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Bitreserve has announced a shake-up of its leadership team, one that sees its chief operating officer Anthony Watson taking on the role of CEO.

Tango Card will now offer bitcoin as a reward option for recipients of its e-rewards, alongside gift cards for popular brands such as Amazon.

Brock Pierce's Blockchain Capital has raised $7 million toward a second investment fund aimed at industry startups.

Barclays has signed off on a proof-of-concept to trial bitcoin technology in an agreement with bitcoin exchange Safello.

Blockchain toolkit Blockstrap is launching a series of developer workshops to make the technology more accessible for beginners.

A utility firm in Mississippi is seeking a default judgment against cryptocurrency mining company GAW Miners.

The price of bitcoin broke out this week, spiking to a high of $257 on 17th June in what amounted to a jolt of life for the bitcoin economy.

New York-based bitcoin hardware wallet provider Case has raised $1.5m in new seed funding led by Future\Perfect Ventures.

Polish payment processors and at least one bank in the country have closed the accounts of local bitcoin exchanges.

Brazil-based CoinBR's acquisition of regional competitor Coinverse is the latest exchange merger in Latin America.

Bitcoin startup Elliptic has announced a new transaction visualization tool that draws connections between several dark markets and exchanges.

Coinbase has announced the launch of its Instant Exchange, which will allow users to buy and sell bitcoin whilst protecting them against the digital currency’s price volatility. Users with euro, dollar or pound Coinbase accounts will be able to purchase or sell bitcoin directly on the company’s website. Once their instant buy or sell order […]

San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Kraken has launched a new dark pool for bitcoin trades.

Crypto-powered social network Reveal has announced $1.5m in funding from investors including Boost VC and Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.

Blockchain tech could reduce banks' infrastructural costs by $15-20 billion a year by 2022, says a new report by Santander InnoVentures.

MovieTickets.com is now enabling movie-goers to pay in bitcoin for films at more than 900 US theaters.

MonetaGo, a new exchange with ambitions to take bitcoin "global", launched across 40 countries today.

Max Keiser's crypto fund Bitcoin Capital has closed a $1.6m crowdfunding round.

Decentralized marketplace protocol developer OpenBazaar, has raised $1m from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.

Wences Casares, serial entrepreneur and founder of bitcoin security company Xapo, tells CoinDesk why he is "obsessed" with bitcoin.

Taiwanese startup Maicoin has launched a system that lets users buy bitcoin at 10,000 convenience stores in the territory.

Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso has acquired competitor Unisend Mexico in an attempt to consolidate its market share in the region.

Smart contracts platform Symbiont has closed a $1.25m seed funding round.  The company – which plans to issue smart securities on bitcoin’s blockchain later this year – received funds from investors including Duncan Niederauer, former CEO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Matt Andresen, former co-CEO of Citadel Derivatives Group. The startup grew out of the […]

Former MasterCard executive William Dennings has joined Bitreserve as the firm’s chief information security officer (CISO). Bitreserve noted Dennings’ appointment would be instrumental in the company’s mission to set anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) controls, required to safeguard users’ deposits and information. The newly appointed CISO said: “Information security extends well beyond IT […]

Two of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks, Westpac Banking Corporation and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, are experimenting with peer-to-peer transfers on the Ripple protocol. The news, revealed by The Australian Financial Review, follows last month’s announcement that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) – another ‘big four’ rival – is trialling the tech for transfers between […]