Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Casey has been appointed senior advisor of MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative to help raise bitcoin awareness. The journalist, known for his work with Paul Vigna on The Age of Cryptocurrency and their regular WSJ column BitBeat – which covered developments in the crypto space – will take up his post at the beginning of […]
Two London bitcoin startups have unveiled a new system that "ring-fences" customer funds from other operations.
Uber has denied rumors that is currently integrating bitcoin as a payment option for its on-demand mobile ride-sharing services.
CoinDesk speaks to MovieTickets.com CEO Joel Cohen about the company's decision to accept bitcoin and the future of the payments program.
OKWave, Japan's answer to social network Quora, has announced plans to launch a bitcoin tipping scheme.
Blockchain has launched an alpha version of its latest wallet, a streamlined version of one of its most popular products.
Digital currencies are still relatively unknown in Japan. This week, one of the country's pioneering VC firms aims to change that.
Emerging markets-focused bitcoin services provider BitX has launched services in Nigeria.
Blockchain technology will bring either doom or opportunity to securities services firms, according to European banking giant BNP Paribas.
KPCB Edge partner Anjney Midha explains why his new $4m seed-stage investment firm is bullish on the bitcoin blockchain.
Mailman has won Coinbase's second hackathon, which gave away $70,000 worth of bitcoin in prizes.
CoinDesk speaks with Ascribe CTO Trent McConaghy, who co-founded a startup behind a blockchain-powered IP ownership platform.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has funded a blockchain-based recordkeeping system as part of a five-year $225m investment plan.
Bitcoin wallet hardware maker Ledger and bitcoin exchange Paymium are among the 36 fintech startups backing France FinTech, a new trade group.
Romanian mobile payments provider Netopia mobilPay is now backing a proposal to leverage microSD cards to conduct offline bitcoin transactions.
Bitcoin micropayments startup Tibdit has raised £122,080 seed capital through a crowdfunding campaign.
Reinventure Group, a venture capital firm backed by Westpac, Australia's second-largest bank, has been revealed as one of Coinbase's Series C backers.
Matt Weiss, Dan Elitzer and Joe Gerber examine how the technology behind bitcoin could assist with emergency and long-term medical treatment.
Bitso has closed a seed funding round led by the Barry Silbert-backed investment fund Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.
Kids will have a chance to learn about bitcoin and even take their in-game currency to the real world, thanks to games from Minecraft server PlayMC.
RBS confirmed it is undertaking a proof-of-concept with Ripple technology, following a high-profile payments mishap earlier this month.
International bitcoin mobile phone top-up service BitMoby has won two prizes at the technology-focused iAwards in Australia.
A new survey published by Goldman Sachs found that just over half of millennials believe they will never use bitcoin.
Chain CEO Adam Ludwin discusses his company's newly revealed partnership with Nasdaq and its interest in blockchain technology.
Blockchain infrastructure company BitFury has selected a number of high-profile figures to serve on its advisory and technical advisory boards.
Digital Asset Holdings has announced the acquisition of two blockchain startups: Hyperledger and Bits of Proof.
Korea's Coinplug has won a mainstream fintech award for its blockchain-based user authentication system, one that offers significant benefits.
The US Federal Trade Commission has penned a new blog post aiming to give advice to consumers who may pay for products with digital currency.
A startup that uses the bitcoin blockchain to digitally establish ownership of art and other creative works has raised $2m in seed funding.
US retail giant Overstock has reportedly lost $117,000 on its investments in cryptocurrencies during the first quarter of 2015.
