Barclays rolling out contactless payment wristband next month June 9, 2014 BARCLAYS will launch a contactless payments wristband for consumers in 2015, called bPay, with trials of the wearable technology starting at sponsored events this year. The company hopes that the device will encourage cash-free payments as consumers increasingly turn to card and contactless payments. The British Summer Time music festival in Hyde Park will be [...]
Bitcoin Britain: Could London become the capital of cryptocurrencies? June 4, 2014 Prospects for Bitcoin in the UK have been boosted over the past week after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a new fast-track initiative – Project Innovate. Speaking at the project's launch, FCA chief executive Martin Wheatley said, "positive developments" in financial innovation that improve the lives of consumers should be supported by the country's [...]
Darkcoin surges ahead of Dogecoin to become fourth biggest cryptocurrency May 22, 2014 The good news just keeps on coming for privacy-centered cryptocurrency Darkcoin. In just 24 hours the digital currency has jumped 30 per cent to $10 per Darkcoin. Darkcoin's market cap has raced ahead of peers such as Dogecoin, reaching $43.2m. Darkcoin is now within striking distance of fellow virtual currency Peercoin, ranking as the world's [...]
Darkcoin: The cryptocurrency putting privacy first May 12, 2014 One of the newest cryptocurrencies has been experiencing a surge in recent days. Created on 18 January 2014, Darkcoin has seen its price jump from $1.65 last Thursday to $2.58 today, while its market capitalisation has boomed from less than $7m to more than $11m. This new cryptocurrency has not been been created to lower [...]
Introducing Bitcologne: The world’s first cryptocurrency themed fragrance May 6, 2014 A whiff of something fresh in the cryptocurrency space. Eruditium has launched a new company – Bitcologne – as the vessel for the world's first Bitcoin-themed cologne. The fragrance is "bold" and "goes against the traditional model of more commercial fragrances." "You won't get gimmicky, small, over-compensating-ly flashy or over-priced bottles of cologne," says the [...]
Is Dogecoin finally starting to cannibalise itself with meme-based crypto conference? April 16, 2014 Finally – the conference Dogecoin investors have been waiting for. The amusingly titled "Dogecon" will be hosted in San Francisco on 25 April, with six hours of panels and keynotes. They'll be bringing together top entrepreneurs, investors, and activists interested in the meme-based cryptocurrency. And it's one that already boasts a range of speakers, including [...]
France has ignored consumers and the digital economy is bearing the brunt January 14, 2014 PRESIDENT Francois Hollande would like us to think that France is about to bounce back. At a press conference yesterday, he detailed plans for a “responsibility pact” with business – a deal to reduce the burden of social levies on companies by €30bn (£24bn) by 2017, in return for businesses pledging to increase hiring and [...]
Forget a Bitcoin bubble: A wider crypto revolt is challenging everything December 10, 2013 FOR ALL the talk of a Bitcoin bubble, it’s easy to miss the real significance of what is currently happening. The rise of Bitcoin is just the beginning. Cryptocurrencies are no longer the domain of activists and grassroots movements, they are nothing less than “new money”. Many are waiting for the moment when a central [...]