Kokkinos Marinos

Triggered by the Paris and Brussels attacks, the proposed EU directive seeks to introduce stricter rules on the use of virtual currencies and prepaid cards.

Bitcoin could be used as a means for economic liberty, since it is easy to use, secure and reliable for merchants. It is not only used as a world currency, but also as a savings asset.

The world of cryptocurrencies has just opened a Pandora's box through the recent incident where an attacker was able to remove funds to a Child DAO. The story progresses rapidly due to the use of smart policies contracts in real life.

WAVES, a decentralized platform ​which uses custom Blockchain tokens to represent value, has finished ICO, raising over $16.000.000 USD in Bitcoin.

With all eyes of the financial world on Bitcoin and Blockchain this year, what should be the legal framework of the new technology entering the official fintech zone?

How do consortiums/private Blockchains affect Bitcoin? Financial institutions are trying different ways of approaching Bitcoin’s blockchain. These technologies could be applied to our financial system by 2020.

Cryptocurrency allows immunity from interjections and the handling of central banks. It gives us freedom of our economic management.

The adoption of digital currencies from companies in European Union is a controversial issue as the legal framework is still vague in terms of accounting and currency handling.

Airlines and travel enterprises continue to spend billions of dollars to gather payments while losing over a billion a year to credit card fraud

This is the year that eCommerce will see big development in India. Morgan Stanley Research reports a 50% increase from last year.

Coinpectra speaks to experts from Safe Cash Payment Technologies, Inc, Bitfortip.com, SatoshiPay.io, PopChest.com and Fuzo to learn their views on micropayments.

Some people blame Bitcoin for its use in criminal situations. Are Bitcoin transactions traceable?

WireX has released the first two-way bitcoin debit card with a buy bitcoin function. It will allow its users to fund their bitcoin accounts from anywhere through traditional bank transfers and alternative payment methods.

India’s leading Bitcoin exchange, Coinsecure, has announced its partnership with Netki, with the purpose of allowing its Bitcoin wallet users to create their own wallet names.

Gavin Andresen and Stephen Pair write their thoughts about results of the “Satoshi Roundtable”. What said experts in the field of cryptocurrency. Should we count on the future of Bitcoin.

Mobile operators are investigating the Blockchain. Looking to discover how the Blockchain might influence the telecommunications sector, Coinpectra interviewed some Blockchain developers.

The Greek Bitcoin community gathered in Athens for a conference to discuss new opportunities that the virtual currency opens up, including helping deal with capital controls in the country.

Thirty-six days have already passed since the new hard fork of Bitcoin, under the name Bitcoin Classic, came into being.

The Bitcoin economy is evolving at lightning speed. In recent years, a basic knowledge of Bitcoin has become commonplace. Many companies have been following the progress of Bitcoin and the Blockchain

In 2016 bitcoin apps have a unique opportunity to try and change the way things work around. We are all witness to new mobile apps springing up to provide wallets, payment systems, and even games.

There are few restaurants in the world that accept Bitcoin and follow the regulations in a proper way.

On February the 12th, anyone who is interested in bitcoin and its technology will have the chance to meet with fellow bitcoin enthusiasts in the Technopolis in the city of Athens.