Bitcoin Transactions Will Double By 2017, Research Finds
A new report from Juniper Research analyzes the volume and value of past bitcoin transactions, while predicting the market's future.
A new report from Juniper Research analyzes the volume and value of past bitcoin transactions, while predicting the market's future.
Hong Kong lawmakers are urging the government to impose a ban on bitcoin after more than 25 victims in a MyCoin fraud case approached police.
A new survey indicates that 8% of US retailers plan to accept the digital currency within 12 months, with more looking at the longer term.
Mycelium's bitcoin wallet app has been removed from the Google Play store following alleged policy violations.
Lighthouse, the bitcoin-powered crowdfunding application, raised its target of 3.5 BTC for Medic Mobile during its first 24 hours.
Bitpay has launched 'Labs' – a discussion forum for its open-source projects.
Coinbase is shutting down its recently launched tipping feature in a bid to refocus efforts on its core verticals.
An event expected to involve the distribution of bitcoin to 70,000 residents of the Dominica has been canceled.
The SWIFT Business Forum comes to New York next month with a panel of payments and cryptocurrency professionals.
CoinDesk looks at the nominees for this year's Bitcoin Foundation elections, set to begin next week.
A new working paper penned in part by Harvard and MIT professors analyzes how cryptographic tokens fit under US securities law.
International cryptocurrency brokerage 247exchange has added credit and debit cards as a withdrawal method.
UATP, an airline payment network owned by major international airlines, has partnered with bitcoin payment processor Bitnet.
ChangeTip has added a new feature that allows users to redirect tips to charitable causes, with BitGive as its first non-profit parter.
Australian bitcoin finance company CoinJar has introduced pegged accounts in an attempt to shield customers from bitcoin’s volatility. The new accounts, which CoinJar is calling “Hedged Accounts”, will allow users to peg the price of bitcoin against fiat currencies, such as the US dollar, Australian dollar, pound and euro. Asher Tan, CoinJar‘s CEO, explained that the new option would benefit those […]
Members of the public should exercise extra caution when considering an investment in bitcoin because of the digital currency’s “highly speculative” nature, Hong Kong’s central bank has said. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a statement in the wake of reports that a bitcoin exchange and investment scheme called MyCoin had disappeared with an estimated $386.9m […]
BitX is expanding into the world's second-fastest growing economy, Indonesia, bringing a fixed-price bitcoin exchange to its 252 million inhabitants.
Roughly $26,000 in bitcoins and litecoins have been seized as part of an investigation into an alleged software scam.
Kenya-based bitcoin services provider BitPesa has raised $1.1m in funding led by Pantera Capital and including Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.
Russia's top cybercrime official has issued new statements on bitcoin and its current uncertain regulatory environment.
Bitcoin traded sideways over the last week, with the price largely unchanged, as the wider macro-economy awaits a possible Greek Eurozone exit.
Hong Kong bitcoin exchange MyCoin has shut its doors, taking with it as much as HK$3bn ($386.9m) in investor funds, reports say.
Palarin offers simple-to-use bitcoin-based financial tools in the Philippines, helping ease remittance pain points.
Financial fraud is easy to hide, as several large companies have shown us. Could blockchain technology make firms more financially accountable?
New Jersey state legislators held a hearing this week on the regulation, technology and potential surrounding bitcoin.
CoinDesk speaks to members of the bitcoin community to assess their reaction to New York's latest BitLicense proposal.
A new comparison site called Mondome hopes to boost bitcoin remittances by placing traditional and digital currency-based services side by side.
A bootstrapped payment processor called ChainPay wants to take on giants Coinbase and BitPay from its Isle of Man base.
Citing a lack of capital, Australian bitcoin hardware manufacturer Diamond Circle has suspended operations pending a buyer for its assets.
The New York Observer has published an article examining the turbulent history of decentralized payment startups Ripple Labs and Stellar.