Bitcoin in the World
Media coverage and reception of digital and crypto- currencies
How to know the Status?
Bitcoin has grown at an organic rate expected by word of mouth with occasional media bursts.
Bitcoin has been covered in a number of news publications over time. The first mention of bitcoin on Slashdot had a correlation to a price increase. The price reacted to news often as a very young currency, but over time stories lost much of their effect on the exchange rate.
You can view the # of txs and the size of them, some companies will tell you how many wallets or users they think they have. But there is no exact way to know the total number of btc users or crypto users in general.
Reports
What does the media report on and why?
The stories mentioning Bitcoin or other cryptos and digital currencies can be inquisitive, dismissive, or downright angry. There have been over 100 stories declaring Bitcoin ‘dead’, yet it continues.
Recently there has been much discussion of the Blockchain technology being a valuable tool but banks don’t want the bitcoin token associated with it.
Vocal Statements
IBM 'Master Inventor' Peter Finn said, it 'could change everything' in a paper with Richard Brown
Fred Wilson who has funded Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, and 10gen. “A lot of people ask me “are you still bullish on Bitcoin” and that question irritates me. Because it suggests that Bitcoin is simple. Bitcoin is not simple, it is not going away, and it continues to fascinate me more than almost anything out there in the tech sector. I’m excited to have a chance to talk about it in public with people who understand it better than I do.”
Vocal Statements
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, founder of SpaceX and co-founder of PayPal, said it ‘could be a good thing.’
Bill Gates is an advocate of digital currency, especially mPesa used in Kenya but he has said he thinks there should be some government control over the coins.
Lawrence Summers, who was the Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton said, "We soon see many billions of people sending bitcoin everyday as easily as they currently send a text Message." and “has the potential to be a very, very important development.” He is also on the board of 21.
JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon said, “Bitcoin is going nowhere” & “Virtual currency will be stopped.”
Vocal Statements
“The power of friction-free transactions over the Internet will unleash the typical forces of consolidation and globalization, and we will end up with six digital currencies: US Dollar, euro, Yen, Pound, Renminbi and Bitcoin.” -- Charlie Songhurst, Microsoft’s head of corporate strategy.
Mastercard put out a negative video calling bitcoin transactions 'suspicious transactions and can't be trusted. ' They say transaction without the bank are suspicious and only criminals save money outside of banks. They are even trying to lobby governments away from it.
Visa on the other hand said they support it, and could work with it.
Vocal Statements
Brad Templeton, the founder and architect of the first-ever entirely web-based business, ClariNet, “Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are significant in that they take some aspects of finance that were formerly in the hands of professionals and unlock them for the public at large.”
Blythe Masters, formerly global head of commodities at JPMorgan, in March of 2015 became the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings. According to the Financial Times they "aims to be a venue for buyers and sellers of financial assets to meet and transact, switching currencies into bitcoin in order to cut the cost and time of settlement and make use of the decentralized 'block chain' as a secure record of transactions."
Vocal Statements
Former Director of US Mint, Edmund Moy said, "It's time banks got competition. Time for cryptocurrencies" Edmund Moy, the 38th director of the U.S. Mint who led the agency from 2006 to 2011, has joined the board of advisers of Coin.co, a New York-based company that provides Bitcoin payment options to large companies and organizations.
Warren Buffett has told people to 'stay away' from bitcoin, and stated that it is a very effective way of transmitting money but that he doesn't think it has a huge intrinsic value, if any.
VP of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, David Andolfatto, blogged that bitcoin could be the next ‘safe asset’.
Vocal Statements
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet (formerly Google) said, “The technical answer in bitcoins is that bitcoins are a remarkable cryptographic achievement and the ability to create something which is not duplicable in the digital world has enormous value."
John McAfee who long ago created and sold the McAfee Antivirus Software said, “I think electronic currency is inevitable. — Let’s face it, Pandora’s box has been opened it is here. Whether or not it is Bitcoin is the question. There are tremendous technology problems with Bitcoin. There are tremendous infrastructure problems. —”
Entering Crypto Space
The founder of Visa, Dee Hock, has joined Xapo along with John Reed, a former Chairman and CEO of Citibank, and Lawrence Summers a former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Former Skype COO Michael Jackson was hired by Maidsafe.
Anthony Watson, a former CIO of Nike left his job and moved to a new town and began working at a bitcoin startup. In June he was promoted to CEO of the company BitReserve.
Former NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer became an Advisory Director with Tera Group, which operates the bitcoin derivatives platform Tera Exchange.
Entering Crypto Space
Former Netscape Director Launches Bitcoin Remittance App Abra
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. invested in bitcoin consumer- services company Circle Internet Financial
Trading firm DRW Holdings LLC said a subsidiary had “begun to experiment with cryptocurrency trading.
Linux Foundation announced a bitcoin blockchain initiative to help develop new fintech applications
Other Announcements
Microsoft started accepting bitcoin payments in their XBox online store and have since expanded for other services. They are working with BitPay who said that Microsoft had aggressive plans for bitcoin.
MIT did something called the 'MIT airdrop' where $100 million worth of bitcoin were available to be given out to freshmen in 2014. It was a great idea but flawed execution caused not all freshmen to be signed up and the btc had to be spent within a short time period. Some freshmen didn't even know about the program.
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Joins Next Gen Payment Startup Planet Capital.
Other Announcements
IBM, Intel, and JP Morgan Chase have made online job postings for some sort of cryptocurrency related job.
Kim Dotcom, the man arrested by the US in New Zealand for operating an online storage and hosting website called Mega, plans to use the blockchain for a secure new online storage site, Secure locker.
Goldman Sachs has been tweeting about bitcoin and posting videos of their discussions on it.
Insurance company USAA began working with bitcoin on a limited basis
Funding
Over 2 million USD was invested in Bitcoin and blockchain companies in the year 2012.
