Russian Ponzi scheme creator claims he can influence bitcoin economy
The founder of most famous Russian Ponzi scheme MMM, Sergey Mavrodi, claims in an interview to FT Alphaville that he is responsible for the recent uprise of bitcoin price.
Dominik Weil: it seems to be mostly a speculative bubble
CoinFox asked Dominik Weil, a co-founder of Bitcoin Vietnam, to comment on the ongoing bitcoin price surge.
Ukrainian police raids the house of the founder of Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine
The police took away “everything except the refrigerator” in Mikhail Chobanyan’s house, according to his Facebook remark. He believes that such an attitude from the authorities may deprive Ukraine of future.
Sebastian Serrano: bitcoin becoming a global currency 'would be the brightest of futures'
In September BitPagos acquired the bitcoin exchange Unisend Argentina. CoinFox reached out to Sebastian Serrano, the co-founder and CEO of BitPagos, to learn about current position of the company and its future plans.
SWIFT CEO sees himself challenged by cryptotechnologies
SWIFT CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt has spoken to the Financer, sharing his thoughts on cryptotechnologies as such, their current and future influence on the banking sector, and on the bitcoin digital currency in particular.
Scottish national party will look into independent digital currency ScotPound
SNP should look into setting up Scottish national digital currency at an annual conference in Aberdeen, Scottish politician George Kerevan suggests. He is going to speak about the idea of a digital ScotPound at the conference fringe meeting.
The alleged creator of bitcoin compares it to the Volga River and Stenka Razin
Dorian Nakamoto, named by a Newsweek journalist as the creator of bitcoin, elaborated on his outlook on the bitcoin digital currency, its philosophy and future in an AMA session on Reddit.
