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The proposals were submitted to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors following its publication of a draft framework for bitcoin licensure.

Former co-Director of SatoshiPoint, Jonathan Harrison, and Eric Goforth of cexstar.io (now defunct), have teamed up and developed Telebit, the bitcoin wallet for telegram. Telegram is an open source instant messaging application that boasts over 50 million users, citing a free privacy orientated, open API, distributed servers, cloud-based messaging application. It is available for Android, […]

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CoinJar Swipe debit cards, which have been on trial since September, are now available for all customers in Australia for use at stores nationwide.

WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says his company hasn't given up on bitcoin, despite its disappearance from his platform's checkout page.

It was an interesting experiment, but the Bitcoin Foundation’s bid to hold on-blockchain elections today seems to be over. In a letter sent to members dated February 25, 2015 at 12:46:33 a.m. EST and posted on the Bitcoin Foundation blog, the Foundation’s Director of Communications, Jinyoung Lee Englund, announced that the run-off elections being held to fill two board member seats would be utilizing a new voting platform in co-operation with Swarm. “The Foundation’s mission is to advance blockchain technology and this is an important new avenue of innovation,” said Patrick Murck, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, in the announcement. “While we may not have had the smoothest experience in this experimental launch, it’s important for us to push […]

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Bitex.la has joined with More Money Transfers to offer customers fiat-to-bitcoin deposit services across Latin America.

A breath of minty-fresh air ripples through the staid oral-care marke

A new secure mobile payment solution for Android will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress, March 2 – 5 in Barcelona, Spain. The new payment app developed by Rivetz and other partners – an Android alternative to Apple Pay with Bitcoin support – will be available in the second quarter of 2015 and is compatible with over 350 million existing Android devices, including Samsung smartphones. Demonstrations on a Samsung Galaxy 4 smartphone will be held daily at the Samsung partner booth (Hall 8.1), Trustonic booth (Hall 7, Stand 7G81), and at the Intercede booth (Hall 7, Stand 7B81). “We are very pleased to be combining trusted computing technology with the innovations in Bitcoin and blockchain technology to offer consumers […]

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Bitcoin price, today, bounced off support once again, but the lack of higher highs and lower lows leaves continuing consolidation as the only likely option. A few breakpoints lie in price’s path, and the first is approaching within the next 24 hours. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the […]

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RE/MAX London, the UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network, is now accepting bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin.

RE/MAX London, the UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network, is now accepting bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin.

RE/MAX London, the UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network, is now accepting bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin.

T-Mobile Poland has partnered with InPay S.A. for a scheme that enables customers to purchase mobile phone top-ups with bitcoin.

Morgan Spurlock, Academy Award nominated director of “Super Size Me,” is CNN television’s “Inside Man.” In 2014, he spent a week living on bitcoin. The resulting “Inside Man” episode aired on February 19, 2015, affording a large television audience an in-depth Bitcoin experience that was no doubt a first for many viewers. The episode begins with a brief explanation of Bitcoin founder Satoshi’s goals, as defined by the white paper, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. “[Satoshi] wanted to create a global currency that existed outside of a central bank or government,” Spurlock explains. Starting at the Bitcoin Center in New York City, Spurlock buys his first bitcoin from the live auctioneer at the site. He then proceeds to make […]

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BitGO were the first to pioneer the multi-signature transaction back in August, 2013. Now they’re pioneering in security again, with this week’s unveiling of a partnership with one of the largest underwriters in the world, XL Group. All users of the hosted wallet service will now be covered up to $250,000 for covered theft claims. […]

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BitGo, a leader in Bitcoin security, announced Tuesday it had secured first-of-its-kind insurance coverage for bitcoin theft from the global, A-rated XL Group insurance companies. With this announcement, BitGo joins the list of industry leaders including Xapo and Coinbase that offer insurance for bitcoin stored using their services. All of BitGo’s paying customers are eligible for protection under the XL policy for up to $250,000 in covered theft claims, just by signing up for BitGo services. Customers can increase the amount of protection available to them for an annual fee. “We are proud to partner with XL Group and Innovation Insurance Group on this game-changing insurance product,” said Will O’Brien, CEO and co-founder of BitGo. “The entrance of an underwriter […]

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The author of 'The Bitcoin Big Bang' on what entrepreneurs need to know about the budding digital currency

A southern Tasmanian man has pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs and admitted that bitcoin was used to pay for them.

The nature of a bank is to secure and lend money. Or that is the supposed nature, anyway. Sometimes banks get so large that they can manipulate the entire economy. When the seas get rough, no matter how much they have in deposits, some banks refuse to lend and, therefore, stimulate the economy. Clearly, this […]

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An epic story unfolded this past week in the gambling capital of North America surrounding the shutdown of Bitcoin‘s oldest gambling site, SealsWithClubs.eu. “Math Does Not Bow to Guns” Officially, the site was shut down for rather vague reasons. On approximately February 11th, 2015, several events occurred related to operational security that we consider to […]

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Tony Gallippi, founder and CEO of BitPay, will speak on “Bitcoin: The Basics for You and Your Business” during the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Asset Protection Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Peabody Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. Gallippi will speak from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on the second day of the conference, which […]

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Hearings conducted by the New Hampshire General Court last week focused on a proposed bill that would allow bitcoin payments for state taxes and fees.