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US Government Lab Looks to Blockchain for P2P Energy #BlockCypher #BusinessNews #Energy #News #USDepartmentofEnergy

Blockchain startup BlockCypher has partnered with a U.S. Department of Energy lab to develop solutions allowing energy transactions to be settled across multiple blockchains.

The energy agency’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and BlockCypher first plan to demonstrate peer-to-peer energy transactions involving distributed energy resources (DER) over the dash cryptocurrency network…

Dash & BlockCypher Partner to Launch Grant Program For Companies Exploring Blockchain Technology #BlockCypher #Dash

Dash, the leading payments-focused digital currency, has joined forces with BlockCypher to launch a grant program for startups and established companies seeking Blockchain-based solutions in enterprises and new markets. The program will award Blockchain projects with a viable business model, go-to-market plan, and enable innovative use cases on Dash’s network, in conjunction with BlockCypher’s…

United States Federal government Agencies Gradually Adopt Blockchain Tech

  Blockchain modern technology development firms, as well as infrastructure suppliers in addition to Bitcoin mining companies, are starting to be funded by government companies in the United States such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

According to resources consisting of Nextgov, numerous Blockchain business including BlockCypher obtained Small Business Innovation Research grants…

ShoCard and BlockCypher Team Up to Provide Identity Management Solution for Blockchains #BlockCypher

BlockCypher and Shocard have partnered to provide the market’s first identity management solution that scales across public and permissioned Blockchains.

Identity management challenges have increased dramatically as rising attacks on centralized identity databases give hackers almost unfettered access to millions of user records. Multiple companies within the same industry duplicate expensive…

BlockCypher Releases Ethereum Web Services to Build Applications Across Multiple Blockchains

BlockCypher announces the availability of their Ethereum web services. They enable companies to easily build applications using the Ethereum Protocol without having to run blockchain infrastructure. With this release, BlockCypher is the first software company to offer both Ethereum and Bitcoin APIs on the same platform. “After becoming the leading blockchain web services provider for Bitcoin, we are now doing the same for Ethereum,” says Catheryne Nicholson, BlockCypher CEO and Co-founder. “The services we provide are compatible across all blockchains. This gives developers an easy way to develop once and support multiple of them.”

What a week for the Bitcoin price! Bitcoin's volaitlity has always been a staple of the industry, with big swings going up or down with the price, but this week has been quite the roller coaster ride.

Learn about what's happening on this week's From The Bitcoin Desk!

The Great Bitcoin Price Drop of 2015

Starting off 2015 with a slow price decline, the market didn't even expect what was going to happen in the next few days. First, Bitstamp, the top bitcoin exchange, was hacked for 19,000 BTC or five million dollars worth. This was resolved with professionalism and speed far from what was the norm just year ago when Mt. Gox collapsed. Bitstamp recovered well and got back online in a few days, and then, for no apparent reason, the price of Bitcoin started to drop, and drop, and drop.

In a matter of hours, it dropped to as low as $160, which was seen last around October of 2013! The bitcoin world watched in anticipation to see if it would drop lower, but similar to previous crashes, the price rebounded strong to recover more than 40% in a matter of hours too! Right now the price is steady again but still low at $220. The Bitcoin world kept on though, knowing that the price is the least important thing about Bitcoin and that the utility and technology is stronger than ever.

While the price dropped, Tim Draper, who purchased 30,000 BTC just a few months back, also dropped three million dollars of investment into a new bitcoin venture, Blockcypher. The company builds web services and APIs for Bitcoin and is lookiing to expand its company. 

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