Coinbase New Bitcoin Exchange Lunar to Launch on January 26th

Coinbase New Bitcoin Exchange Lunar to Launch on January 26th

The Coinbase Bitcoin exchange is coming. The United States is about to receive its first licensed Bitcoin exchange called Lunar, a newly launched business vertical of Coinbase Inc. The San Francisco-based Bitcoin Company, which recently raised a whopping $106 million funds from the New York Stock Exchange and multiple VC firms, promised their future customers the safest haven to sell/buy bitcoins. Why is Lunar Important? From the massive $400 million online theft at Mt. Gox to the very recent BitStamp hack where hackers stole $5 million from its hot wallet, each and every such event pushed....


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Weekly Bitcoin Recap for January 31, 2015

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