Over 90 million in 2013.
Over 360 million in 2014.
Over 650 million in 2015.
290 million USD in the first half of 2016.
Let’s look at some of those announcements.
Funding
In 2013 Coinbase got $25 million in funding.
Coinbase raised $75 million in January 2015, investors including banks and Intercontinentalexchange Inc., a unit of the NYSE.
Pantera Bitcoin Fund Filed with the SEC in 2014 with over $90 Million Invested at the time. And 1.1 million in 2015 for the start of BitPesa.
Also in 2014 BlockChain.info got $30 million, 15 for BIT, BitPay 30, blockstream 21, 20 for BitFury and Xapo, 17 for Circle, 14 for Bitnet and KnCMiner, 12 for BitGo, and $10 million dollars for OKCoin.
Funding
Bitcoin hardware wallet startup Ledger has raised €1.3m in an investment round led by French VC fund, XAnge Private Equity.
10 million for Sweden-based digital currency exchange Cryex.
In 2015 the bitcoin exchange itBit raised $25 million in one round of investments.
The mining pool BitFury raised $20 million to pay for a datacenter which they plan to use with their new ASIC chips.
AirBitz receives $450,000 seed investment from Block26.
BitFlyer, a Japanese exchange, got $4 million.
Funding
Yahoo finance says Goldman Sachs and China’s IDG Capital Partners are investing $50 million in Circle Internet Financial.
Caribbean Startup Bitt Receives $4 Million.
Elliptic Raises US$5m to Eliminate Illicit Bitcoin Transactions.
Bitcoin Blockchain smart contracts startup RSK Labs raises a $1m seed round.
Purse Raises $1 Million, Plans ‘Secret Bitcoin Project’.
Blockchain platform provider, Gem, raised $7.1 million in seed funds.
Funding
Japan-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has raised ¥3bn, or just shy of $27m.
The Ethereum backed DAO or Decentralized Autonomous Organization raised over $100 million USD in spring 2016. Before the season was out it ‘lost’ nearly a quarter of this funding due to an unforeseen exploit.
$20 million USD for Quoine
Circle financial raised $60 million from Chinese investors at the summer’s start ‘16
Banks Making Statements On Cryptos
The Bank of England (BoE) has released papers on the emergence and economics of digital money, even a short video. They in conjunction with the London SChool of Economics have also started a bitcoin and blockchain leadership forum.
In 2014 the Federal Reserve released a 'primer' paper explaining bitcoin as well as another paper 'Bitcoin: Technical Background and Data Analysis' which comes to no big conclusions other than that bitcoin is an immature market. However, like many other banks there are reports of them looking at 'hybrid' systems that utilize the blockchain technology without using bitcoin.
Banks Making Statements On Cryptos
Citi group (Citi bank) requested information on digital currencies such as bitcoin and this is their response to such a report. “While we believe that the use of Digital Money is certain, the future of specific crypto, currencies such as Bitcoin is less clear”
They go on to state that they think the best form of digital currency would be government issued one, because it would be better than today's cash. The report says the banks and governments must be at the center of this technological drive and that bitcoin in its current state is no good. They want a world wide monetary policy so they can track and control financed across the globe.
A few months later there emerged reports that they were working to create their own digital currency. They stated they wanted to 'exploit the opportunities within in' in regards to blockchain technology, but use bitcoin.
Banks Making Statements On Cryptos
The Development Bank of Singapore hosted a bitcoin development get together.
Fidelity filled out a trademark application for a 'FidelityCoin' and 'FedCoin' in the USA. It should be noted, that like the above CitiCoin, FidelityCoin is the name of a previously existing alt-crypto.
The ECB or European Central Bank in 2012 released a report criticizing virtual currencies and the some danger they pose to the control of the central banks.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said using bitcoin is faster and cheaper but mentioned they thought the blockchain technology would probably suceed without bitcoin.
Banks Making Statements On Cryptos
BNP PARIBAS released an article that explains bitcoin and offers two potential scenarios for its future; total disruption or assimilation into the current system as a tool.
Spain's second largest bank, BBVA, made a video explaining how to use btc.
"It is out of the question banning Bitcoin", says governor of the People’s Bank of China.
The Bank of Japan put out a paper on it and even announced it wants to make its own digital currency.
Other Organizations Discussing E-Money
The RAND corporation ‘an influential global policy think tank with strong defense and homeland security ties,’ released a paper on National Security Implications of Virtual Currency.
The Associated Press or AP released a story explaining, ‘what is Bitcoin?’
Rutgers Bitcoin Study: An ‘Ideal’ System Misunderstood by the Public
The company Bosch thinks digital currencies can make things more secure
Stories All Over The World
Swiss newspaper positive mention.
Lloyd's insurance company in London has held discussion forums about it.
Popular German Newspaper 'Die Welt' did a balanced story on bitcoin.
From page of Il Sole 24 Ore, an italian newspaper
Explained in Daily Nation a newspaper from Kenya
Explained in a nationwide test for students in the Netherlands
Price rally seen on central Chinese TV, article on Bitcoin’s golden age
Crypto Companies Hacked & People Scammed
News isn’t all good, and the complex nature of Bitcoin makes it easy to make mistakes that others can take advantage of.
Data theft is nothing new but Bitcoin means that the data is also the value.
In 2015, Bitfinex was hacked but by design only 00.5% of their funds were possibly available, Excoin, Bter, and HitBTC all got hacked as well.
Flexcoin lost nearly 900btc in 2014 and shut down, input.io also got hacked and shut down.
Mt Gox, Silk road, and silk road 2 were both hacked. User data taken and coins stolen from hot wallets.
Crypto Companies Hacked & People Scammed
Nearly 80,000 coins were lost in 2011 to the MyBitcoin wallet shutdown.
