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Earlier today, NYDFS Ben Lawsky posted to Twitter stating that all the BitLicense comments received by the department have been published. All in all, the NYDFS received 3,746 comments from around the world. The vast majority of commentators are individuals are the average length of comments vary greatly. However, some notable large companies also submitted comments […]

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Liberty Teller has officially rebranded as LibertyX and expanded its network with 2,500 new bitcoin buying locations in 33 US states.

Blockchain.info today announced that they are the second website in the world to receive an SSL certificate for their .onion address. This is a huge win for privacy and Bitcoin enthusiasts around the world, and it answers growing concerns surrounding the security of using web wallets such as Blockchain.info while connected via the Tor network.  […]

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Michael Nielsen is a respected scientist with a knack for explaining abstruse technical stuff and the author of a textbook on quantum computing. In an excellent technical essay, required reading for those who want to understand Bitcoin in-depth, Nielsen explains just how and why Bitcoin works: “For [the blockchain] to have any chance of succeeding, […]

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 The bitcoin-based financial services company Bitreserve is merging one of the newest innovations in currency with the world’s oldest. Through the institutional precious metals trading house Gold Bullion International, Bitreserve has created a new gold standard, linking its bitcoin currency exchange and payment services with gold. Now, using Bitreserve, customers can hold gold in… Read More

A top law enforcement agency is investigating bitcoin's role in organized crime as politicians and financial regulators embrace the digital currency as a legitimate part of modern business

 I love me some watches, that’s for sure, but I’m not sure what I think about these Cryptomatic watches made by a private label manufacturer in Hong Kong. The watches aren’t techie at all – they’re basically Hong Kong-made mechanical timepieces with a big Bitcoin symbol on the front – but the real value is the retail model. First, understand that I… Read More

Following a period of stagnant pricing, bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased for the first time in two years.

Winklevoss Capital has launched an AngelList syndicate that will broadly focus on tech companies, but likely invest in digital currency startups.

The annual Future of Money Summit had several digital currency panels as part of its one-day program.

Yesterday, President Obama announced that $263 million would be set aside by executive order for police equipment and training. The training would be in the use of military-grade hardware many departments have received in recent years from the Department of Homeland Security, and the equipment is specifically 50,000 body cameras. Additional funds are to be […]

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The difficulty of Bitcoin mining has decreased, for the first time since December 2012, by .62%. For 20 months now, the difficulty has steadily risen to cope with added hashpower from large mining outfits like Ghash.io. But now, though not for the first time, difficulty has decreased. Also read: Judge Considers Allowing Butterfly Labs to […]

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The Australian Crime Commission has launched an official investigation into bitcoin's role in organized crime activity, called 'Project Longstrike'.

Airbnb, the San Francisco-based website that helps connect hosts and guests for lodging across 192 countries, announced on their blog that they will host a Tech Talk this Wednesday on Bitcoin technology and the blockchain with guest speaker Adrian Macneil, the Director of Engineering at Coinbase. From their blog, they explain what the evening will […]

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Originally launched in February 2014, Ultracoin offers 30-second transaction times using the ASIC-resistant Scrypt-ChaCha algorithm. Although it has never gained a widespread following, Ultracoin persevered throughout what has been a tumultuous year for altcoins. Recently, the Ultracoin price has trended upwards, perhaps in part due to a new marketing initiative launched by the coin’s director. […]

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Yesterday we analyzed the bitcoin market from a weekly perspective and saw that we are, in all likelihood, very close to the beginning of a bull market.  However, the weekly chart is unclear about whether or not there may be another week  of selling.  My analysis and the charts you see herein are based upon […]

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The Bitcoin investment firm Pantera Capital announced today that it was participating in the Series A funding round for Changetip. The funding round is worth $3.5 million and is expected to boost the potential of the tip platform company which has already strongly entered the future playground for Bitcoin: online micropayments. In both a twitter post […]

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