. The infamous Wengui, also known as Miles Kwok or Miles Guo, is an exiled Chinese businessman who currently resides in New York. Wengui is known for his controversial political takes and his ties to....
In my search for physical Bitcoins, I ran across the Bitcoin Specie coin. It is a 1oz .999 silver coin that does not have any Bitcoin value. It has a QR code that takes you to a webpage to give you the current value in several different currencies starting with Bitcoin. This whole concept is to promote Bitcoin and get coins in peoples's hands they will use and carry around with them. I brought mine to the Inside Bitcoins Conference in NYC on April 7-8. I had several comments on it, and all were positive. Matthew Carson of Minersource.net thinks it is a great idea and an excellent way to....