G7 Pledged Support for ‘Appropriate’ Bitcoin Regulation at June Summit
Representatives at a Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Germany this June announced support for "appropriate regulation of virtual currencies".
Representatives at a Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Germany this June announced support for "appropriate regulation of virtual currencies".
Consensus 2015 and the MIT Media Lab aim to boost diversity in the blockchain space by offering 50 scholarships to young women and people of colour.
Tokyo's District Court has ruled that bitcoin is "not subject to ownership", with a judge telling a plaintiff he couldn't claim for lost Mt Gox coins.
For €50 in bitcoin, Energy Control provides anyone in the world with a breakdown of the purity of their drugs – no questions asked.
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published new submissions from a recent call for information on digital currencies.
Yesterday, social media lit up with the news that bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto had emerged from the shadows to make a transaction.
CoinDesk looks at some of the high-profile politicians embracing bitcoin and blockchain technology to date.
Patrick Byrne, CEO of US online retail giant Overstock, unveiled tØ.com today at the headquarters of Nasdaq in New York today.
Japanese government officials are said to be weighing how to regulate bitcoin exchanges following renewed attention on past issues at Mt Gox.
LOT Polish Airlines is now accepting bitcoin payments, meaning the digital currency can be used for flights to 60 global destinations.
Though Swedish online checkout giant Klarna believes bitcoin holds promise, it doesn't see immediate use cases for the technology today.
Last week, wallet provider Blockchain represented the bitcoin industry in an official government trade mission.
Smart contracts platform Symbiont has announced the issuance of its first so-called smart security.
The arrest of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles on Saturday is the latest twist in a lengthy plot surrounding the now-defunct bitcoin exchange.
The way in which digital currency transactions are taxed should be reviewed, according to the Australian Senate Economics References Committee.
New voices from the FinTech community joined ongoing debates in the bitcoin and blockchain space at yesterday's Keynote 2015 conference.
Embattled bitcoin ATM maker Robocoin is facing yet another upset, this time in the form of a customer lawsuit.
London-based bitcoin firm Elliptic has been awarded “Security Project of the Year” by The Banker magazine. In its second edition, The Banker‘s Technology Projects of the Year awards, claim to celebrate the “most innovative and transformational contributions to financial services technology around the world”. Adam Joyce, CTO and co-founder, said in a company post that […]
A Scottish bitcoin trader had thousands of pounds returned to him after they were seized by police during a money laundering investigation in May.
Eris COO Preston Byrne talks misconceptions about his firm, which is among the more notable to claim the blockchain can exitst without bitcoin.
Diamonds are forever, and now a new startup – Everledger – is making a case that diamonds are for ledgers.
Japanese police arrested Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles today on allegations that he manipulated volume on the platform prior to its collapse.
US retail giant Overstock has sold $5m of a recently issued "cryptobond" to FNY Managed Accounts, a New York-based trading firm.
This week's media coverage, though interrupted by the launch of Ethereum's decentralised app network, largely scrutinised bitcoin's reputation.
Deutsche Bank is exploring the use of the blockchain for a variety of potential applications, according to a recent letter from the German megabank.
A new partnership between Bing Rewards and startup Tango Card will let users of the search engine receive rewards in bitcoin.
A company near San Fransisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is reportedly pursuing fraud charges against Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles.
A new report from Kaspersky Lab shows that developers continue to target users with malware geared toward illicitly generating or stealing bitcoins.
Long one of the most ambitious projects in the industry, decentralized application platform Ethereum is set to open to the public tonight.