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Real Estate Giant Holding Live Luxury Home Auction for Bitcoin

March 19, 2019 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

A major Australian real estate group is holding a luxury home auction that can be paid for with two cryptocurrencies. There will be a live auctioneer who will call out bids in BTC. The property owner says he wants to keep as many coins as possible.

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Live Auction for Cryptocurrencies

One of Australia’s largest real estate groups, LJ Hooker, is preparing a live luxury real estate auction for cryptocurrencies with a live auctioneer. The company is working with James Pratt Auctions and blockchain company Nuyen, which will facilitate online bidding for the five-bedroom house in New South Wales, Australia. Micky media outlet reported Monday: Read more...

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This Crypto Art Auction Lets Venezuelans Dismantle Maduro Bolivar by Bolivar

February 27, 2019 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

To donate to causes aiding those in Venezuela, please visit #AirdropVenezuela’s website or Bitcoin Venezuela’s website. To partake in cryptograffiti’s charity auction, please visit the donation page and tune in to the live stream here.

“Literally and figuratively, the Venezuelan people are bringing down Maduro.”

This is how cryptograffiti described his latest work, a charity piece that he will be auctioning off online through a live stream in Colombia. The mural, constructed entirely of 1,000 bolivars, is painted over with a portrait of Nicolas Maduro, the autocratic leader of Venezuela whose power has been constitutionally challenged by opposition leader Juan Guaido since January of this year. In the painting, Maduro’s mouth is censored with a blue bar bearing the hashtag #AirdropVenezuela, an ironic nod to the political and economic repressions the Venezuelan people have endured while also applauding their ability to persevere through this hardship. Read more...

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Sold! Lightning Network Art Auction Goes to the Lowest Bidder

December 21, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Yesterday, an auction was held by cryptocurrency and blockchain artist @cryptograffiti for a piece titled “black swan,” which the artist made using “fiat and counterfeit detector pen ink.” The artist, who became involved with bitcoin in 2013, held the auction on a website where users could only bid via Lightning Network micropayments, with the first person to bid the smallest amount being the winner.

black swan is here! watch the vid to try and catch him…#cryptoart #bitcoinart pic.twitter.com/7BfcDeyNJ3

— cryptograffiti (@cryptograffiti) December 19, 2018

Cryptograffiti and Bitcoin Magazine would like to take this opportunity to announce the winner of the auction. Congratulations Twitter user @BTC_Spot! Read more...

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U.S. Marshals to Auction Off $4.3 Million in Bitcoin

October 21, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The U.S. Marshals agency has announced plans to auction $ 4.3 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) in November 2018. The sealed bid auction is for nearly 660 bitcoins which were seized in a series of federal criminal, administrative and civil cases over the years.

The haul comes from cases against convicts like Thomas Mario Costanzo and Theresa Tetley, both sentenced to jail in 2018 on money-laundering charges. At the time, the agency seized 80 BTC from Costanzo and 40 BTC from Tetley. The U.S. Marshals, however, didn’t reveal how much of the forfeited assets from the two would be sold next month. Read more...

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Checkbooks Ready! US Marshals to Hold $4 Million Bitcoin Auction

October 20, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The US Marshals Service has announced an upcoming auction for over $ 4 million worth of bitcoin seized during various legal proceedings. The sealed bid auction, which is scheduled to take place in November, will offer approximately 660 BTC seized during about 31 federal criminal, civil and administrative cases under the asset forfeiture framework of the

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US Marshals Service Announces Auction of 660 BTC

October 19, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has announced an auction of 660 BTC that is scheduled to take place on Nov. 4. Under the auction rules, interested participants must formally identify themselves to the USMS and submit deposits of $ 200,000.

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USMS to Auction Forfeited BTC in Seven ‘Blocks’

The auction is scheduled to take place across two “series” and seven “blocks.” The “Series A” portion is set to comprise six individual auctions of 100 BTC each, while the “Series B” round will involve a single auction for the remaining 60 BTC. The bitcoins were confiscated from undisclosed parties in various federal criminal, civil and administrative cases, with many of them forfeited to the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read more...

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Christie’s Auction House Leads Art World in Blockchain Tech

October 14, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Christie’s recently announced the introduction of a system for recording art transactions on blockchain. The decision is just the latest example of how the tech is catching on inside of the art world.

Leading auction house Christie’s announced a new system utilizing blockchain to encrypt the registration of art transactions for a November sale.

The company is planning to sell a variety of major artworks from one of the most extensive privately-held collections of American art from the last century. According to early estimates project that the artworks could command more than $ 300 million at auction. Read more...

