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An event expected to involve the distribution of bitcoin to 70,000 residents of the Dominican Republic has been canceled.

The SWIFT Business Forum comes to New York next month with a panel of payments and cryptocurrency professionals.

Bitcoin enthusiasts can catch DevCore Boston’s inaugural roundtables via livestream from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tomorrow, Feb. 11, at District Hall, 75 Northern Ave. in Boston, Mass. Tomorrow’s event begins a series of DevCore Boston roundtables sponsored by Bitcoin Foundation for developers interested in deepening their technical expertise to support the […]

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CoinDesk looks at the nominees for this year's Bitcoin Foundation elections, set to begin next week.

We have reached out to the candidates for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation Elections and asked each candidate a set of questions. In the interest of fairness, all candidates were asked the same questions at the same time, and all responses (that did respond) have been received before the publication of this article. Scott Morgan He enjoys all […]

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ChangeTip, which enables micropayments over social media, has established a tip reduction feature to allow users to channel money to a charity of their choice. ChangeTip selected BitGive, a bitcoin charity, to benefit from its tip redirect feature. In announcing the feature, ChangeTip noted it has many users who, due to their social or employment […]

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The feds have seized $25,000 in Bitcoin and Litecoin from one Seattle resident--in addition to more than $7 million and other assets from a number of related suspects--as part of an ongoing investigation into what could be the largest software piracy case ever pursued by the government.

The feds have seized $25,000 in Bitcoin and Litecoin from one Seattle resident--in addition to more than $7 million and other assets from a number of related suspects--as part of an ongoing investigation into what could be the largest software piracy case ever pursued by the government.

When MyCoin suddenly shut down, some $387 million in investor cash bit the dust. Officials suspect that the exchange scammed customers all along

Bitcoin Price is, as usual, making use of every opportunity to heighten the melodrama. This time it’s bottom scraping in a slow wave with plenty of failed downside breaks and premature bull runs. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: […]

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Through a critical partnership between UATP and Bitnet, 260 airlines along with Amtrak railways can incorporate bitcoin payments on their platforms. In a press release, UATP president and CEO Ralph Kaiser expressed excitement for the ground-breaking travel partnership, showing immense support for Bitnet. “We are very happy to be partnering with Bitnet to add bitcoin […]

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UATP, an airline payment network owned by major international airlines, has partnered with bitcoin payment processor Bitnet.

Australian bitcoin finance company CoinJar has introduced pegged accounts in an attempt to shield customers from bitcoin's volatility. The new accounts will allow users to peg the price of bitcoin against fiat currencies, such as the US dollar, Australian dollar, pound and euro. Asher Tan, CoinJar's CEO, explained that the new option would benefit those who would like to start […]

Members of the public should exercise extra caution when considering an investment in bitcoin because of the digital currency's "highly speculative" nature, Hong Kong's central bank has said. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a statement in the wake of reports that a bitcoin exchange and investment scheme called MyCoin had disappeared with an estimated $386.9m […]

The emerging decentralized economy is set to take off in a big way. If you’ve been considering a career change, now is the time to make your move! Now is the time to secure your future! Now is the time to land a Bitcoin job! Bitcoin-related companies are seeking skilled and talented professionals to join their growing teams, […]

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Bitcoin is making progress growing throughout emerging markets worldwide. Africa seems to be the next area for growth in the market of international currency transfers and remittances, via the Bitcoin startup BitPesa. Now, with the help of California’s Pantera Capital Management LP, BitPesa has received over $1 million USD in new funding for their burgeoning […]

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BitX is expanding into the world's second-fastest growing economy, Indonesia, bringing a fixed-price bitcoin exchange to its 252 million inhabitants.

Reports out of Hong Kong indicate that the MyCoin Exchange has just closed, locking out more than three thousand large investors. The closure has occurred almost one year to the day after the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, closed off all exchange withdrawals on February 7th, 2014. That took almost 750,000 investor’s Bitcoins with […]

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