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Canada-based bitcoin exchange Quadriga has entered into a reverse takeover agreement that will find it going public.

San Francisco-based Ripple Labs, the startup behind the digital payment network Ripple, has joined the International Payments Framework Association (IFPA). The Association, whose members include the likes of ACH, NACHA and SWIFT, provides rule sets, best practices and guidance on how to improve cross-border payments. Nilesh Dusane, director of business development at Ripple Labs, said that […]

Bill Barhydt, the entrepreneur and former Netscape director who gave the first-ever TED Talk on bitcoin, has debuted a bitcoin venture called Abra.

Online privacy company Abine has launched Bitcoin Anywhere, enabling Coinbase users to make bitcoin purchases at any e-commerce site.

US-based bitcoin mining company MegaBigPower is launching a hardware buyback program that aims to help miners struggling with unprofitable rigs.

A ChangeTip user has been banned from the service for attempting to tip the terrorist group, the Islamic State.

Huobi's bitcoin futures trading platform BitVC has replaced the unpopular socialized losses risk system with 'automatic counterparty deleveraging'.

A security technology startup is aiming to challenge Apple Pay and other mobile payment solutions through a blend of hardware security and bitcoin.

CoinDesk launched its Expert Briefings with a new State of Bitcoin and a panel with Circle and Elliptic. General Bytes showcased its latest ATM.

Australian firm digitalBTC has launched digitalX Mintsy, a service that allows users to lease and trade processing power for cryptocurrency mining.

South Korea's Coinplug has enabled bitcoin purchases with credit cards through a network of over 7,000 traditional ATMs across the country.

Olivier Janssens and Jim Harper have become the Bitcoin Foundation's newest board members following the recent election.

The Bitcoin Investment Trust is set to become the first publicly traded bitcoin fund, having received approval from US securities regulator FINRA.

Decentralised crowdfunding platform Swarm is offering startups up to $50,000 in funding thanks to a partnership with Focus Investments.

MGT Capital has entered into an agreement with Tera Group that would find the regulated bitcoin derivatives platform operator going public.

Australian bitcoin company Digital CC Ltd has published the results for its half-year period up to 31st December 2014, posting a net loss.

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 co-founding developer Matt Mullenweg says the company hasn't given up on bitcoin, despite it disappearing from the platform's checkout page.

A combination of digital currencies and mobile technology may reshape the payments landscape, according to a new Bank of England research report.

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.

California-based bitcoin mining company and MegaBigPower franchisee Aquifer LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Bitcoin.de has announced enhanced services as a result of its partnership with Fidor Bank, allowing EUR/BTC trades to be completed within "seconds".

WordPress, the web's most popular blogging system, appears to have removed bitcoin from its payments options at checkout.

The CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has repeated his conglomerate’s intention to “probably” accept bitcoin at some stage, at a company financial conference in Tokyo today. Without disclosing a specific timeframe in which it might happen, company CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said: “We are thinking about [accepting bitcoin] and we probably will.” The CEO, one of Japan’s wealthiest individuals, previously […]