Bitcoinia hacks in 2012 lost over 50,000 btc.
BitDayTrade was supposed to be an improved version of Bitcoinia and is responsible for nearly 10,000 lost btc.
Around fall of 2013 Inputs.io ran by a party known as 'TradeFortress' claims it was hacked of about 4,100 bitcoin. This site was intended to a secure online storage medium and was apparently hacked with a very targeted attack.
In 2013 Instawallet was hacked and shut down, OZCoin lost over 900 btc.
Crypto Companies Hacked & People Scammed
Bitcointalk is a web forum for discussing topics related to bitcoin, while it is not an exchange and no money is held online is has been hacked more than once.
Some people have hacked other's bitcoins because they saw a vulnerability and didn't want anyone else to get to it, later giving the btc back to those original owners a few times too.
Passwords a list of 79,000 email, usernames, and passwords was allegedly stolen from cloudminr.io and put online to be sold for 1 btc, worth ~$300 at the time.
igot failed to pay many customers thousands of dollars
Crypto Companies Hacked & People Scammed
Similar to ‘hacks’ but different, these instance were far more social engineering attacks as they relied on people cooperating.
Around 3,700 bitcoin were stolen by the former CEO, one Ryan Kennedy, of a company named Moolah.
A Ponzi scheme using bitcoin called bitcoin saving and trust run by Trendon Shavers allegedly raised 764,000 btc.
Butterfly Labs who took money for orders on ASIC mining rigs they never sent or used heavily before shipment.
BitPay got scammed out of nearly 5,000 btc in a targeted phishing attack.
Crypto Companies Hacked & People Scammed
Another company promised delivery of mining units and never delivered, this company ActiveMiner has been ordered to hand over all profits and has been fined nearly $90,000.
The Neo&Bee company raised start up capital that was spent mostly on advertisements. The CEO absconded with any remaining bitcoins. Cyprus, the area where the company was and put up ads, had slogans that asked, 'Who is Neo?' They joke that people afterwards asked 'Where is Neo?”
Bitfinex got hacked and lost 119,756 btc.
A near complete list of btc related scams can be found here.
Almost all of these hacks were a type of social engineering or bad security practices.
‘Hacks’ Are Common
In 2014 UPS announced hack compromised places in 24 states.
A hospital network had 4.5 million records hacked.
Yahoo! had 500 million user accounts compromised.
In May of 2015 the IRS had a data breach of over 100,000 people's tax returns.
In June 2015 it was announced that hackers had gained personal information on every federal employee in the US, including social security numbers of almost everyone in the armed forces.
Look out for misspelled website, emails from people you don’t know personally, and don’t give out personal information. More hints for avoiding scams can be found online, here is an example.
News Reports
Articles and stories have covered bitcoin in various ways since its early days when such a mention had a seemingly direct impact on the price. For the most part the stories started off describing it as a curiosity and wondering what will happen with it.
As time went on more reports came out that showed bitcoin in a negative light.
After the Silk Road arrests Bitcoin became synonymous with drug money which still affects its reputation today.
Let’s look at just a few of the great number of headlines on Bitcoin related stories.
2010
Slashdot - A forum reply but still one of the first mentions of bitcoin on a public place.
Irish Times - Imagine your computer as a wallet full of Bitcoins
LWN.net - Bitcoin: Virtual money created by CPU cycles
Xfin.wordpress - BitCoin: a rube-goldberg machine for buying electricity
2011
C-Net - Bitcoin mentioned in a podcast and Buzz out Loud videos. & Senators target Bitcoin currency, citing drug sales
PC World - Could the Wikileaks Scandal Lead to New Virtual Currency?
Forbes - So, That's the End of Bitcoin Then
The NY Times - Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash
Time - Bitcoins: Does an Internet Currency Mean the Doom of the Dollar?
- Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Banks
- Report: Police Confuse Bitcoin Miner’s Power Use for Growing Weed
The New Yorker - The Crypto Currency
The Calculating Investor - Why Bitcoin Will Fail as a Currency
Slashdot - Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity
2012
Fortune - Bitcoin looks primed for money laundering
Slashdot - Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million
Forbes - Bitcoin Foundation Launches To Drive Bitcoin's Advancement
Wired.com - FBI Fears Bitcoin’s Popularity with Criminals
Venturebeat.com - Bitcoin value spikes after hacker demands ransom in the currency
NetworkWorld - Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary
2013
MS-NBC - The mysterious Bitcoin
- Could Bitcoin be the currency of the future?
- The bitcoin — funny money or currency of the future?
- Bitcoin: Money of the future?
- Bitcoin breaks new ground during Senate scrutiny.
The NY Times - A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail
Forbes - How You Should Have Spent $100 In 2013 (Hint: Bitcoin)
2013 Continued
CNN - The Real Significance of the Bitcoin Boom (and Bust)
- Why cyber currency Bitcoin is trading at an all-time high (This was at around $40/btc)
C-net - Multiple stories of trojans that can use other's computers to mine btc, btc heists and thefts - Much Ado About Bitcoin
The New Yorker - The bitcoin boom
Business Insider - Bitcoin Is A Joke
2014
New York Times -Time Inc. Begins Accepting Bitcoin Payments
CNN - Bitcoin: One year on from peak price, what does the future hold?
BusinessWeek - Bitcoin Dreams
MS-NBC - Are bitcoin future money or just a scam?
- Bitcoin's road to the future.
C-net - Should Bitcoins be banned?
- Expedia embraces -- and legitimizes – Bitcoin
FTAlphaville - Cult Markets: When the bubble bursts
2015
MS-NBC - Why bitcoins are important
-Wall street fears bitcoin
- Should we take bitcoin more seriously?
