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Craig Wright has revealed himself to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of bitcoin. “Some people will believe, some people won’t. And to tell you the truth, I don’t really care,” he said to the BBC. The Australian entrepreneur identified himself as Satoshi to three media...

CEX.IO, a UK-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced Thursday the launch of instant U.S. dollar, euro and Russian ruble withdrawals to payment cards. In a press release sent to CoinReport, the exchange said it has enabled withdrawals of fiat funds to Visa and MasterCard. CEX.IO...

Digital Currency Group (DCG), an investment firm specializing in the bitcoin and blockchain realm, announced Thursday a new crop of investors, including Western Union. The investment from the money transfer company is a way for it to “keep our eye on innovation,” said Western...

Russia is planning to impose sanctions, such as jail time, on users of digital currency, arguing that anonymous, difficult-to-trace transactions help abductors and money launderers, reported Bloomberg. According to the news agency, Russia’s finance ministry intends to submit in...

bitFlyer, a prominent Japanese bitcoin exchange, has raised ¥3 billion (or $27 million) in new capital, making it one of the largest procurements by a financial technology firm in Japan, reported the Nikkei Asian Review. The publication said the funds raised will be allocated to...

Blockchain technology firm Gem has announced the launch of a new initiative called Gem Health, a network for creating applications and shared infrastructure in healthcare. Back in March, Gem was reported to be working with a number of partners in the healthcare industry to bring...

A European Union committee has agreed that for the moment the EU should rein in plans to regulate blockchain, reported Reuters. “We don’t want pre-emptive regulation, but we do want precautionary monitoring,” said Jakob Von Weizsäcker, a German center-left member of the European...

The Luxembourg government approved Monday a national payment institution license for Bitstamp, making the company the first fully licensed and regulated bitcoin exchange in Europe. According to a press release sent to CoinReport, the license goes into effect on July 1, 2016, and...

Bitcoin mining firm BitFury, the Republic of Georgia’s National Agency of Public Registry and prominent economist Hernando de Soto are slated to announce Friday a collaboration to develop and pilot a blockchain land titling project, according to a report by Forbes. The partners...

A father and son pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling money through an unlawful bitcoin operation, said the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana in a press release. Randall Bryan Lord, a 58-year-old former Shreveport chiropractor, and his son,...