Silk Road prosecutors talk about Bitcoin, Ripple and money laundering
Ian Allison The prosecutors that finally unravelled Silk Road, and who set a standard with money laundering charges against Ripple,
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Boston programmer crowd-sources bitcoin ‘mining’ for charity
Nidhi Subbaraman A Boston developer has launched an online project called Compute for Humanity with the goal of enabling people to give
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ChangeTip Users Can Now Turn Bitcoin Tips into Gift Cards
Grace Caffyn ChangeTip users can now swap their digital currency tips for real-life goods, thanks to an integration with digital
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BTCChina Support Gives BIP 100 Bitcoin Hashrate Majority
Grace Caffyn BTCChina has backed Jeff Garzik’s block size scaling solution, giving BIP 100 a majority of the network’s hashing power.
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Global Equity Meltdown to Lift Bitcoin as Digital Gold?
Sarah Jenn In times of market turmoil, investors generally move their money away from riskier holdings into safe-haven currencies or
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Commonwealth Governments Urged to Regulate Bitcoin
Yessi Bello Perez Commonwealth governments should regulate bitcoin to address the risks associated with digital currencies without stifling innovation. This
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Donating Bitcoin to Charities Is On the Rise
Luke Parker Charities are typically welcoming towards all kinds of donations, in money and in kind. Acceptance of bitcoin donations
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Bitcoin penny stock scam tries to net WhatsApp users
Nikhil Gupta WhatsApp users were the target of spam messages last week when spammers claiming to be traders from JPMorgan,
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$30M Patrick Byrne deal bridges gap between bitcoin technology and Wall Street
Michael del Castillo Enlarge Michael del Castillo Patrick Byrne, founder and CEO of Overstock.com Patrick Byrne, the founder of Overstock.com,
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Iran’s First Bitcoin Exchange Launching
B Holmes According to internetworldstats 57 percent of Iran’s population are using the internet. Despite these figures and an increasing
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Mt Gox CEO Claims to be ‘Victim’ in Bitcoin Exchange Demise
Yessi Bello Perez Mark Karpeles, the CEO of bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, has denied claims he manipulated account balances while
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Coinbase Lets UK Users Buy Bitcoin With Credit or Debit Cards
Yessi Bello Perez Coinbase now allows customers in the UK and Spain to instantly purchase bitcoin using 3D Secure-enabled credit
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Indian Central Bankers Go Public With Bitcoin Views
Stan Higgins The Reserve Bank of India’s governor and two deputy governors made statements about bitcoin during gatherings earlier this
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Bitcoin Micropayment Service Targets Global Freelancers
Pete Rizzo A new bitcoin micropayments tool has launched to take aim at the global freelance and on-demand services market.
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Bitcoin startup now banks on colored coins
Nikhil Gupta Funderbeam, a Bitcoin company, is gearing up to launch the world’s first syndicated startup investment trading platform which
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Bitcoin Price Recovers Temporarily; Now What?
Samuel Rae In this morning’s bitcoin price watch piece we highlighted the levels that we were keeping an eye on
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Mexican Coffee Chain Begins Accepting Bitcoin At University Coffee Shop
Elliot Maras In response to customer requests, one of Mexico’s largest coffee shop chains has begun accepting bitcoin at a university
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Bitcoin Price Falls Below $200, Hits Six-Month Low
Stan Higgins The price of bitcoin fell below $200 today for the first time since 18th January. The plunge saw an
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Alleged Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Organizers Arrested in Taiwan
Stan Higgins Authorities in Taiwan have reportedly arrested two individuals in connection with MyCoin, an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting bitcoin
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Bitcoin Price Slumps Following Bitfinex Outage
Grace Caffyn The price of bitcoin slumped again today after Bitfinex closed its order book, citing issues with its post-trade
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Kim DotCom: ‘China in Big Trouble. Buy Bitcoin Now’
Evander Smart Internet industry magnate and financial markets prognosticator Kim DotCom says now is the time to buy bitcoin in
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Australian Bitcoin exchange igot ceases trading, may have been an India-based scam
Duncan Riley Australian Bitcoin exchange igot Pty. Ltd. has ceased trading with users reporting that they are unable to obtain
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Stanford Joins NYU and Duke in Offering Bitcoin Course
Grace Caffyn Stanford is joining NYU and Duke University in offering a course on bitcoin – kicking off with a
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A look inside the surreal world of an Icelandic Bitcoin mining company
Rob Price Mining is the backbone of bitcoin. It’s the process that creates new bitcoin: For contributing computing power to process
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Indian Payment Solutions Provider ePaisa Incorporates Bitcoin Payments
Gautham ePaisa, an Indian payment processor that offers mobile based cash and card payment applications for small and medium businesses
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New Bitcoin ASIC to be ‘Most Power-Efficient’ on Public Market
Grace Caffyn Mining hardware maker Bitmain has claimed its new bitcoin ASIC will be the most power-efficient chip available to
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Money And Politics: Bitcoin’s Governance Crisis
Guy Corem A lot of intriguing and conflicting things have been said about Bitcoin in the past few years. Some
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