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Customers of GAW High Speed Internet have been without service for months, according to a new report.

A group of Chicago entrepreneurs and investors have launched the city’s first bitcoin and blockchain hub. Opening today at Chicago’s 1871 – an entrepreneurial centre home to 325 early-stage digital startups – Chicago’s Bitcoin Center will provide a co-working space, mentorship, public relations and government affairs services to blockchain-focused startups. Matthew Roszak, CEO of the Chicago Bitcoin […]

Users of the popular bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip can now top up their accounts with credit cards.

Citi to discuss its plans for blockchain technology and digital currency at CoinDesk's Consensus 2015 conference in September.

The bitcoin payments network will power 10% of online payments and 20% of global remittances by 2025, according to a new report by Wedbush.

A secretive hacking group known as Wild Neutron has targeted a range of businesses worldwide including bitcoin companies.

Seven bitcoin businesses have drafted a letter to California lawmakers following the state's most recent update to its proposed industry regulation.

BitFury, the best capitalised mining firm in bitcoin, today announced it has raised a further $20m in funding.

Speaking at WIRED Money, Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe said bitcoin has a future in payments.

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Casey has been appointed senior advisor of MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative to help raise bitcoin awareness. The journalist, known for his work with Paul Vigna on The Age of Cryptocurrency and their regular WSJ column BitBeat – which covered developments in the crypto space – will take up his post at the beginning of […]

The Government of Jersey has opened a consultation period to explore the possibility of regulating virtual currencies such as bitcoin.

Two London bitcoin startups have unveiled a new system that "ring-fences" customer funds from other operations.

Can bitcoin conquer Argentina? CoinDesk explores the evidence in an attempt to discern whether the digital currency can really take off.

Uber has denied rumors that is currently integrating bitcoin as a payment option for its on-demand mobile ride-sharing services.

CoinDesk speaks to MovieTickets.com CEO Joel Cohen about the company's decision to accept bitcoin and the future of the payments program.

OKWave, Japan's answer to social network Quora, has announced plans to launch a bitcoin tipping scheme.

New Jersey-based online casinos were hit with distributed denial-of-service attacks and faced additional threats unless they paid a bitcoin ransom.

A notorious Italian spyware maker has developed tools for monitoring cryptocurrency software usage, according to new leaked files.

Genesis Mining has launched a new web interface which will enable miners to gain greater control of their bitcoin mining operations.

A bill currently before the California Senate has been amended to include a provisional application process for early-stage bitcoin startups.

Blockchain has launched an alpha version of its latest wallet, a streamlined version of one of its most popular products.

Digital currencies are still relatively unknown in Japan. This week, one of the country's pioneering VC firms aims to change that.

The former operator of a bitcoin poker site has plead guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed gambling site in the state of Nevada, reports say. Having avoided a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, Bryan Micon, who ran the now-defunct Seals with Clubs, will have to pay a $25,000 fine and serve a probation term, VegasInc reports. […]

Emerging markets-focused bitcoin services provider BitX has launched services in Nigeria.

A fork in the bitcoin network has raised issues regarding how key participants in the payment network process and confirm transactions.