Bitcoin exchanges need to grow up fast
The relationship between big banks and their regulators is pretty dubious, to put it mildly. But expecting federal investigators to give Bitcoin exchanges the same free ride is childishly naive. When HSBC got caught laundering money for drug dealers and terrorists, it promised regulators it would improve controls. It didn't. Senate investigators found the bank had failed to monitor $60 trillion in transactions for money laundering and had a backlog of 17,000 dodgy account alerts which it failed to investigate. Which dwarfs LibertyReserve's alleged laundering of $6 billion. HSBC shipped $7....
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It is time for Bitcoin exchanges serving the Indian market to up their game or lose out on the little quorum of existing customer base. India is forecasted to be one of the largest Bitcoin markets in terms of potential. The country is still waking up to the Bitcoin revolution with a small percentage of population already using Bitcoin for transactions, remittances and also trading. Given a large promise shining in the immediate future, it is high time the Bitcoin Companies in India get to work, with enthusiasm and intensity each morning. Bitcoin Exchanges in India, Homegrown and....
The block-size limit debate has dominated Bitcoin blogs, forums, chat rooms and meet-ups for months on end, while many of Bitcoin's brightest minds are gathering in Montreal to discuss the issue face-to-face at the Scaling Bitcoin Workshop this weekend. So far, however, the two sides of the debate have made little progress coming to a consensus. At least for some part, this seems to result from a difference of visions - visions that are based on a different set of priorities. One of these visions - represented by Bitcoin XT developers Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn - is straightforward and....
Several major global cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly exploring ways to enter the Indian crypto market. “The Indian market is huge and it is only starting to grow, if there was more policy certainty by now Indian consumers would have been spoilt for choice in terms of exchanges because everyone wants to be here,” said an executive of a crypto firm. Major Crypto Exchanges Want to Enter India Global crypto exchanges are exploring ways to enter the Indian cryptocurrency market, Reuters reported. Four sources told the publication that U.S.-based Kraken, Hong Kong-based....
Last week's poll looked into a topic that has had the bitcoin community pulling in either direction. The question we asked: Do you think bitcoin exchanges require regulatory oversight? In total, the poll received 157 votes (which is better than the week prior, but we'd love to get more participation in the coming weeks). When all was said and done, 92 of the 157 voters (or about 58.6 percent) of respondents say that they think bitcoin exchanges should not be overseen by regulatory agencies. As you can imagine, the other 41.4 percent (or 65 respondents) said that they do think that bitcoin....
Following the return of Patrick Byrne, Bitcoin advocate and Overstock founder and CEO, the company has announced the appointment of a new chief for their blockchain unit. In the press release, Byrne said that all of the company’s bitcoin and blockchain projects will continue to grow and innovate under the new leadership. Byrne Names New Blockchain Unit....