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A new bitcoin exchange has launched in Perth, the largest city and capital of Western Australia.

Crypto 2.0 startup DigitalTangible has announced it will rebrand as Serica (Greek for silk), a move that marks an expansion beyond precious metals.

Interpol’s cybercrime research facility, the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), has created its own digital currency in a bid to combat cryptocurrency-fuelled crime. The IGCI team, which includes members from Singapore’s police force, will use its in-house virtual currency to study scenarios of cryptocurrency use and misuse in a specially designed simulation training game. Madan Mohan […]

CoinDesk cherry-picks some of the most surprising insights from our State of Bitcoin Q1 report.

This week, bitcoin was once again associated with nefarious transactions, though this may have interestingly deflected more usual criticisms.

CoinDesk managing editor Emily Spaven interviews director Alex Winter ahead of the release of his new documentary film Deep Web.

MIT Media Lab has announced the launch of Digital Currency Initiative, a three-pronged program aimed at increasing awareness of the technology.

In a new interview, Stellar founder Jed McCaleb discusses the project's new consensus protocol and its plans for the developing world.

Coinone has become the first bitcoin exchange in South Korea to launch a multi-signature wallet, using BitGo’s API. In a statement, Coinone CEO Myunghun Cha said it was time for exchanges to provide the “equal level of safety and control” as multi-sig wallet providers. He continued: “We decided that multi-sig technology from BitGo was the […]

Following weeks of controversy, Bruce Fenton has been named executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, the industry's oldest trade organisation.

CoinDesk has looked at the top bitcoin-related headlines from across the world.

Bitreserve has named former Nike CIO Anthony Watson as its new president and chief operating officer.

Coinbase has announced details of its second hackathon competition, including $70,000 in bitcoin prizes and an all-star judging panel.

Top Canadian bitcoin exchange Cavirtex has resumed trading following its acquisition by New York platform Coinsetter.

BitFlyer has released a new block explorer it hopes will compete with Blockchain in Japan and abroad.

The Bitcoin Foundation board of directors has issued a new statement on the controversy surrounding its current financial situation.

The Bitcoin Foundation board of directors is currently divided on a proposal that would see it split into two separate entities.

Taking advice from r/bitcoin’s best-loved mascot, ToTheMoonGuy, CoinDesk is shutting down its operations on planet earth today.

Only 2.3% of Americans would trust bitcoin to send funds overseas in an emergency, according to a new survey by the Digital Currency Council. By contrast, 30.3% of the 750 “regular Americans” sampled would trust their banks to make international transfers. 23% of the people surveyed said that they would use Western Union, whilst 22% […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has taken note of the issues hindering partnerships between bitcoin businesses and banks.

Barbados-based startup Bitt is launching a digital currency exchange today, having secured $1.5 million in seed funding from Avatar Capital

Attorney Jared Marx explores a recent SEC decision on crowdfunding - and the implications for startups.

Could a decentralised system where off-blockchain bitcoin transactions are sent over a network of micropayment channels solve blockchain scalability?

SBT Venture Capital partner Mircea Mihaescu has suggested that the blockchain could replace the current banking system.

Estonia's LHV Bank has partnered with Coinfloor, a UK-based bitcoin exchange, furthering its interest in the digital currency space.