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Joshua Dratel, legal representative for Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht, says his client has been wrongly accused on one account since bitcoin is not currency. Ulbricht was charged with money laundering, but Dratel says that charge should be dismissed. Representation of Ross...

PasswordBox & Bionym A partnership has been made between PasswordBox and Bionym to devise new systems for users who own a Nymi bracelet. Users will soon be able to authenticate information on personal devices, have access to the website, as well as apps. PasswordBox says that...

Bitcoin Ransom? Email marketing service Mad Mimi was hit with a denial of service attack this past weekend. Soon after the attack, the email provider received an email from someone asking or rather holding Mad Mimi ransom for 1.8 bitcoins in order to stop launching attacks on...

Charlie Shrem Saga Charlie Shrem, known for his alleged involvement in the Silk Road scandal, is in talks with US prosecutors for a plea. Shrem is a known evangelist for bitcoin, and was a former member on the Bitcoin Foundation’s committee. According to a March 28th filing...

Square Market Square Market, known for allowing local businesses to sell goods online, has begun accepting bitcoin payments. Neighborhood businesses signed up through its marketplace will now be able to deal in digital currency. Square’s post reads: “For sellers, the...

Bitcoin Share Trading Suspension The trading of Neo & Bee bitcoin shares on the Havelock Investments exchange have been suspended “due to an increase of abnormal activity”. Neo & Bee’s parent company, LMB Holdings, requested the suspension. Neo &...

Bit121 Shutdown UK-based bitcoin exchange, Bit121, has closed its doors for the time being, as of today. There has been no word of when the exchange will reopen its doors. The sites’ functionality was halted back on March 26th, but users can still view account statements...

Bitcoin entrepreneurs expect that bitcoin technology will soon associate with financial tasks similar to how banks and exchanges handle them. Ripple Labs Inc. and Invictus Innovations Inc. are utilizing bitcoin’s coding for authentication purposes, assuring a buyer is who...

Security Traders Association The Security Traders Associatio of New York has announcd that it will begin accepting bitcoin payments for tickets to its annual conference. The announcement was made this past Friday. New York-based crypto-currency exchange Atlas ATS has agreed to...

Illegal Black Market According to a study by the RAND Corporation, illegal black market sites used for buying stolen credit cards and performing other fraudulent activities are harming businesses, governments and individuals. Large corporations such as Target have fallen victim...