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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released the latest draft version of of its BitLicense proposal.

A jury in New York ruled Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht guilty on all charges including money laundering, drug trafficking and computer hacking.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has released a revised version of its BitLicense proposal.

EU rules requiring merchants to record the country of residence of their customers could be bad news for pseudonymous payments systems like bitcoin.

CoinDesk speaks to the Isle of Man’s head of digital development about how the UK dependency is pressing forward with bitcoin-friendly regulation.

At least $11m has gone to fraudsters running bitcoin scams in the last four years, university researchers have found.

New research from Singapore-based web intelligence firm S2T suggests Islamic State (ISIS) could be using bitcoin for fundraising. Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz has reported that S2T analyst Ido Wulkan managed to find concrete evidence linking an ISIS cell based in the US to fundraising activities. The cell apparently used the dark web and bitcoin to cover its tracks. […]

P2P marketplace LocalBitcoins has experienced a hack on its chat client, resulting in the distribution of malware and loss of customer funds.

The NYDFS has issued a response to questions about the regulatory status of Coinbase's recently launched bitcoin exchange.

Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R Vance Jr has issued new remarks regarding his agency's interests in the bitcoin exchange space.

The New York County District Attorney's Office has shut down more than 70 allegedly fraudulent bitcoin investment sites.

Citi's head of digital strategy doesn't think bitcoin is ready for mass adoption, speaking at a panel organised by his bank in London.

California's top money transmitter regulator has released a statement saying that Coinbase's new exchange is not licensed to operate in the state.

Security firms McAfee and Symantec have issued warnings on CTB-Locker – bitcoin-demanding ransomware that is now being propagated via spam.

Bitcoin companies continue to take a hammering from hackers. Where should they look for better security practices?

Third-party payment processor EgoPay suffered a hack in late December, the company has confirmed in a blog post.

Federal investigators have confirmed that Brian Richard Farrell has been arrested in connection with black market website Silk Road 2.0.

Robert Faiella, the bitcoin trader charged alongside BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in a New York court.

A Spanish political party has submitted a proposal to the country's Congress outlining the need for bitcoin regulation.

A researcher in Berlin has described a way to compromise a core algorithm underpinning bitcoin so that transactions leak private-key data.

Today in court, a witness from the US Department of Homeland Security claimed that Mark Karpeles was once suspected to be Dread Pirate Roberts.

Accused Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht stood trial today for charges stemming from his alleged involvement in the online black market.

Russia’s media watchdog has blocked access to a few bitcoin-related sites, citing a court order from 30th September.

Credit cards are the easiest way to buy bitcoins, but exchanges that don't handle them properly can be hit by chargebacks. What can they do?

Align Commerce is using bitcoin as a method for moving value and the blockchain to provide tracking for payments.