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Major Auction House Christie’s to Integrate Blockchain Technology for Art Sales

October 13, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Christie’s, a leading art business based in the United States is collaborating with Artory, a highly reputed independent digital registry for the art industry, to register the sales of artworks on the blockchain, according to a press release by Christie’s on October 11, 2018. As stated in its press release, the leading art auction house

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Austria Turns to Public Ethereum Blockchain for €1.15 Billion Bond Auction

September 28, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Austria will raise a total 1.15 billion euros in a federal bond auction on Oct. 2 using blockchain notarization, according to Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), which oversees the auctions for issuing federal bonds as a neutral capital market participant for the Austrian Federal Financing Agency (OeBFA). The auction demonstrates Austria’s pioneering role in Europe for deploying blockchain

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Live Rare Art Auction Possible Through Blockchain Technology

April 12, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Codex, a decentralized title registry for the $ 2 trillion dollar arts & collectibles (A&C) asset class, has announced today that it will be partnering with ConsenSys to host a live charity auction at Ethereal Summit, which takes place in New York City on the 11th and 12th of May, 2018. The live auction will be part of a broader sale of artworks hosted together with Rare Art Labs. Proceeds from the sales will go to a foundation, which is being established to support creatives working at the intersection of blockchain technology and art. Read more...

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Venezuela to Auction off Petro Through Dicom Foreign Exchange Platform

March 8, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Venezuela’s freshly-created cryptocurrency is still in the hot seat. With the country’s parliament declaring this currency illegal yet again, the future of the Petro is in question. Even so, it seems the Petro will be auctioned off to private companies through the Dicom foreign exchange platform over the next few weeks. A batch of conflicting reports only makes this all the more difficult to understand. Read more...

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US Government to Sell Over 2,000 Seized Bitcoin at Auction

March 6, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

2,170 bitcoins, worth more than $ 24 million, are up for auction as the U.S. Marshals Service plans on selling off digital assets seized in federal crimes. With the value of Bitcoin continually predicted to increase, this might prove to be a lucrative opportunity for investors on the sidelines to cautiously make regulation-insured purchases.

Bitcoin to the Highest Bidder

The U.S. Marshals Service has announced that they will be auctioning off approximately 2,170 bitcoins, currently worth over $ 24 million, that were originally seized in federal crimes later this month. A majority of the listed crimes are associated with DEA administrative forfeitures, which consist of drug-related offenses. Read more...

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Where To Spend Bitcoin? – CryptoThrift Auction Site

March 25, 2015 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Most people who are invested and involved in the world of Bitcoin and digital currency want to use their new digital wealth to buy things online or in the real world. And that is a good thing, as Bitcoin would never be able to turn into a stable currency if there were only a handful of people using it for purchases. But what can you buy with Bitcoin? A lot of things, as you will come to realize over the course of this series of guides. Read more...

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CoinsForTech Launches eBay-like Marketplace for Bitcoin OneWallet.io

November 28, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

Bitcoin enthusiasts around the world are craving to be able to use an auction site, similar to eBay, but then pay in Bitcoin. With Paypal enabling Bitcoin payments through the Paypal Payment Hub, we got a step closer to realising that dream. Competitor marketplaces are popping up all over the internet, and OneWallet is the latest one.

OneWallet has been released just in time for the Christmas shopping lists, and in spectacular fashion as well, as this is a remarkable shopping portal for Bitcoin users. The company behind OneWallet is CoinsForTech, an Australia based Bitcoin company whom processed over US$600k in cryptocurrency transactions so far. Read more...

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Confiscated Crypto Currency – The US Government Wants to Auction Off Silk Road Bitcoin

November 25, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

The US government has decided to auction off the crypto currency seized last year at Silk Road, commonly known as the “Ebay for drugs”. The US Marshals Service is hoping for a windfall: The US agency is providing 50,000 Bitcoin for sale (current value US$ 19 million) and is doing so online, probably pushing up the proceeds for the US government by millions of dollars.

CryptoThrift – Online Auctions for Bitcoin and Litecoin Users

May 29, 2014 By Sergio Schout Leave a Comment

We have been hearing some good things lately about Cryptothrift.com. First, they offer a wide range of items where people can put up their unwanted products up for sale. The sections range from Advertising to Vouchers. Since it is an auction you have to bid on items you want and you can bid on them with either Bitcoin or Litecoin.

We haven’t met any problems on the way while registering on the site. Now if you want to sell your unwanted item you have up to 6 images you can put up there. It is pretty much self-explanatory when you go through the registration and selling your item part of the site. Everybody wants to know how much the fee will be. According to the website: Read more...

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More NobleCoin Marketplace Features Coming, New Promotional Video

May 14, 2014 By JP Buntinx Leave a Comment

There will be some very interesting features and changes coming to the NobleCoin Marketplace. As you may know, or maybe you missed it, the NobleCoin Marketplace has been open for business for awhile now, and you can buy stuff with NobleCoin or Bitcoin.

First of all, before you ask “Why Bitcoin and not just NobleCoin?” Quite simple, to attract more people who buy things. Also, keep in mind that when you actually use NobleCoin to pay for your purchase, you will receive a 12% discount. Read more...

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