German Online Bank Bitbond Chooses Bitcoin Over SWIFT for International Loans Bitbond, an online German bank founded by Radoslav Albrecht, has been using bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, to transfer loans throughout the world in a fast, safe, and cost-efficient way.According to a report published by Reuters, the financial institution has...
Bitcoin [BTC] now can be used as a legal tender for gambling on horses
Bitcoin [BTC] now can be used as a legal tender for gambling on horses On Saturday, May 5th of 2018, Kentucky Derby which is the 144th annual Kentucky Derby is scheduled to take place in Louisville, Kentucky. The field is open to 20 horses, with a purse of $2 million. At the end...
Vaultoro’s Bitcoin-to-Gold Exchange Implements Lightning Network Payments
Vaultoro’s Bitcoin-to-Gold Exchange Implements Lightning Network Payments The world’s first crypto-to-physical-gold exchange, Vaultoro has announced that it is now the first bitcoin exchange with an implementation of the Lightning Network as an instant deposit method.The company allows customers to trade gold with bitcoin directly, all the way down to 0.1...
Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation
Goldman Sachs will begin using its own money to trade with clients in a variety of contracts linked to the price of Bitcoin SAN FRANCISCO — Most big banks have tried to stay far away from the scandal-tainted virtual currency Bitcoin.But Goldman Sachs, perhaps the most storied name in finance,...
Bitcoin ANALYSIS: The REAL reasons why big banking money is heading to crypto
Bitcoin ANALYSIS: The REAL reasons why big banking money is heading to crypto BITCOIN is enjoying another period of heady optimism and industry onlookers are now looking towards the next “explosion” that would send the price rising back towards $20,000. With Bitcoin’sprice closing in again on $10,000, a number of...