Twisted History of Ripple and Stellar Aired in Tell-All Report

In what can only be described as a bombshell report, The Observer has published a near 15,000-word story that takes a detailed look at the allegedly sordid history of decentralized payment network startups Ripple Labs and Stellar, and the impact of this relationship on events in the wider bitcoin ecosystem.“The interpersonal story of Stellar and Ripple Labs is emblematic of the turmoil roiling the entire industry,” the article, penned by Michael...

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Central Bank of Italy Declares Virtual Currency Exchanges Are Not Subject to AML Requirements

The Central Bank of Italy (Banca d’Italia) is that country’s first governmental authority to issue a statement on virtual currencies. It recently published three directives:Warnings on use of virtual currencies (30 Jan 2015);Notice on virtual currencies (30 Jan 2015);Notice of Central Authority for Reporting on virtual currencies (2nd Feb 2015).The “Notice About the use of virtual currencies” (published on the Supervisory Bulletin No. 1, January...

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This week on Decentral Talk Live

by Bitcoin Magazine Staff on February 2, 2015 { } Bitsquare is an open source, completely decentralized bitcoin exchange. Founder and developer, Manfred Karrer, discusses his project and his ideals with Ethan Wilding and guest host, Hai Nguyen. Bitsquare is based on the concept of “no single point of failure” and decentralization. Karrer also discusses the concept of peer-to-peer arbitration.Andrew Lee of purse.io answers questions partially sourced...

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