Coinbase scores $5 Million in funding
San Francisco start-up Coinbase has completed a second round of funding of $5m for future development of its Bitcoin wallet and exchange platform.
San Francisco start-up Coinbase has completed a second round of funding of $5m for future development of its Bitcoin wallet and exchange platform.
Is bitcoin merely a tool for financial speculation … or a real currency capable of being used to buy and sell goods, as well as for investment purposes?
In what was billed as the first open-air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the digital currency.
Citing strong interest in the digital currency, London-based options broker anyoption has announced plans to offer bitcoin derivative trading.
Bitcoin has a lot of potential, but it won't end lawsuits, greed, pettiness or other human foibles. Breathe.
The online porn industry has been an early adopter of bitcoins, so it's no surprise that a key trade event has added a special panel discussion on the currency's business implications.
The weekend’s bitcoin unsupported rumour was that China is to support the currency … allegedly. If you thought parts of the bitcoin community were susceptible to swallowing rumors, this latest incident just took it up a notch. A user on reddit posted a link — and summary — of a documentary on bitcoin from CCTV, […]
A CoinDesk Q&A with Stan Stalnaker, founder of Hub Culture and the Ven digital currency.
A team of university students in Germany aims to make the first-ever feature-length documentary about bitcoins funded entirely by bitcoins.
US financial regulators are ‘seriously considering’ regulation of Bitcoin and 'if they wanted to', they could regulate it.
A new bitcoin wallet service, CarbonWallet, uses passphrases to store bitcoins "deterministically."
Amazon is set to launch its own in-house currency -- Amazon Coin -- this month.
CoinDesk correspondent Robin Dhara gets an introduction to bitcoin by attending a London meetup for fan and supporters of the currency.
Bitcoin's long-term chances of success are better if there are many other alternative, digital currencies, with many businesses investing in them.
BitcoinATM founder and CEO Evan Rose demonstrates his first automated teller machine for bitcoins; he hopes to make the devices available in 3 - 6 months.
When more than 500 bitcoin experts and entrepreneurs gather in San Jose, California, on May 17 - 19, 2013, for Bitcoin 2013, CoinDesk will be there.
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The value of Bitcoins is down almost a third on yesterday’s exchange values. Since then rates have recovered slightly but remain extremely volatile.
The US-based bitcoin business CoinLab has taken the Mt. Gox exchange to court alleging the Japan-headquartered company did not fulfill an agreement signed in November 2012.
Cryptography expert Zulfikar Ramzan hosts a new series of educational bitcoin videos at Khan Academy.
Forbes tech writer Kashmir Hill tries going for a week living on nothing but bitcoins.
Backed by funding from his brother Barry, Alan Silbert launches BitPremier, a high-end marketplace for bitcoin's wealthy.
A look at why bitcoin no more inherently encourages criminal activity than any other form of currency.
Yet another bitcoin exchange has had the plug pulled on its bank account. Unlike Bitfloor, however, Canadian exchange Virtex is still operational ...
A rogue employee is getting the blame for putting bitcoin mining code onto unsuspecting users’ machines.
Amazon is launching its own currency later this month. Amazon Coins will only be exchangeable for Kindle applications and games and initially US only.
A leading venture capitalist says bitcoin offers the financial tech release valve Silicon Valley has been looking for.
Giant bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has delayed plans to support the litecoin cryptocurrency, following another DDoS attack last month.
Bitcoin-24, the largest bitcoin exchange in Europe, has been offline for the last two weeks after its Polish and German bank accounts were closed.