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Billionaire Richard Branson is set to bring "the world's greatest minds in cryptocurrency" together to discuss bitcoin on his personal private island.

Circle Internet Financial is looking to raise as much as $40m as part of its latest funding round, according to a new report.

Blockchain technology is potentially “transformative”, according to Usama Fayyad, chief data officer at Barclays.

Bitcoin ATM maker Lamassu is set to begin charging operators for technical support after a period of what it called "belt tightening".

Featuring speakers from Citi Ventures and CBW Bank, the FinTech Connection provided a unique forum for bitcoin discussion.

Bitcoin’s consumer appeal and the technical promise of distributed ledgers were hotly debated topics during yesterday's FutureMoney event.

An online claims process is now live for former Mt Gox customers to formally state their losses, with the possibility of receiving payouts in bitcoin.

Retail store operator Marc Jacobs has named a website called BitcoinFashion.net in a lawsuit over the unauthorized use of its trademarks.

Argentinean social network Taringa will tip its content creators in bitcoin following a partnership with wallet and custodial service provider Xapo.

More than 20 startups including 21 Inc, BitPay and ChangeTip vied for job seeker attention at the second annual Bitcoin Job Fair this weekend.

Mt Gox operated a fractional reserve system since 2011, and had lost most of its bitcoins by mid-2013, according to a newly-released report.

21 CEO and Andreessen Horowitz partner Balaji Srinivasan hinted at his secretive company's larger mission at the second annual Bitcoin Job Fair.

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is set to appear at a bitcoin-focused event in New York City this weekend.

The former digital currency trading division at SecondMarket has relaunched as the newest subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, Genesis Trading.

Ripple Labs has appointed former Yahoo and AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse as its new COO. Garlinghouse, who sits on the board of Ancestry.com, became the CEO of file-sharing firm Hightail in 2012. He departed last fall following a dispute over a potential sale of the company, as reported at the time by Re/code. In a press statement about his new […]

Buttercoin CEO Cedric Dahl reflects on his leadership at the marketplace and lessons the wider community can learn from his fundraising experience.

The Digital Currency Council (DCC) has announced that it will join California-based 500 Startups' accelerating programme.

Bitcoin marketplace Brawker has announced that it will shut down citing competition and the increasing workload as the reasons behind the decision.

Kaspersky Lab has released a new tool to help free computer files 'held hostage' by bitcoin ransomware.

Finnish bitcoin startup Denarium has launched a range of “low-cost” physical bitcoins in an attempt to stimulate the digital currency’s adoption. Bitcoin-loaded and non-loaded Denarium coins, on pre-sale today, are sold in valuations of 1/10th and 1/100th of a bitcoin. The launch follows in the footsteps of  Casascius, the company that launched its physical bitcoin in 2011. It […]

Founded in 2013 by software developer Nadav Ivgi, Bitrated is a trust platform that provides fraud prevention mechanisms for bitcoin.

CoinDesk is pleased to announce the latest State of Bitcoin report, which focuses on events in the bitcoin ecosystem since the beginning of 2015.

21 Inc has announced it will be the lead sponsor for the upcoming Bitcoin Job Fair due to take place in Sunnyvale, California.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and president of JP Morgan Chase, says his bank can learn from disruptive payment systems like bitcoin.

A Mississippi electric utility company has filed suit against GAW Miners for non-payment and breach of contract.