The Chamber of Digital Commerce Comments on the BitLicense Extension
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chamber of Digital Commerce (“Digital Chamber”) applauds the New York Department of Financial Service’s (DFS) decision to extend the comment period for the proposed “BitLicense” regulations for virtual currency firms. The Digital Chamber, through a series…
Proof of Exchange Reserves
Era of standardisation begins As a technology matures and becomes more widely used, some form of standardisation is inevitable. There are two kinds of standards: Quality standards, such as verified exchange reserves, and interoperability standards. The Bitcoin exchange community…
SecuraCoin Launches Physical Locations to Buy Bitcoin
— Sponsored Post — Toronto, Canada: August 21, 2014 – SecuraCoin has launched the world’s first physical retail bitcoin trade network specializing in servicing money service businesses (MSBs) and other brick and mortar stores. Providing top-level compliance training and software…
Digital Chamber of Commerce Comments on NY’s BitLicense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chamber of Digital Commerce has submitted its comments to the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on the proposed BitLicense Rules and Regulations and are now available on its website at http://www.digitalchamber.org/assets/chamber-of-digital-commerce—bitlicense-comments.pdf. The Digital Chamber’s…
Building Bridges in Washington: An Interview with the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Perianne Boring
By Mark Norton: Editor @ BitcoinWarrior.net 8/11/2014 Perception is everything; and right now the perception of Bitcoin for the vast majority of people who have even heard of Bitcoin, it’s associated with drugs, scams, and ransom ware. As has…
Join the Chamber of Digital Commerce Against Lawsky’s BitLicense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chamber of Digital Commerce (http://www.digitalchamber.org/) is seeking supporters to sign its petition to Benjamin Lawsky, the State of New York’s superintendent of financial services, asking him to extend the comment period of the proposed BitLicense Rules…
Is it time to start hedging your investments with Bitcoin?
By Mark Norton – Editor @ BitcoinWarrior.net Bitcoin shouldn’t stand a chance. It’s a weird, internet-only money that seems difficult to understand and difficult to use. The press has been full of articles over the last year telling of…
Seizure of Cypriot Bank Shows the Need for Bitcoin
For the majority of people, money is the equivalent of food and water – access to it is life itself. If the money spigot is shut off, a lot of us would very quickly find ourselves wondering how we…
Bitcoin: The Symptom is the Cure
When Nick Hanauer took to the pages of Politico to talk to his fellow 1%ers, judging by the response he got in some parts of the media, he may have taken the wrong tone. Rather than talk calmly and…
The History of Mining and an Interview with Nanok Bie, CMO of KnCMiner
In Roman Britain circa 100 CE, miners take a final look at a damn holding back the water that had been laboriously collected for months via aqueduct. In a few minutes, that damn will be opened and the ensuing…