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Speaking at the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto Tuesday, the chief executive of Canadian Bank of Imperial Commerce (CIBC), Victor Dodig, said the bank is studying technology underlying digital currencies such as Bitcoin as traditional lenders brace for disruption from new...

Bloomberg is reporting that Samsung is collaborating with IBM to use blockchain technology for new applications. Researchers at Samsung Research America, a Silicon Valley-based division, are looking at using the Bitcoin blockchain to develop better ways to verify “that what you...

As Bitcoin eases gently into the mainstream, surprising figures emerge as vision-havers and trendsetters. 50 Cent put himself firmly in that category this week, by beginning to accept Bitcoin for his new album titled Animal Ambition, via his Shopify store. Shopify, an e-commerce...

In an interview with the New York Times, Marc Andreessen gave his opinion about the state of new technologies and startups within the Silicon Valley. Technology in the Silicon Valley There are some struggles for startups gaining momentum to going public within the Silicon Valley....

Juan Llanos recently gave a talk at TEDxMidAtlantic. He has been an expert in anti-money laundering and compliance programs for several decades. As a recognized pioneer of development, Llanos’ jurisdiction has been spread across Canada, Spain, Italy and the United States....

Bitcoin entrepreneurs expect that bitcoin technology will soon associate with financial tasks similar to how banks and exchanges handle them. Ripple Labs Inc. and Invictus Innovations Inc. are utilizing bitcoin’s coding for authentication purposes, assuring a buyer is who...

Marc Andreessen, at today’s Coinsummit, was quoted comparing Warren Buffett to “old white men crapping on new technology they don’t understand.” Andreessen feels that if Buffett does not understand the concept of bitcoin, maybe he shouldn’t be so...

Value in Bitcoin Technology Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, spoke about bitcoin technology at the computer history museum. Schmidt had some choice words to say about the digital currency. The executive chairman said: “Bitcoin is a remarkable crypto-graphic...