Coinbase, which by way of their ETF service (which allows users to link their bank account to Coinbase and make electronic funds transfers) was the cheapest and easiest way to purchase bitcoins in Canada since last summer. Now, it has… Continue Reading
It has been fascinating to experience the DAO collapse and its impacts on the Ethereum blockchain and to see the way the community is reacting to potential forks. Now we’ve learned that the choice for the DAO is either hard fork… Continue Reading
Last summer, a new crypto currency exchange called Quoine was launched in Singapore. The exchange follows the model of exchanges such as Bitfinex whereby margin funding is provided by users. This system of margin funding creates a market for short… Continue Reading
Power Financial is a holding company that is controlled by Power Corporation of Canada, which is in turn controlled by the French Canadian Desmarais family. The company was built by Paul Desmarais, who was a wealthy Canadian financier that used a type… Continue Reading
Following the Brexit vote, the price of the Pound & the Euro fell against the US dollar & the Yen, so I thought this might be a good time to do a screen of British stocks to see whether any… Continue Reading
Nevada has approved the first fantasy sports operator in the state. This is happy news for fantasy sports enthusiasts. An increasing number of US states have created regulatory structures for fantasy sports and the developments in Nevada are being watched closely… Continue Reading
In the “olden days” before the internet, casinos had to demonstrate their trustworthiness to players in order for players to have confidence they were being dealt a fair game. In places such as Nevada, the state also took on this… Continue Reading
Bitfinex, the largest bitcoin USD exchange went down last night due to problems at their datacenter. At least that is the explanation posted by Bitfinex. The exchange posts update on its https://bitfinex.statuspage.io page. This is the best place to exchange… Continue Reading
It has been another exciting day in digital currency markets. Today, a hacker attacked a vulnerability to the DAO, which is a decentralized autonomous organization that was initiated on the Ethereum blockchain. The DAO was worth about $150 million USD of… Continue Reading
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/digital-currency-ethereum-nose-dives-after-40-million-hack-2016-06-17 http://uk.businessinsider.com/dao-hacked-ethereum-crashing-in-value-tens-of-millions-allegedly-stolen-2016-6
