20 Aug 14 @ 15:02

E-commerce giant Overstock has announced that bitcoin payments will be available on its international website from 1 September. Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, has announced that the company intends to... read more

18 Aug 14 @ 15:31

Online auction site eBay is planning to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service. The move comes after executives from eBay’s online payments unit PayPal held meetings with digital currency... read more

06 Aug 14 @ 14:37

The government is to explore the role that digital currencies such as Bitcoin could play in the financial system and whether they need to be regulated. Chancellor George Osborne will... read more

09 Jul 14 @ 15:31

Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is putting the domain name bitcoins.com up for sale and states that the proceeds will be used to reimburse users of the bankrupt currency exchange.... read more

24 Jun 14 @ 16:03

Canada has implemented what is the first official national law on Bitcoin use. Its signing was quiet, notes Christine Duhaime, B.A., J.D., Financial Crime and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist of Duhaime Law.... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:22

Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research from digital... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 09:19

The founder of MtGox has refused a US court’s demand that he testify this week about the collapse of what was the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. Mark Karpeles had been asked... read more

06 Mar 14 @ 15:15

Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He’s wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he... read more

25 Feb 14 @ 17:11

Mt. Gox, once the world’s biggest bitcoin exchange, went dark on Tuesday, with its website down, its Tokyo office empty, and a cryptic comment from its chief executive that the... read more

16 Jan 14 @ 11:28

SmartMetric, a developer of patented payment card technology and in-card biometric products, announced that its soon-to-launch SmartMetric Biometric Bitcoin Card, the world’s first biometric, fingerprint secured, off-line storage platform for... read more

14 Jan 14 @ 14:55

Canada has unveiled the prototype of  MintChip, a digital currency likened to Bitcoin – only this currency was designed by the Royal Canadian Mint, is backed by the Canadian dollar, and... read more

06 Jan 14 @ 10:12

Amid further uncertainty for virtual currencies, there are fresh reports that India’s largest bitcoin exchange, BuySellBitCo.in, has been forced to shut after the country’s central bank issued a statement warning... read more

17 Dec 13 @ 09:25

It has been another topsy turvy week for Bitcoin as Norway, the government of Scandinavia’s richest nation, confirmed the virtual currency doesn’t qualify as real money. “Bitcoins don’t fall under... read more

06 Dec 13 @ 11:09

China’s central bank has taken the decision to bar financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to regulate the virtual currency after an 89-fold jump in its value sparked a... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 09:38

Bips, the Danish bitcoin exchange, has been forced to shut down its consumer wallet initiative after suffering a major cyber-attack that saw £1 million in bitcoins stolen. Copenhagen-based Bips is... read more

18 Nov 13 @ 14:34

The UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit is warning that tens of millions of PC users across the country are being spammed by e-mails loaded with notorious bitcoin ransomware Cryptolocker. The... read more

30 Oct 13 @ 09:46

A UK Bitcoin exchange is launching in London this week that will bar customers from the US, citing diverging regulatory approaches to the experimental digital currency. Bitcoin has made the news recently for... read more

29 Oct 13 @ 17:43

Bitcoin has launched the world’s first cash machine for buying and selling the online currency. It has been installed at a coffee shop in Canada. The kiosk is equipped with... read more

15 Oct 13 @ 10:03

In another big hit on virtual currency, Dwolla has shut down its services that work with virtual currency exchanges. The online payment provider emailed its customers which operate companies related to... read more

20 Aug 13 @ 18:41

Bitcoin wallet service Coinbase has created an SMS interface, which enables users to send and receive bitcoins via text message. Any Coinbase customer, regardless of the network they are on and whether... read more