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Charity and nonprofit organizations, contrary to traditional entities, gradually embrace cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology. This move has more or less evident justification. Blockchain technology may revolutionize the way various charitable efforts work, and change it for the better.

Ukrainian legal firm Axon Partners focused on work with IT industry used Bitcoin to form its charter capital. The company was founded when IT and media partner at Juscutum, Dmitri Gadomski, abandoned the company to start his own business. Axon Partners became the country’s first company to form its charter capital completely in Bitcoin. Juscutum […]

This week’s ForkLog overview features news from leading crypto-exchanges, the continuing battle for markets between various projects, and, most certainly, fintech news. Bitcoin Price As compared to last week’s achievements, Bitcoin’s price has dropped a bit to nearly $408 at the time of publishing. During the week, the cryptocurrency managed to reach as much as […]

In late 2014, Microsoft announced its plans to integrate bitcoin into payments systems of Windows and Xbox out of the blue. The move immediately influenced the cryptocurrency’s price, which back then was steadily growing. However, earlier this week there were several reports suggesting the corporation had rejected the appealing idea of embracing cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin businesses in Bulgaria develop slowly but steadily: there are a few operational BTM’s in the country’s capital of Sofia, local community meetings, and a local exchange. All in all, bitcoin infrastructure in the country is pretty fine. ForkLog talked with Vladislav Dramaliev, co-founder of Bulgaria’s first bitcoin exchange and several other related services. Regulation […]

As bitcoin industry in Ukraine continues rapidly evolving, there are dozens of interesting bitcoin and blockchain-oriented projects. When it comes to bitcoin exchanges, the general situation leads to a fierce competition, including that for the title of Ukraine’s first exchange. Here are some cryptocurrency exchanges positioning themselves as Ukraine-based projects in one way or another. […]

We hear about Bitcoin investment every now and then. The theme is burning for both global investment funds (Nasdaq, American Express, Goldman Sachs) and regular entrepreneurs. Following the successful crowdfunding campaign of Bitcoin exchange KUNA in Ukraine, which was financed solely in bitcoins, the actuality of this kind of investment has only increased. On the […]

This week’s overview is dedicated to good and not-so-good news about bitcoin, further rise of Ethereum, interesting findings of blockchain researches, and other things. Bitcoin Price Comparing to last week’s values, Bitcoin price has grown a bit, with the exchange rate sitting at $414 at the time of writing. Last Saturday, the rate dropped to […]

Bitcoin community, at least when it comes to news agenda, is represented mostly by men. However, it doesn’t mean that there are no women involved in crypto-technologies. Thus, according to Zerohedge’s research of 2013, the bitcoin community’s demography depicts an average user as a male (96%) of 32 years of age, a libertarian or anarcho-capitalist […]

Falling of bitcoin, rise of Ethereum, continuation of the block size debate, and events fintech industry and blockchain development have shaped this week for crypto-space. Bitcoin Price While Bitcoin was worth nearly $430 last week, seven days later its price reached $440 at a brief moment, but then came dangerously close to $400. Notably, the […]

Last month has been quite fruitful with events being held with a single aim to reach an industry-wide consensus on Bitcoin network scaling. Bitfury Group, the world’s leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company, initiated the first Bitcoin Consensus Roundtable back in January, with two other meetings to follow later. The second Roundtable, […]

Old-fashioned corporations and traditional business schemes continuously give ground these days. As the world gradually submerges in the ocean of postmodernist paradigm, the very essence of successful businesses is changing, with a term ‘Uber moment’ used to refer to those changes. Indeed, the same Uber is a cab company that owns no cars. Similarly, Alibaba […]