Tag: Bitcoin broker

August 05, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Mt Gox plans print marketing campaign to encourage Bitcoin commerce

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…

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July 04, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Mt Gox resumes withdrawals, as Bitcoin prices slide

Bitcoin 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…

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June 24, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange suffers downtime early Monday

Bitcoin 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…

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June 24, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

SetOption latest to offer Bitcoin binary options trading

Bitcoin 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…

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June 21, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Mt Gox details reasons for suspension of US dollar withdrawals

Bitcoin 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…

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June 05, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Bitcoin prices manipulated last weekend?

Bitcoin 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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