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Take a look at some of the highlights from the Bitcoin2014 conference in Amsterdam held on 16-17th May, 2014.

The price of bitcoin saw renewed upward movement on 20th May following weeks of declines and plateaus.

A Dutch artist sold a painting for 10,000 euros worth of BTC at a gallery in Amsterdam during Bitcoin2014.

An Arkansas man is seeking restitution for an alleged wrongful conviction in connection with an AT&T hacking case.

Johannesburg is set to become the first African city with a permanent bitcoin ATM.

Jason Tyra examines the most significant bitcoin news from the world’s regulators and law courts.

ProtonMail is an encrypted email service that could help end government snooping – with a little help from bitcoin.

Bitcoin Price advance has slowed down to a crawl. The week-long sideways movement in the chart shows signs of turning back down. Some analysts argue that a slow advance is underway, and that an upside Bitcoin breakout is imminent. The chart technical argue otherwise. CCN Director’s Note: The Bitcoin price now seems to be on […]

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Following last year's addition of 'bitcoin', 'cryptocurrency' has made its way into the respected online dictionary of modern English.

The Litecoin Community is currently coming together to deal with one of cryptocurrency’s most existential threats: that of a 51% attack.  At this point, Coinotron has not attempted any sort of malicious activity.  In fact, Coinotron has stated that: “I have contacted with our biggest miners. We are working on solution to mitigate risk of […]

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CoinDesk interviewed some of China's up-and-coming startups about their plans at Beijing's recent Global Bitcoin Summit.

Don’t you wish there was a resource that knew all the businesses that accept Bitcoins in your area? WelI I had a chance to talk to Paul Puey, the CEO/ Co-Founder of Airbitz, a Bitcoin wallet and business directory that does just that. Their web-based business directory went online on Mar 17. The iOS app came a week later, and the Android app was released April 7 at the Inside Bitcoin NYC conference. Paul studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at UC Berkeley, California. He was a 3D graphics software engineer at Nvidia for 7 years, although he had also done software projects in web user interface. “I always loved being able to visualize my work,” says Paul. He then […]

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Coinprism, Iridis, and ChromaWallet want to rekindle interest in colored coins, a year after it fizzled. Can they?

The Winklevoss twins are sitting on the front-line of a new generation of investors. They are, in fact, two of the most influential players in a new world of high technology investments. William Channer, the British designer and journalist, writing in The Guardian, reports a chance meeting with the twins that led to their recent […]

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The Bitcoin Foundation, which oversees the popular virtual currency, has been rocked by a series of resignations that saw 10 members quit in a high profile protest following the appointment of Brock Pierce to the board. The Foundation insists it will stay strong, in spite of the problems and recent questions over its relevancy. The resignations so far number a small tally of the organization's 1,500 members, but they have prompted an extensive and angry web debate over the Foundation's future.

The startup aims to provide universal bitcoin access via wallet that can be used on any cellphone.

Back in April, the Silk Road defence lawyer Joshua Dratel tried to save his client, Ross Ulbricht, by throwing Bitcoin under the bus . Now, the FBI is investigating Mt. Gox and a number of other bitcoin exchanges in connection with Silk Road.

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While Bitcoin tries to go mainstream, many supporters still celebrate its "anarchist spirit" -- but certainly not the FBI. According to the WSJ, they're probing the now-collapsed Mt. Gox exchange and several others in connection to Silk road, the...

After a period of regulatory uncertainty, Bitcoin.co.th has relaunched as a full exchange.

Hardbit recently started shipping the Hardbit HB01 Bitcoin Hardware Wallet.  The HB01 is a low cost offline, secure, cold storage solution for your bitcoins that still allows you to use them when you want. The Trezor wallet is just starting to ship pre-orders and Butterfly Labs has still not shipped their hardware wallet (or anything at all […]

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Secure browser wallet extension KryptoKit has disappeared from users' browsers and Google's Chrome Web store, leaving bitcoin access uncertain.

Chicago Sun-Times to Let Readers Buy Jay-Z, Beyonce Tickets With Bitcoin Chicago Sun Times seems to be embracing Bitcoin. The paper began taking bitcoin for subscriptions last month. A month in which 11% of their new sign-ups were paid for in bitcoin. The paper is going to be running ads with QR codes that will […]

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The Chicago Sun-Times will deploy ads with bitcoin payment support that enable direct consumer purchases.