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Bitcoin payments services startup Paymium has raised €1m in new seed funding from investors including Newfund and Kima Ventures.

Bitcoin services firm Coinbase has expanded to Singapore, a move that marks the $106m startup's introduction to the Asian market.

BitFury has announced it has completed the tape-out for its 16NM ASIC bitcoin mining chips.

Global bitcoin marketplace LocalBitcoins is operating again following over six hours of downtime it attributed to a “hardware failure”. The company announced the outage at 20:22 UTC yesterday. By 03:02 it said the service was “back up and running”, though it appears some site functionality – including user logins – is still problematic. LocalBitcoins community manager ‘Max’ told Reddit the problem […]

The UK government is exploring the use of blockchain technology in improving the transparency and accuracy of its record keeping.

More than 30 bitcoin developers and contributors have signed a letter that discusses how the project aims to achieve consensus for scalability.

A US secret service agent who stole $820,000 worth of bitcoin pled guilty yesterday to money laundering and obstruction of justice.

CoinDesk previews developer Ryan X Charles' forthcoming decentralized Reddit project, now known as DATT.

OKCoin has stopped accepting bitcoin deposits from customers in the US, citing regulatory pressure.

Beam has announced it will no longer focus on using bitcoin in an attempt to disrupt the Ghanaian remittance market.

A Goldman Sachs analyst has revealed insight into the global investment banking giant's developing thesis on bitcoin and blockchain technology.

Bitcoin users in Canada can now buy and sell bitcoin using Coinbase, a move that brings the startup closer to launching in 30 countries by 2016.

CoinDesk profiles Whit Jackson, the 15-year-old developer working to make Ethereum easier for developers.

Which companies are supporting BIP 100 or BIP 101? We've tracked down the answers.

Barclays has revealed it will be pursuing a new partnership with an unnamed bitcoin exchange to help charities accept digital currency.

Vinny Lingham, Gyft co-founder and CEO, explains how bitcoin payments on his digital card platform have decreased.

Jeremy Almond, CEO of payments-as-a-service platform PayStand, examines whether blockchain technology can rescue the last bastion of analog payments.

The venture arm of a major Canadian pension fund is reportedly looking at making investments in bitcoin and blockchain startups.

CoinDesk looks at the top headlines from the last week including prominent pieces from Rolling Stone and The New Yorker.

Vic Pascucci, current USAA head of corporate development, speaks to CoinDesk about his firm's interest in bitcoin and blockchain thechnology.

ChangeTip users can now withdraw bitcoin from the platform in the form of gift cards, thanks to an integration with Gyft this week.

A Virginia teenager who offered online advice on how to use bitcoin to fund terrorist group ISIL is to be sentenced today.

CoinDesk profiles Blockstack, one of a new wave of blockchain firms seeking to partner with financial firms on initiatives involving the technology.

OxfordDictionaries.com, the online language resource owned by the Oxford University Press, has added new cryptocurrency-related definitions.

Cryptosecurities may not be subject to commercial transactions law under the US Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), according to new research.