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Brazil-based CoinBR's acquisition of regional competitor Coinverse is the latest exchange merger in Latin America.

Bitcoin startup Elliptic has announced a new transaction visualization tool that draws connections between several dark markets and exchanges.

US Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges will plead guilty to charges of money laundering and fraud stemming from the investigation of Silk Road.

The SEC has settled with Sand Hill Exchange, an experimental stock market that used bitcoin as a medium of exchange.

Bitcoin’s biggest problem is still the threat of a 51% attack, according to Dr Dirk Haubrich of the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Coinbase has announced the launch of its Instant Exchange, which will allow users to buy and sell bitcoin whilst protecting them against the digital currency’s price volatility. Users with euro, dollar or pound Coinbase accounts will be able to purchase or sell bitcoin directly on the company’s website. Once their instant buy or sell order […]

Magnr, formerly BTC.sx, is now offering interest bearing blockchain-based bitcoin saving accounts.

San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Kraken has launched a new dark pool for bitcoin trades.

ShapeShift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees discusses the company's new iOS app and its decision to stop serving the New York market.

Kleiner Perkins, one of the most storied VC firms in Silicon Valley, has named a bitcoin startup founder to the staff of its new seed fund.

Crypto-powered social network Reveal has announced $1.5m in funding from investors including Boost VC and Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.

Gyft has partnered with Chain to create Gyft Block, a digital gift card trading platform, as part of its drive towards 'gift cards 2.0'.

Blockchain tech could reduce banks' infrastructural costs by $15-20 billion a year by 2022, says a new report by Santander InnoVentures.

Bitcoin mining pool BTC Guild is shutting down later this month, and its operator has cited the BitLicense finalization as a major factor.

MovieTickets.com is now enabling movie-goers to pay in bitcoin for films at more than 900 US theaters.

MonetaGo, a new exchange with ambitions to take bitcoin "global", launched across 40 countries today.

Switzerland's bitcoin community has spoken out following confirmation that bitcoin is exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the country.

Tatiana Cutts, a university law lecturer, examines the subject of bitcoin ownership and whether it impacts the fungibility of the digital currency.

Digital money researcher Travis Patron explains why the late American mathematician John Nash may have influenced the creation of bitcoin.

A new US Treasury Department study reports that bitcoin could possibly be used to fund terrorism but that the actual risk posed remains uncertain.

Bitcoin's security risk will "never be reduced to zero", according to a report released by insurance provider Lloyd’s today.

A political action committee pushing for US Vice President Joe Biden to seek the presidency has announced it will accept bitcoin donations.

Bitcoin has been scrutinised in the past, but this week's criticism took a rather unexpected – and perhaps questionable – sense of humour.

Russia's central bank will meet representatives from the financial markets to discuss bitcoin regulation next week, a local news source claims.

A teenager who instructed ISIL (or ISIS) supporters on how to use bitcoin has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to provide material support.