Fortune.com - How Wall Street got into the wild business of Bitcoin
Forbes - Is the world ready for Bitcoin to go mainstream?
Playboy - You'll soon be able to anonymously send people money with ease, and it will be a big deal
American Banker - Why Banks Are Testing Bitcoin's Blockchain (Without Bitcoin)
Yahoo Finance - Why financial firms are investigating bitcoin tech
2015 Continued
Nasdaq.com - Is A Blockchain Without Bitcoin Possible Or Practical?
- Bit-bugs: Bitcoin as the New Safe haven
Washington Post - Bitcoin isn’t the future of money
- it’s either a Ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme
Business Agenda, a major newspaper in the Philippines, - From fantasy currency to financial disruptor
The Guardian - Could blockchain technology solve streaming music’s payment rows?
Fox - Finding Value in Bitcoin
Entrepreneur - What Is the Future of Bitcoin?
2016
Money Week - It’s time to buy bitcoin
- Why I’m buying bitcoins
WSJ - Bitcoin catches on with Goldbugs
Reuters - CME, ICE prepare pricing data that could boost bitcoin
NASDAQ - The Five Most Useful Properties of Bitcoin
- Bitcoin: A Significantly Investable Asset
- Why Bitcoin Could Be More Important Than The Internet
Forbes- Is Bitcoin Better Than Gold?
2016 Continued
The International Monetary Fund - The Internet of Trust
Reuters - Virtual Safe Haven?
CNBC - Bitcoin gains validity as digital gold after Brexit vote
Huffington Post - CRYPTO CURRENCIES - A TIME TO INVEST?
2017
NYT - Bitcoin Price Soars, Fueled by Speculation and Global Currency Turmoil
Nasdaq - Bitcoin: Why It Now Belongs in Every Portfolio
Article Tone
Some articles are negative:
Forbes -Why Apple Pay And Dollars Are Killing Bitcoin
Financial Times - Chances of Bitcoin Making it are now Zero
The Washington Post - R.I.P., Bitcoin. It’s time to move on
But increasingly many are positive:
Bloombergview.com - Bitcoin Won 2015. Apple ... Did Not
The Street - Here's Why It's Time to Invest in Bitcoin in This Crazy Market
The Drum - Australia can't afford to miss the 'blockchain' revolution
When Price Rises, So Does Story Count
And the content of most the stories when the volatility is high is usually the exchange rate and predictions on it
You can find many people posting online their predictions on the value of 1 bitcoin, what it should be, what it will be at some point, and what it could be if they believe hard enough. When the price was steadily climbing towards $1000 for the first time many people said it would keep going to 10 or 100 thousand USD/btc
For every prediction of a high price and a reason why it should be so there are predictions of lower prices and reasons why they should come to pass
After the June 2016 price-rise there was an increase in articles referencing Bitcoin in lieu of the blockchain or blockchain technology
Bitcoin, Blockchains, Distributed Ledgers, And More
Companies are increasingly talking about Bitcoin derived technology but voicing their intentions to divorce the bitcoin token from the blockchain however many don’t see this as feasible. Just to name a few; let’s look at some companies starting their own blockchain initiatives, digital currency laboratory, distributed ledger program, and private blockchains
European bank UBS plans to create a blockchain focused lab for research
Companies want to make blockchains to connect other blockchains
Microsoft has begun hosting blockchains for others on their Azure cloud platform
Bitcoin, Blockchains, Distributed Ledgers, And More
R3, a collaboration or consortium between financial institutions, what started as only nine grew to over forty companies trying to work together to bring some of the technology behind Bitcoin into use by banks. They are working on at least a distributed ledger system called Corda
RBC or the Royal Bank of Canada announced intentions for a remittance system using distributed ledger technology powered by Ripple
IBM has their Open Ledger Project
Hyperledger, likely a private or permissioned blockchain by Digital Asset Holdings
A large bank in South Korea announced it will work on blockchain remittances
Bitcoin, Blockchains, Distributed Ledgers, And More
The government of Dubai announced: Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation announces launch of Global Blockchain Council
Fidor Bank began working with Kraken in 2013
MIT’s Enigma initiative is a decentralized cloud platform backed by a blockchain
Banks like some parts of Bitcoin but not all
Banks want to use the Blockchain technology created by Bitcoin without the other features that some argue are needed to work.
The technology that results from all
this research will likely bear little
resemblance to Bitcoin.
A new type of currency, a digital
bearer instrument, an advance beyond
the current system in addition to coins,
bills, and bank cards.
Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain
Top on the list of 2015 financial buzzwords is blockchain. The blockchain, a blockchain, blockchains, blockchain tech, even the appalling no article ‘blockchain’ appeared in many articles discussing how blockchain can, can’t, will, or won’t change everything.
WSJ: Blockchain: Catalyst for Massive Change Across Industries
Yahoo Finance: Here's how you can invest in the blockchain
Financial Post: It’s not just for banks: The coming blockchain revolution is going to have dramatic ramifications for all of us
& Technology: Banks seek the key to blockchain
Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain
Nasdaq: IBM Spearheads Open Ledger Project, Which Uses Blockchain Technology
& Governments Around the World Are Warming Up to Bitcoin and the Blockchain
Telegraph: Nasdaq makes first share trade using blockchain technology
American Banker: Accept It: The Blockchain Will Be Part of Your Bank's Business
EconoTimes: Sony Corporation Shows Interest in Blockchain Technology
& Visa to start research on blockchain technology
Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain
TechWorld: Why banks are betting on the blockchain - not bitcoin - to transform the financial sector
BraveNewCoin: Multi Billion dollar asset management companies to explore blockchain use
Business Insider de: GOLDMAN SACHS: 'The Blockchain can change... well everything'
Finance Magnates: CFTC Commissioner: Blockchain Could’ve Prevented Run on Lehman Brothers
Tech Crunch - Blockchain is the new Google
Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain
Scientific American - Blockchain Enhances Privacy, Security and Conveyance of Data
NY Times - Envisioning Bitcoin’s Technology at the Heart of Global Finance
World Economic Forum - The future of financial infrastructure: An ambitious look at how blockchain can reshape financial services
Boston Globe - Bigger than bitcoin: Here comes blockchain
Director - Blockchain: the internet’s second generation
Government Issued Blockchains & Cryptos
Russia in Spring 2016 announced plans to create their own cryptographically secured cryptocurrency but some feared the legislation might be used to ban all other cryptos.
