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Can Bitcoin be dethroned from its tremendous market capitalization advantage? This is a question hotly debated. On one side stand the Bitcoin purists, those who argue that the advantages of being the first mover and of being the highest market capitalization – and thus...

The Massachusetts Division of Banks and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) jointly released a US survey today about consumer awareness of digital currencies. More than 1,000 online consumers were polled in May about their knowledge and use of virtual currencies such...

Earlier this month, Coindera, a Minnesota-based company, launched a cryptocurrency alert and monitoring application with support for more than one hundred digital currencies. Coindera CEO Adam Evers told CoinReport in an interview that he began developing the company last...

Amagi Metals, an online dealer in precious metals and coins, announced this week that by the end of 2016, it will no longer accept US dollars or other “fiat” currencies. Instead, the company is poised to be trading exclusively in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. Amagi Metals...

The BitGive Foundation, a charitable Bitcoin startup, announced this week that it had become the first Bitcoin charity to achieve 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in the United States. This status has obvious perks: income to the foundation will be untaxed, allowing it to grow more...