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Following a price spike on major announcements from Coinbase two weeks ago, the bitcoin price has fallen back below $250.

Bonafide has built a reputation scoring system that lets companies or individuals gauge others' trustworthiness when transacting in bitcoin.

UPDATE (15:17 2nd February 2015): Added comment from Yacuna regarding changes to deposit and withdrawal limits for unverified customers. ______________________________________________________________ UK-based cryptocurrency exchange Yacuna has waived all trading and withdrawal fees in a bid to boost the ecosystem, the firm says. In a statement on the move, Yacuna CEO Andrei Martchouk said: “We want to […]

IBM's Richard Gendal Brown talks about why bitcoin is expanding the collective brainpower of its participants and what that might lead to.

Coinsetter CEO Jaron Lukasiewicz talks about the challenges bitcoin faces in the credit card market, and why he's bullish on its impact in remittance.

Google's latest mobile information delivery service Google Now has added support for Coinbase.

CoinDesk speaks to Bitcoin Foundation board member and VC Micky Malka to learn his predictions for the year ahead.

Developer Ryan X Charles has been let go from his post as cryptocurrency engineer at Reddit.

USAA's Vic Pascucci speaks to CoinDesk about the financial services company's recent investment in bitcoin services company Coinbase.

Law firm Perkins Coie examines why bitcoins might be subject to security interests that reduce their value, and if this can be resolved.

CoinDesk wants to hear directly from our readers about where they stand on the topic of bitcoin regulation.

In an interview with CoinDesk, investors and entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss discuss their newly revealed bitcoin exchange project, Gemini.

Software magnate Bill Gates has again spoken out on bitcoin in his third ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social sharing platform Reddit. The focus of the AMA was philanthropy and the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As a result, Gates’ answer revolved around potential bitcoin applications in charity. In response to the question “What […]

Canada's BitGold has gone public following a reverse merger with mineral exploration company Loma Vista Capital.

The University of Cumbria has announced the launch of a free online Masters-level course that will look at the future of money. The month long ‘Money and Society’ MOOC (massive open online course) will be targeted at “monetary innovators and activists from any political persuasion”, and look into “the essence of money and how it has […]

Reddit’s cryptocurrency engineer, Ryan X Charles, has caused a stir with his proposal to implement bitcoin on the platform. Under username ‘ryancarnated’, the developer revealed how he aims to enable peer-to-peer payments on Reddit, but for the time being he describes the service as a “proof of concept”. The implementation would allow users to register their bitcoin […]

A torrent site has announced plans to hand out $100,000-worth of rewards in bitcoin for those assisting its development.

Six hundred students at Canada’s McGill University are set to receive 30 mBTC ($7) each as part of a joint initiative to promote bitcoin adoption. The event, launched by the McGill Cryptocurrency Club and Montreal’s Bitcoin Embassy, is due to take place in the spring and is seeking donations from the public that will be held in a […]

Coinbase's much-anticipated US exchange is now live to consumers in 24 US states.

While the bitcoin price may have taken a beating recently, it appears to be bouncing back, having crossed the $250 and $300 mark in quick succession.

Coinbase is set to launch a US bitcoin exchange already approved by 50% of state regulators on Monday.

Bill Gates has commented on bitcoin's possible future ahead of the release of the Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation's annual letter.

Bitspark has rolled out its second bitcoin-powered remittance service in a month, catering this time to Indonesian workers in Hong Kong.

A Chinese startup called Play claims it can disrupt the incumbent online gaming industry by placing games' logic on a blockchain.

In a new interview, BBVA Ventures' Jay Reinemann discusses his firms investment in Coinbase and what his means for its parent bank.