Ecuador created an electronic currency tied to the US dollar based on their paper money and banned Bitcoin and other cryptos in 2014.
Auroracoin was an attempt at a national currency in Iceland starting in 2014 that failed to gain widespread adoption.
The Luster of Blockchains Starting to Wear Off?
Appearing in the latter half of 2016 articles began appears to denounce to buzz work of blockchains
The R3C consortium began to lose high profile members
The work these financial institutions have made in the last few years has allowed them to make a number of blockchain related patents
R3 Admits Defeat, Stops Blockchain Development - Feb 2017
Bank Use of Bitcoin in South Korea
Korean bank Shinhan Bank announced it would begin to use btc for remittance in regard to a China-Korea corridor of payments. A move intended to lower fees and save the company money may force other companies to make similar moves.
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Nature Article http://www.nature.com/news/the-future-of-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin-and-beyond-1.18447
http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/11/the-blockchain-is-the-new-google/ https://i.imgur.com/xMoqDog.jpg?1
R3E Articles disappearing http://www.bitcoinerrorlog.com/2016/05/13/r3cev-articles-mysteriously-disappear/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4j5w77/turmoil_at_blockchain_consortium_r3_over_proposed/
Kenya’s newspaper Daily Nation https://i.imgur.com/xMoqDog.jpg?1
another story http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Its-time-to-find-an-alternative-to-cash/-/440808/3208904/-/5nrhyf/-/index.html
Nasdaq, myths on Bitcoin http://www.nasdaq.com/article/top-10-myths-about-bitcoin-cm620562
In a test https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4jrnor/my_youngest_son_just_did_his_high_school_exam/
IBM don’t stifle blockchains https://news.bitcoin.com/ibm-govt-blockchain-falling-behind/
https://news.bitcoin.com/ibm-govt-blockchain-falling-behind/ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6825.0;all
The DAO for ether https://www.ethereum.org/dao http://www.coindesk.com/the-dao-just-raised-50-million-but-what-is-it/
DAO whitepaper https://download.slock.it/public/DAO/WhitePaper.pdf
DAO ELI5 https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4h4xbt/the_dao_eli5_thought_i_would_share/
More DAO https://daohub.org/principles.html
DAO gets over 100 million USD in funding http://www.wsj.com/articles/chiefless-company-rakes-in-more-than-100-million-1463399393
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-catches-on-with-gold-bugs-1463959897
Avoid scams https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/complete-guide-to-bitcoin-scams?locale=en
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/dublin-become-hub-tech-underpins-bitcoin-062119388--finance.html
Mat 2016 Goldman Sachs report on private blockchains https://www.scribd.com/doc/313839001/Profiles-in-Innovation-May-24-2016-1
http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/ireland-embraces-cryptocurrency-fintech-solutions/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroracoin
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article30968391.html
http://www.coinfox.info/news/1651-australian-police-24500-bitcoins
Sheeple marketplace auction of coins by Aus Gov http://www.afr.com/technology/ernst--young-16-million-bitcoin-auction-20160527-gp53i0
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-buying-sparks-bitcoin-surge-1464608221
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/30/australia-to-auction-115-million-confiscated-bitcoins.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4lxzpo/hope_you_enjoy_the_latest_installment_for_my/
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/the-five-most-useful-properties-of-bitcoin-cm628531
Quartz artcile on blockchain revolution book http://qz.com/685831/the-republican-crackdown-on-2012s-ron-paul-insurgency-boosted-donald-trumps-delegate-math-and-changed-how-the-party-connects-with-its-supporters/
IMF article on The Internet of Trust, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2016/06/adriano.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/markets-bitcoin-idUSL8N1982E6
A price rise at the end of Spring 2016 is causing many price related articles and may be promoting other articles
Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-06-15/tapscott-on-blockchain-this-will-change-the-world
Here WSJ calls it Bitcoin’s technology not Blockchain technology http://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-of-canada-explores-blockchain-technology-1466107171
http://millennial-investor.com/the-dawn-of-a-new-economy-and-why-millennials-hate-the-old-one/
https://twitter.com/derosetech/status/743932647265681408
Home Depot files lawsuit with visa & mastercard for stifiling chip/pin http://www.wsj.com/articles/home-depot-u-s-credit-card-firms-slow-to-upgrade-security-1466000734
Head of Post banks says govs will lose control of money http://forklog.net/head-of-post-bank-believes-government-will-inevitably-lose-control-over-money-transactions/
Bank of Canada crypto is far away http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/no-cryptocurrency-anytime-soon-bank-of-canada-says-were-very-far-off
20M USD in funding for Quoine https://news.bitcoin.com/quoine-funding-asian-bitcoin-soars/
CNBC Bitcoin is the new safe-haven asset: analyst http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/20/all-that-glisters-is-bitcoin-now-as-safe-a-haven-as-gold.html
China, Bitcoin’s golden age https://sinocept.com/2016/06/21/bitcoins-golden-age/
Price rally seen on central Chinese TV https://twitter.com/cnLedger/status/744528738113642499
60M for circle http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/shinal/2016/06/22/circles-60m-chinese-funding-underscores-chinese-bitcoin-demand/86261412/
Mother/Vice, btc replace tax havens https://motherboard.vice.com/read/bitcoin-might-make-tax-havens-obsolete
Qz paypal warming up to bitcoin http://qz.com/713528/paypal-is-warming-up-to-bitcoin/
FOIC ‘warning’ on btc https://coincenter.org/2016/06/lets-take-deep-breath-fsoc-reports-warning/
Sci american http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blockchain-enhances-privacy-security-and-conveyance-of-data/
