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Responding to concerns, Coinbase reveals insurance details

Posted on 27th August, 2014

As bitcoin becomes an increasingly mainstream mechanism for storing and exchanging value, customer protection is rapidly becoming a major topic of discussion. After all, there is no equivalent of the FDIC in the bitcoin world, and the only protections most users have for the BTC in their hosted wallets are the various security techniques of […]

SecondMarket’s Barry Silbert claims the insurance industry is eyeing bitcoin

Posted on 28th March, 2014

With his Bitcoin Investment Trust rapidly gaining interest from curious mainstream investors, it’s no surprise that businesses want to talk to Barry Silbert. What is surprising, however, are the kinds of businesses who are now knocking on his door. Earlier today, Silbert posted this tweet, hinting at what may be the strongest indicator yet of […]