Author

Simon Richardson

I was an English teacher and lecturer for 10 years before I decided to take a change in direction and become a writer. I'd done a lot of writing, blogging and proofreading anyway, and this felt like the natural next step. I'm very interested in technology, and cryptocurrency has dominated the tech landscape for a while now. I started doing my research and became really interested in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies as a whole. I did some White Paper work for a couple of Initial Coin Offerings - mostly marketing and language work - but it made me even more interested and I became a regular crypto blogger before I knew it. Now, here I am at Bitrazzi!

General

Optimism Around Bitcoin Addition Causes Square Share Spike

Simon Richardson Apr 19, 2018 0

A survey from Nomura Instinet has shown that the majority of merchants using Square Inc.'s payment network would be willing to accept Bitcoin - and that is instead of, not as well as US…

CryptoCurrency

Bank of Japan Will Not Issue Central Bank Digital Currency Just Yet

Simon Richardson Apr 17, 2018 0

At a conference this week, the Bank of Japan has announced that it currently has no plans to issue a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). That said, there was a clear underlying intention…

Blockchain

NASA Could Use Smart Contracts to Automate Deep Space Probes

Simon Richardson Apr 17, 2018 0

NASA has announced a new funded research project, called the Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm. The $330,000 grant will allow a team of researchers, headed by Dr. Jin Wei Kocsis,…

General

Washington DC Gets Bitcoin ATMs Courtesy of Coinsource

Simon Richardson Apr 16, 2018 0

In perhaps the most significant step forward by Coinsource of late, 20 Bitcoin ATMs are being installed in Washington DC, meaning the company has now made its mark in the nation's capital.

Featured

Rachel Horowitz Joins Coinbase as VP of Communications

Simon Richardson Apr 10, 2018 0

Coinbase has announced a major new hire, as Rachel Horowitz joins as the Vice President of Communications.

Blockchain

Arizona Strengthens its Case for Being the Blockchain State With New Law

Simon Richardson Apr 7, 2018 0

The Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has signed yet another crypto bill into law in the state of Arizona. This particular law grants permission to corporations in the crypto-friendly state…

News

CoinList Raises $9.2 Million for “Tokenized Exchange for Securities”

Simon Richardson Apr 6, 2018 0

CoinList, a platform that aims to provide lists of ICOs for investors, has now raised $9.2 million of its own in Series A funding. The goal of the platform is to tokenize, and provide a…

CryptoCurrency

LitePay Folds; Litecoin Foundation Forced to Admit Mistake and Apologize

Simon Richardson Mar 29, 2018 0

Litecoin suffered a dip of 10% in price as news broke that LitePay had ceased its operations today. This caused Litecoin founder Charlie Lee to tweet his apologies to the community, pledging…

ICO

Eddy Travia Speaks at Blockchain Venture Summit: ICOs – Facts, Fiction & Future

Simon Richardson Mar 29, 2018 0

The Blockchain Venture Summit in Istanbul was proud to welcome Eddy Travia, co-founder of Coinsilium to the stage, to talk about ICOs. He gave delegates a fascinating history of his own…

Events

Bobby Lee on Bitcoin and Ownership at the Blockchain Venture Summit: Central Banks Will Adopt…

Simon Richardson Mar 28, 2018 0

At the Blockchain Venture Summit hosted by Bitrazzi (a subsidiary of Turkey's Webrazzi) this morning, Bobby Lee delivered some food for thought to a packed room of delegates and thousands…

Mining

Good News for Gamers, Bad News for AMD? Bitmain Has Developed an ASIC Miner for Ethereum

Simon Richardson Mar 27, 2018 0

Susquehanna International Group (SIG) have reported that Bitmain has created an Ethereum-compatible ASIC miner, which could see the demand for GPUs plummet. This would spell good news for…

General

Ripple Creator and Stellar CTO Envisions Universal Payment System; But Blockchain Needs to Remain…

Simon Richardson Mar 26, 2018 0

McCaleb has warned that the blockchain needs to remain completely decentralized in order to work in the long term.

News

Belarus Launches New Crypto Accounting Standard; Will Legalize Activities This Month

Simon Richardson Mar 26, 2018 0

On March 28th 2018, Belarus will legalize crypto. It will also incentivize the development of ICOs and exchanges, with attractive tax breaks for new businesses.

General

Blockchain Capital Raises $150 Million; Takes Total to a Quarter of a Billion

Simon Richardson Mar 23, 2018 0

Blockchain Capital IV, the fourth round of fundraising for the leading crypto-focused Venture Capital firm, has raised $150 million dollars. This now takes the total assets to $250 million.

Bitcoin