World Economic Forum predicts blockchain tech as one of 1 top emerging things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf9ekJOZpqU&app=desktop
WEF, why banks shouldn’t fear blockchain https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/why-banks-shouldnt-fear-blockchain-2cdadd63319e#.d9h4axgow
The ‘Brexit’ corresponded to a price movement http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000529359
CNBC Bitcoin gains validity as digital gold after Brexit vote http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/27/bitcoin-gains-validity-as-digital-gold-after-brexit-vote.html
Greenspan urges return to gold standard http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-27/greenspan-warns-crisis-imminent-he-urges-return-gold-standard
Investing.com opes up to btc http://www.investing.com/analysis/keep-an-eye-on-bitcoin-200142512
BLockchains are hype? http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/606253/understanding-blockchain-hype-why-much-it-nothing-more-than-snake-oil-spin/
CNBC Bitcoin gains validity as digital gold after Brexit vote http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/27/bitcoin-gains-validity-as-digital-gold-after-brexit-vote.html
Greenspan urges return to gold standard http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-27/greenspan-warns-crisis-imminent-he-urges-return-gold-standard
http://blog.holytransaction.com/2016/06/dutch-central-bank-tests-bitcoin.html
Dutch bank testing factomish system http://bravenewcoin.com/news/dutch-central-banks-third-dnbcoin-prototype-delves-into-smart-contracts-and-trusted-ownership/
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/01/all-paper-currencies-are-doomed-marc-faber-says.html
List of over 140 industry papers on btc & blockchains http://bravenewcoin.com/news/industry-research-papers-highlight-blockchain-technologys-disruptive-potential/
http://bravenewcoin.com/industry-resources/industry-research/2016/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper_Networks
http://www.juniperresearch.com/home
Coinbase plans expansion in Asia after $10M in funding http://www.wsj.com/articles/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-to-invest-in-bitcoin-venture-coinbase-1467910803
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-seaman/a-scenario-where-bitcoin_b_10861492.html
Reuters before the halving #2 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-bitcoin-mining-idUSKCN0ZO2CW
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/09/bitcoin-miners-face-fight-for-survival-as-new-supply-halves.html
Wendy’s credit card info stolen in hack AUTO PLAY http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/08/news/companies/wendys-hack/index.html
COIN ETF https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/batsbzx/2016/34-78262.pdf PDF WARNING
French school opens course related to btc https://enseignements-2016.ehess.fr/2016/ue/1632/
Summary of over 30 btc company ‘hacks’ https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard/
Butterfly labs bought /r/buttcoin? http://www.dailydot.com/business/buttcoin-butterfly-labs-takeover/
http://fortune.com/2016/07/10/wall-street-blockchain-technology-banking/
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/50087.wss
It’s not about the tech, it’s about the money http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/its-not-about-the-technology-its-about-the-money/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/solidx-bitcoin-trust-files-for-ipo-1468323819
Man uses btc and travels around world for 18 months http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/07/14/this-man-traveled-around-the-world-for-18-months-spending-only-bitcoin/#1a7a2bb261ea
IBM plans its own blockchain hosting program http://www.coinfox.info/news/5928-ibm-cloud-services-to-protect-blockchain-companies
Bank of England testing BC http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/07/19/bank-england-ground-work-central-bank-backed-digital-currency/
One user’s take on what blockchains are https://tpbit.blogspot.ca/2015/06/bitcoin-vs-blockchain.html
‘Blockchains’ in decline https://medium.com/@pavelkravchenko/decline-of-blockchain-hype-and-rise-of-a-common-sense-8de5789a794d#.89j7dottz
Btc adoption in Venezuela in light in high inflation? http://calvinayre.com/2016/07/21/business/turning-point-for-bitcoin-imf-forecasts-1640-inflation-for-venezuela/
A torrenting site taken down and btc exchange related https://torrentfreak.com/can-kickasstorrents-make-a-comeback-160721/
BS&T operator sentences to jail time http://themerkle.com/bitcoin-savings-trust-ponzi-scheme-operator-sentenced-to-18-months-in-jail/
120 blockchain things in the works http://www.businessinsider.com/moodys-releases-definitive-list-of-every-blockchain-project-out-there-2016-7?r=UK&IR=T
Btc ecosystem maturing http://www.nasdaq.com/article/new-study-reveals-bitcoin-economy-maturing-to-mainstream-enterprise-cm655876
Article source from above http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2808762
Article covering above article https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/new-study-reveals-bitcoin-economy-maturing-to-mainstream-enterprise-1469640897
Pay taxes i Austrai http://tvthek.orf.at/program/ZIB-2/1211/ZIB-2/13343715/Digitale-Waehrung-Bitcoin-als-offizielles-Zahlungsmittel/13343726
70 million worth, 119,756 btc stolen from bitfinex https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4vtuxo/bitfinex_security_breach_trading_will_be_halted/
Director http://www.director.co.uk/blockchain-internets-second-generation-19926-2/
Police officer charged with trying to sell stolen miner http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/08/plainfield_cop_pleads_guilty_in_sting_operation.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/business/dealbook/bitcoin-blockchain-banking-finance.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_tu_20160812&nl=bits&nl_art=1&nlid=1423465&ref=headline&te=1&_r=1 NYT banks want to use blockchains but not btc
The actual report https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-financial-infrastructure-an-ambitious-look-at-how-blockchain-can-reshape-financial-services
