Hong Kong Exchange BitSpark Implements MultiSig Security, Closes Funding Round

Just a few days ago, BitSpark announced that it is halting all bitcoin exchange operations. Instead, the company will be focusing all of their attention on the remittance market. Bitcoin can play an important role in the evolution of money remittance as we know it, and BitSpark feels it is the best direction for the company at this point. BitSpark Partners with BitGo And Closes Funding Round. At the beginning of April, BitSpark announced the closing of a successful round of funding. Several prominent Hong Kong-based investors had injected an undisclosed six-figure sum into the company,....

Bitspark becomes the latest Bitcoin company to integrate Clef's two-factor authentication to provide secure, "passwordless" logins for their users. Why Is This Important? Earlier this year, the Canadian Bitcoin exchange, Cavitrex, shut down temporarily due to security concerns. The exchange was hacked just weeks prior to the announcement, which caused users' passwords and two-factor authentication secrets to be compromised. Bitspark is a Hong Kong-based exchange and remittance company that has recently announced a new round of funding. They are the first company in the world to offer....

Founded in April 2014 in Hong Kong with the vision of providing the securest, most innovative and simplest to use cryptocurrency platform, Bitspark (the website is now undergoing maintenance) is a limited private company dedicated to easy-to-use and multi-lingual services aimed at making Bitcoin transfers easier than ever. Last week, Bitspark announced several major developments, including secured investment funding from fintech investors based in Hong Kong and a partnership with Palo Alto based Bitgo Inc meant to provide the best Bitcoin security, arbitraging in particular 'multi-sig'....

Back in November, Hong Kong based Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitspark Limited unveiled the first ever end-to-end Bitcoin remittance solution: A much needed service that would allow Hong Kong's population to gain easy access to the advantages bitcoin offers when compared to conventional remittance services to transfer money to the Philippines. They're now extending their services from the Philippines to also serve Indonesia. The numbers behind the demand. According to the Hong Kong Government's website, more than 165,000 Indonesians and about 169,000 from the Philippines were residing in Hong....

Update — 1/24/2014: We have changed this article to fix a reporting mistake. Previously, we stated the Bitspark had partnered with bitcoin.co.id. The company has actually partnered with ArtaBit, an Indonesian Bitcoin payment processor. Bitspark, a Hong Kong based bitcoin exchange, has expanded its Bitcoin remittance service to the Southeast Asian country of Indonesia. Now, Indonesian workers in Hong Kong will be able to remit funds back to their loved ones in Hong Kong for a much cheaper rate than traditional remittance services. The Bitcoin exchange hopes to get a large market share of....