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During the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam from May 15-17, a local artist sold his painting for €10,000 in Bitcoin. According to the local broadcaster Omroep West, the painting called “Collaboration” by Reinier van den Bezemer Schoonderwoerd was bought by an anonymous group...

In an attempt to understand the intricacies surrounding bitcoin, Glenn Beck hosted a panel discussion on his show Beck Hosts Panel Discussion on Bitcoin regarding the digital currency. So, kudos to Beck. Beck Hosts Panel Discussion on Bitcoin The panel discussion consisted of...

Heads up folks! Bitcoin 2014: Building the Digital Economy conference is being held in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17. Bitcoin 2014 Bitcoin 2014 is an “annual international forum, exhibition and networking conference organized by the Bitcoin Foundation for the fintech industry.” It...

Lamassu introduces its modular system which makes it possible for owners who already have the existing Lamassu Bitcoin ATMs to now add bitcoin-for-cash using its new Santo Tirso bill dispensing platform. Before this new addition, the producers of the ATMs were only creating...

Alex Charfen and Price Givens have officially launched BitcoinWallet.com and their goal is to present the website as a social, consumer-friendly, and transparent digital currency wallet. Charfen and Givens, who are business partners and longtime friends, have high hopes for their...

The United States’ market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned investors about the risks of partaking in bitcoin related activities on May 7. They cited that the digital currency has the possibility of giving rise to frauds and presented high risk investment...

Vaurum, a digital currency institution which develops high level performance bitcoin exchange software for financial institutions, has been able to raise $4 million in seed funding from Battery Ventures and venture investors like Tim Draper and Steve Case. Draper is a managing...

One of the largest global online bitcoin wallets and merchant processing platforms, Coinbase, announced on May 6th on its blog the acquisition of Kippt and Inc. The content sharing and storing platforms are headed by Jori Lallo and Karri Saarinen. Coinbase welcomes the Kippt team...

Glenn Beck stated during the second half of the broadcast of his radio show on May 5, 2014 that he “would absolutely invest in bitcoin.” Calling it “completely untraditional” and “intriguing”, Beck reveals his interest in the digital currency. Glenn Beck “is a politically...

The CEOs of five major Chinese bitcoin exchanges have pulled out from Global Bitcoin Summit 2014 (GBS) taking place this weekend May 10-11. This news comes in the wake of actions taken by banks against them which forced most of them to shutdown accounts related to bitcoin...