Blockchain to replace LC http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/consortium-develops-blockchain-prototype-solution-to-replace-lc-transactions
IBM likes blockchains http://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-blockchain-bitcoins-technology-surprising-fan/
Perth Ledger Electricity Co using BC tech http://powerledger.io/perth-company-put-power-pockets-electricity-consumers/
Hyperledger used http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-hsbc-and-ida-develop-a-blockchain-prototype-solution-for-trade-finance/
Gov Sponsorship http://bravenewcoin.com/news/u-s-department-of-homeland-security-funds-four-blockchain-companies-developing-new-cyber-security-technology/
290mil in mid 16 http://www.coinfox.info/news/6201-investments-in-blockchain-reach-290-million-in-the-first-half-of-2016
Plans to use BC tech by 2018 https://www.ft.com/content/1a962c16-6952-11e6-ae5b-a7cc5dd5a28c
Nasdaq http://www.nasdaq.com/article/bitcoin-a-significantly-investable-asset1-cm671190
The merkle http://themerkle.com/bitcoin-becomes-more-appealing-to-mainstream-investors/
Reuthers http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-cyber-analysis-idUSKCN11411T
Positive article by CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/30/peaks-troughs-and-hacking-why-would-anyone-invest-in-bitcoin.html
SWIFT tells about more hacking http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-swift-idUSKCN11600C?il=0
China taking a lead in cryptos http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/15274/beijing-bitcoin-china
China plans to use BC tech https://news.bitcoin.com/china-social-security-blockchain/
Visa testing bBC tech https://finance.yahoo.com/news/visa-testing-blockchain-technology-europe-231347102.html
FT blockchains hard to implement at banks https://www.ft.com/content/0288caea-7382-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a
Central banks use digital money http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bank-of-england-states-central-bank-issued-digital-currency-will-compete-with-commercial-banks/
Banks using a twist on BC tech http://www.nasdaq.com/article/jp-morgan-has-a-new-twist-on-blockchain-20161003-01252
Bloomberg and electricity https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/bitcoin-technology-harnessed-to-push-electricity-revolution
TV show in Japan to feature BCs https://news.bitcoin.com/cryptocurrency-tv-show-bitgirls/
Yahoo has 500 million user accounts compromised https://investor.yahoo.net/ReleaseDetail.cfm?&ReleaseID=990570
DLT in swiss banks https://ihb.io/2016-09-22/news/blythe-masters-does-bitcoin-to-zurich-28872
Huff Po, time to invest? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/crypto-currencies-a-time-to-invest_us_57ec0d47e4b07f20daa10138
Boston GLobe blockchain https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/09/28/bigger-than-bitcoin-here-comes-blockchain/LpIrfUzMTxoReM4ZaOTEkM/story.html
Some guy in Jamaica doesn’t like btc http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Bitcoin--Nonsense-_74729
County to use BC tech to record transfers https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/chicago-s-cook-county-to-test-bitcoin-blockchain-based-public-records-1475768860
Guy arrested by the FBI for stealing btc https://hacked.com/alleged-bitcoin-thief-dark-web-phishing-scheme-arrested/
IBM puts $200M to blockchain/ IoT research https://news.bitcoin.com/germany-ibm-watson-blockchain-iot/
BTC discussed on NPR https://www.npr.org/player/embed/484029385/484036776
The war on btc’s mining industry http://www.wallstreettechnologist.com/2016/10/13/mining-centralization-the-war-on-bitcoins-mining-industry/
Motherboard Vice on BU https://motherboard.vice.com/read/bitcoin-unlimited-hopes-to-save-bitcoin-from-itself-block-size
South Korea intends to make BS based digital currency http://bravenewcoin.com/news/south-korea-plans-national-digital-currency-using-a-blockchain/
2300 btc stolen from Polish exchange https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcurex-forced-million-theft/
Bitlicense hurting NY? http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-regulations-dfs-idUSKBN12V0CM
Canada tested blockchain digital dollars https://news.bitcoin.com/bank-canada-publish-blockchain-test/
Hempers in CO using btc? https://motherboard.vice.com/read/colorado-hemp-farmers-are-turning-to-bitcoin-for-their-banking-woes
Btc being used for remittance in Korea http://bravenewcoin.com/news/major-korean-bank-to-launch-bitcoin-backed-remittance-service/
Btc reference rate to be used by financial institutions http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/cf-bitcoin-reference-rate.html
Goldman Sachs drops out of R3CEV https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5e3y7b/goldman_sachs_drops_out_of_r3_blockchain_group/
Santander bank as well http://www.coindesk.com/santander-drops-out-r3-blockchain-consortium/
R3 puts out source code for their cordia system http://fortune.com/2016/11/30/r3-open-source-blockchain-corda/
China's Huiyin Group Launches $20 Million Bitcoin Fund http://www.coindesk.com/chinas-huiyin-group-bitcoin-blockchain-venture-fund-20-million/ http://venture.huiyin.com/
Stabl-ish and rising price draws attention http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/bitcoin-price-at-52-week-high-116120300878_1.html
At least one federal employee paid a btc ransom https://news.hodlhodl.com/news/us-federal-prosecutor-paid-1-400-bitcoin-ransom-in-cyberattack-784
COIN ETF gets logo https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579346/000119312516786685/d302498ds1a.htm
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/demonetisation-effect-why-cryptocurrency-is-gaining-currency-in-cashless-times/articleshow/55861664.cms http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/demonetisation-why-bitcoin-is-gaining-currency-in-cashless-times/articleshow/55865960.cms
Forbes, is btc better than gold? http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2016/12/09/is-bitcoin-better-than-gold/#15d188a7c143
Nasdaq, why btc could be bigger than the internet http://www.nasdaq.com/article/why-bitcoin-could-be-more-important-than-the-internet-cm719185
OpenBazar raises 3M http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/30/13799638/coinbase-bitcoin-tax-fraud-investigation-irs
