Mt Gox would like to increase the acceptance of Bitcoins as payment by 'regular' merchants. LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox is about to launch a major ad campaign to promote Bitcoin as a 'regular' form of currency for merchants, both online and offline. The campaign will revolve around showing how…
Read moreBitcoin prices at lowest levels since April hype, due in part to Mt Gox's problems. LeapRate Exclusive... Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox has been able to solve one of its main problems, by renewing the ability of customers to withdraw money. As we reported several weeks ago, Mt Gox had halted all US Dollar withdrawals in mid…
Read moreBitcoin trading on Mt Gox halted due to server problem. Adding to its woes of late, which include Mt Gox suspending US dollar withdrawals, leading Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox suffered several hours of downtime early Monday, following a server error. Mt Gox attributed the server problem --which they admitted 'should not occur' -- was due…
Read moreBitcoin prices have lost their wild volatility swings, encouraging more Forex and Binary brokers to think seriously about Bitcoin trading. Binary options broker SetOption has announced that it is launching Bitcoin trading for clients. Not much more information was given, other than that is will be BTCUSD trading. SetOption runs SpotOption's binary options trading platform. SpotOption…
Read moreBitcoin exchange Mt Gox said it will likely be several weeks before US dollar withdrawals are back to normal. Leading Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox put out a detailed statement today, stating why the bank has temporarily suspended US dollar withdrawals from customer accounts. The full text of Mt Gox's statement follows, but essentially it boils…
Read moreFollowing a wild April, Bitcoin prices have retreated into a more moderate trading range in April and May. An interesting story which we and much of the FX brokerage world has been watching lately.... Bitcoin prices have stopped (at least for now) their wild roller coaster ride of up 100% one day and down 60%…
Read moreBitcoin prices and volumes on Mt Gox showed very strange patterns at a normally slow time. Another reason why FX brokers are still generally reluctant to add Bitcoin trading... Coinsetter Blog pointed out a very interesting phenomenon, whereby it questioned whether Bitcoin prices were being manipulated this past Sunday, June 2. After several weeks of relative stability…
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