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Bitcoin exchange Quoine, which has to date focused on the Japanese market, has raised $2m with plans for expansion.

Executives from Coinbase and Blockchain got into an online sparring match recently, in a debate that was about more than security.

SecondMarket managing director Brendan O’Connor discusses his syndicate's successful bid for 48,000 BTC confiscated from Ross Ulbricht.

The Stellar network forked last week, leading to questions about the integrity of the Ripple consensus protocol upon which it is based.

Bitcoin Investment Trust and SecondMarket have been revealed as the winners of 48,000 BTC confiscated from alleged Silk Road leader Ross Ulbricht.

One of the biggest online payment processors in Romania has integrated bitcoin with its merchant services.

Cryptocurrency exchange Yacuna now allows UK-based customers to instantly deposit GBP in their accounts via SOFORT Banking.

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has said that bitcoin purchases will not be subject to sales taxes. According to a tax guidance memorandum from the agency’s Taxpayer Guidance Division dated 5th December (hat tip Marco Santori), digital currencies are a type of “intangible property” and, as such, are not subject to […]

The operator of two unlicensed digital currency exchanges has been ordered to pay more than $68,000 after a lengthy investigation by the US SEC.

A new decentralised marketplace called Bitmarkets has introduced privacy enhancing features and a novel escrow system.

Bitcoin services are emerging in Latin America with more emphasis on the average consumer than exclusively the bitcoin consumer.

ChangeTip has announced that former Blockchain product manager Dan Held will join its team as VP of product management.

The bitcoin price has remained flat, but traded volume has declined sharply over the last week.

CoinDesk explored a new Minecraft server called BitQuest, which is using bitcoin as an in-game currency.

Bitcoin remittances can make immigrant workers' lives easier without them even knowing the digital currency is involved.

CoinDesk speaks to FirstMark Capital's Lawrence Lenihan, a bitcoin believer with sharp critiques for the industry's entrepreneurs.

Promoting bitcoin as a revolution is not likely to bring advantageous regulation – informed dialogue is the way to go, says Amor Sexton.

BitFury CEO Valery Vavilov speaks to CoinDesk about the company's larger goals, the structure of its operations and its role in the bitcoin ecosystem.

Bitcoin's price is unstable because of its fixed supply, say experts. Is there anything we can do to fix that?

In a new interview with CoinDesk, US Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) said that his moratorium bill is meant to protect the development of cryptocurrency.

Boost VC has just closed a new fund to provide a 300 BTC investment to each of the companies in its upcoming startup batch.

The Bitcoin Foundation has hired developer Sergio Lerner as its new bitcoin core security auditor.

Serial bitcoin investor Tim Draper has confirmed he purchased 2,000 BTC during yesterday's US Marshals auction.

California's Department of Business Oversight will hold a meeting this month to determine if the agency should regulate bitcoin businesses.

Bitupcard is a voucher scheme launching in Turkey that makes bitcoin buying as easy as topping up your mobile.