Reuters on btc price http://in.reuters.com/article/bitcoin-trading-idINKBN1422JF
Yahoo announces hack of 1 billion accounts not part of 500 million account hack https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/yahoo-discloses-hack-of-1-billion-accounts/
US watching btc http://europe.newsweek.com/virtual-currencies-bitcoin-being-monitored-us-government-532063?rm=eu
Btc price growth in 2016 better than others’ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-16/bitcoin-s-rally-crushed-every-other-currency-in-2016-here-s-why
Media in Singapore reports that btc is used for capital flight from China http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/capital-flight-a-big-headache-for-beijing
Chinese news site into english http://news.8btc.com/
Ledger the research magazine first issue http://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/issue/view/2/showToc
Banks filing blockchain patents https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-21/who-owns-blockchain-goldman-bofa-amass-patents-for-coming-wars
Corda from R3 cev now on azure http://bravenewcoin.com/news/r3s-corda-blockchain-platform-now-available-on-microsoft-azure/
Time on btc’s rise towards 1k usd http://time.com/money/4618968/bitcoin-value-donald-trump-brexit-1000-dollars/
CNBC- forget about dow 20k bitcoin is about to hit $1000 http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/forget-about-dow-20k-bitcoin-is-about-to-hit-1000.html
WSJ analysis shows btc best performing currency and commidity of 2016 https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/814909039326986244
Bitcoin trounced the DOW this year. http://www.wsj.com/articles/this-currency-has-trounced-the-dow-this-year-124-to-14-1483119419?mod=e2tw
Where will btc be in 20 years, Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-future-of-bitcoin-where-will-it-be-in-20-years_us_5862e743e4b014e7c72ede82
Bitflyer takes out full pages ads in worldwide business newspaper https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5l5plv/today_bitflyer_took_out_a_fullpage_ad_in_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5l5xk3/bitflyers_big_ad_campaign_for_bitcoin_continues_a/
Investing.com on btc’s rise over 1K for new year https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-$1,000-as-2017-kicks-off-450683
Reuters on btc over 1k http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-bitcoin-idUSKBN14M0IF
Btc on BBC at start of 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38495804
Washington post - why btc had an amazing year https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/03/why-bitcoin-just-had-an-amazing-year/?utm_term=.3548b8af5919
Financial Times - Bitcoin passes $1,000 but the only number that matters in 0 https://www.ft.com/content/b5d66ed8-d1b3-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0 -
BNN the big bounce in btc http://www.bnn.ca/investing/video/the-big-bounce-in-bitcoin~1027369
Cnbc can btc replace gold as the new safe haven http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/04/can-bitcoin-replace-gold-as-the-new-safe-haven.html
Bloomberg btc all time high (on some charts) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-04/bitcoin-hits-an-all-time-high-as-currency-controls-drive-fear
KeepKey bounty for hacker https://btcmanager.com/news/business/30-btc-reward-for-arrest-of-keepkey-ceo-phone-hacker/
Investor daily -Btc tipped to replace gold as portfolio staple - http://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/40631-bitcoin-tipped-to-replace-gold-as-portfolio-staple
CNBC analysit says bats ETF chance less than 25% http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/10/bitcoin-etf-would-have-significant-upside--but-wont-happen.html
Who owns the blockchain http://www.economist.com/news/business/21714395-financial-firms-and-assorted-startups-are-rushing-patent-technology-underlies
LACC paid 28,000 USD for cyberransom http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4118112/Los-Angeles-college-paid-28-000-ransom-bitcoin-cyberattackers.html
Blockchain tech https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jan/17/blockchain-digital-technology-development-money
Digital Base Money https://news.bitcoin.com/ecb-actively-considering-cash-like-central-bank-digital-currency/
Nasdaq, btc why it now belongs in every profile http://www.nasdaq.com/article/bitcoin-why-it-now-belongs-in-every-portfolio-cm734833
Nasdaq completes trial with BC https://thestack.com/cloud/2017/01/23/nasdaq-completes-successful-blockchain-e-voting-trial/
4 arrested for stealing electricity for btc in Venezuela https://btcmanager.com/news/venezuelan-police-arrest-bitcoin-miners-for-electricity-theft/
Forbes poor intro to BCs http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/01/24/a-complete-beginners-guide-to-blockchain/#4cc3707266a6
Bitcoin mentioned in commericial during superbowl https://bitconnect.co/bitcoin-news/429/bitcoin-mentioned-for-first-time-ever-during-the-super-bowl/
Businesses create group for ether http://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/2017/02/09/microsoft-others-said-to-form-group-backing-ethereum-blockchain
Banks in Japan investing in btc exchanges https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/japanese-megabanks-invest-bitcoin-exchange/
cnbLedger in newspaper https://twitter.com/cnLedger/status/834352359786442752
Barclays bank shuts down worldwide http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/londoners-stranded-with-no-cash-as-barclays-bank-crashes-nationwide-a3476061.html
Some German articles from early 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5vzsod/media_attention_starts/
Physically settled btc https://news.bitcoin.com/expect-ledgerxs-physically-settled-bitcoin-options/
R3CEV calls their block chain quits https://themerkle.com/r3-admits-defeat-stops-blockchain-development/
Investopedia Time To Be Long Bitcoin http://www.investopedia.com/news/time-be-long-bitcoin-btc/
Circle working with Ethereum http://www.nasdaq.com/article/circle-still-uses-bitcoin-but-is-also-building-on-ethereum-cm756655
Chinese exchanges will not open withdraws yet Mar 8 ‘17 https://news.bitcoin.com/major-chinese-exchanges-postpone-return-withdrawals/