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Roll up for Branded coins, Roll on the Robot Overlords - or Just Roll Your Own

This week John Law delves into custom currencies, robot rulers and cannabis-related bitcoin conundrums.

Di John Law24 gen 2014

Solarcoin equates 1Mw/hr of renewable power to one coin. Will it encourage people to go solar?

Cryptoledgers, like those utilized in bitcoin and litecoin, are not merely one-dimensional, one-trick ponies relegated to simple fiat exchanges.

Di Tim Swanson22 gen 2014

Could company-branded altcoins be on the horizon? Humint thinks so.

Los Angeles exchange CoinMKT now trades in nine cryptocurrencies and is able to accept wires from US bank accounts.

Di Daniel Cawrey21 gen 2014

Jamaica's bobsleigh team has received over $30,000 in dogecoins from what can only be described as meme-loving bobsleigh enthusiasts.

New altcoin NXT uses 100% proof of stake - and plans many other new features.

The creator of Ripple, Jed McCaleb, has donated $500,000 in XRP to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI).

Di Jon Southurst19 gen 2014

Rapper-turned-entrepreneur Kanye West has taken legal action against the creators of altcoin 'Coinye West'.

UK company Alpha Technology says it is now taking pre-orders for the first litecoin ASIC mining devices.