How 3 Central Banks & the Financial Elite Embraced Bitcoin for One Day
Omar Bessa July 31 saw participants such as the World Bank and other financial elite from Goldman Sachs and JP
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Australian Senate Committee Seeks to Overturn Bitcoin Tax Ruling
Yessi Bello Perez Digital currency transactions should be treated in the same way as fiat currency transactions for the purposes
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Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site
Evander Smart As the final legal chapters close on Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road website held within the “Dark Web”, the
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Mt. Gox founder admits to Japanese police he created fake Bitcoins
Duncan Riley In an extraordinary development Monday, former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the now bankrupt Mt. Gox Bitcoin
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Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic acquired by meXBT
Duncan Riley Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic (Rapid Net Profits Ltd.) has been acquired by Mexican Bitcoin exchange meXBT (Exchange
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Bitcoin Core Developer Proposes 17.7% Yearly Block Size Growth; Still No White Smoke
Aaron van Wirdum In the ongoing debate regarding Bitcoin’s block size limit, Bitcoin Core developer Pieter “sipa” Wuille has published a
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Bitcoin Firm Elliptic Wins “Security Project of the Year”
Yessi Bello Perez London-based bitcoin firm Elliptic has been awarded “Security Project of the Year” by The Banker magazine. In
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Former bitcoin cop won’t help bitcoin companies get licensed
Daniel Roberts Benjamin Lawsky says he won’t help bitcoin startups navigate the rules he created—a public retort to recent criticism.
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Japanese police hope to shed light on bitcoin exchange’s collapse
Leo Lewis in Tokyo Mt Gox founder questioned on exchange’s missing digital currency ©AP Mt Gox founder Mark Karpelès, sitting
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Bitcoin trader has cash ‘wrongly’ seized by police
Judith Duffy A TRADER in the digital currency bitcoin has told how he had thousands of pounds of cash seized
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United Kingdom — A Bitcoin Paradise
Gautham Different states in the United States of America have different stances against Bitcoin and other digital currencies. While some
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(Infographic) Bitcoin: From investment commodity to everyday currency
Georgio Georgiev Bitcoin is switching fast from an investment commodity to an everyday currency. Here’s an infographic that details the
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Bitcoin Malware Attacks Declined This Year, Says Kaspersky
Sarah Jenn According to a new report by Kaspersky Lab, an online security company, bitcoin malware has still been circulated
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You May Soon Get Bitcoin-Bought Cannabis Delivered by Drone
Yessi Bello Perez A company near San Francisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via
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Revealing Bitcoin’s Legality: The ZapChain Summit
Bitcoinist.net ZapChain, a website where one can engage in online discussions regarding a variety of topics, will entertain an online
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Bitcoin: When does it make sense to trade real dollars for virtual money?
Moneytips.com, The virtual currency Bitcoin recently took another step closer to becoming a mainstream tool of finance, thanks to the
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Glidera’s API for Buying and Selling Bitcoin in Wallets Wins Inside Bitcoins Startup Competition
Kyle Torpey Although Bitcoin is in its seventh year of existence, the process of buying, selling, or transacting bitcoins is
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Satoshi Citadel wants to be the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines
Duncan Riley Bitcoin and Fintech companies were well represented at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong Friday, and Satoshi Citadel
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UPDATE Mark Karpeles Arrested in Japan
Pete Rizzo UPDATE 8/1/2015 Police arrested Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles today in Japan on allegations that he manipulated volume
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Overstock Sells $5 Million Cryptobond to New York Trading Firm
Pete Rizzo US retail giant Overstock has sold a $5m “cryptobond” to FNY Managed Accounts, a New York-based trading firm.
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Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles will be arrested August First
Stan Higgins UPDATE (31st July 20:30 BST): Local news sources are reporting that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police will arrest Mark
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Former White House Advisor Explains Why Bitcoin Should Become Official
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Some Believe Shemitah Foretells a Bitcoin Price Increase This Fall
Justin OConnell 2015 is a Shemitah year leading many analysts to claim the remainder of the year could hold great
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Win $500 Microsoft’s Bing Launches Bitcoin Rewards Sweepstakes
Stan Higgins A new partnership between Bing Rewards and Tango Card will let users of the search engine redeem reward points for
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Visa Europe’s Initiative: The ‘Apple App Store’ for Bitcoin Startups
Joseph Young Visa Europe’s Collab, the company’s digital innovation initiative, has begun searching for bitcoin startups within the digital payments
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Can Bitcoin Get Taylor Swift to Love Spotify?
Seth Archer NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Musicians aren’t particularly happy with any streaming music service — Apple‘s (AAPL – Get Report)
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BTC China CEO: Bitcoin is a Viable Digital Currency
Sarah Jenn In an interview with Bloomberg’s Rishaad Salamat on “Trending Business”, BTC CEO Bobby Lee maintains that bitcoin is
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