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Webjet has become the first Australian online travel agency to offer bitcoin as a payment method. The company has partnered with Sydney-based bitcoin startup BitPOS to enable customers to complete digital currency transactions through its Webjet Exclusives website. Paul Ryan, CEO of Webjet Exclusives, said: “It’s an innovative addition to the existing payment options available on site. We are […]

Despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft has indicated that its bitcoin payments program currently remains limited to US customers.

Bitcoin exchange Coin Loft says it has beaten Australia's tax imposition on bitcoin trades with a private ruling from the government.

BitPay and Adyen have partnered to offer bitcoin payments to gamers using Jagex, the UK-based developer behind popular online game MMORPG RuneScape.

Swedish bitcoin mining company KnCMiner has raised $15m in a Series B funding round led by Accel Partners.

Micropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $2.25m in angel funding from investors including King co-founder Patrik Stymne and Uber SVP Emil Michael.

An unnamed Caribbean island is set to serve as the venue for a secretive, closed-door gathering of the bitcoin industry elite this weekend.

O'Reilly Media's first bitcoin event was a packed schedule of well-known speakers, including LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman.

Robocoin CEO Jordan Kelley has addressed rumors about the company's future, suggesting the company may be shifting away from hardware.

Polish bitcoin exchange BitMarket.pl had its bank accounts suspended earlier this week due to a legal issue.

The team behind an FCA-regulated e-money issuer has launched a bitcoin and litecoin exchange aimed at the UK market.

New Hong Kong exchange Gatecoin is targeting international customers with segregated bank accounts in 40 countries.

Algorithmic cryptocurrency trading platform Tradewave has launched a new tool which creates automated trading bots without the need for programming.

China's Huobi is making an international push in 2015 by temporarily eliminating or lowering fees on its USD trading platform BitYes.

'Bitcoin Funfair' is due to take place in Stockholm next month in an attempt to spread the use of the digital currency among consumers.

Bitcoin services firm bitFlyer has secured a $1.1m funding round to expand overseas, bringing its total to $2.93m.

Anycoin Direct has raised €500,000 as part of its seed funding round to expand its bitcoin brokerage service.

Colored coins startup Colu has raised $2.5m from former Twitter and Tumblr investor Spark Capital, VC firm Aleph and more.

London-based green activist Gulnar Hasnain has become the first mainstream political candidate to accept bitcoin in the UK.

Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange ANX has commenced a push into the US market with its acquisition of the domain name and brand rights to CoinMKT.com. The CoinMKT exchange, founded by Travis Skweres and Ola Ajayi in Santa Monica, California, will continue to operate as usual, under the ANX umbrella and using ANX technology. The founders will be helping […]

Criticisms from bitcoin pundits in the press almost always boil down to a few common misconceptions, argues Jon Matonis.

Only six weeks after bitcoin exchange Safello announced local deposit options for UK customers, the firm's banking partner is closing its accounts.

CoinDesk speaks to USV principal Fred Wilson about his firm's recent investment in Coinbase and larger investment philosophy for the industry.

Bitcoin is great for business-to-business transactions, if both sides know how to use it. What happens if they don't?

The North American Bitcoin Conference, held in Miami last week in, remains a biannual staple of the bitcoin conference calendar year.