The man who introduced the Winklevoss twins to crypto ended up in prison. He expressed no regrets to Cointelegraph.
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Shrem made a fortune off his Bitcoin payment service, BitInstant, but then went to prison for alleged money laundering.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Charlie Shrem discussed why Coinbase’s launch was Bitinstant’s deathknell.
by Samuel Haig
Major South Korean bank KB Kookmin Bank is planning to integrate blockchain technology into its internal processes.
More than 200 academics and developers gathered to discuss Ripple’s developer platform and global payment network.
Popularity and followership are definitely not among the properties that qualify a given entity as a real cryptocurrency. Here are some examples of such entities that could be easily referred to as pyramid schemes.
by Iyke Aru
In 2015 there has never been stronger sentiment around the potential for an altcoin to eclipse Bitcoin as the future ‘major’ cryptocurrency.
If only everything were available for purchase in Bitcoin. Oh, wait, it is.
In light of his arrest and conspiring-to-launder-money charges, BitInstant Charlie Shrem has stepped down as vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation.
The BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem together with Robert M. Faiella were arrested and the current accusations of breaking several federal laws include money laundering, turnover of narcotics and support of criminal activities.
As reported yesterday, BitInstant CEO and Bitcoin Foundation Vice Chairman Charlie Shrem was arrested at JFK Airport in New York and charged with conspiring to launder money.
by Anthony Wall
While new digital currencies rise and fall, Bitcoin is floating on the crest of its own fame wave and governments proceed to research the subject.