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The Slovenia-based Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp resumed services late Friday, four days after suspending operations to due to breach that saw the loss of 19,000 Bitcoins valued at more than $5 million. In a statement on the company’s website, Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodrič said the firm...

On Friday, online retailer Overstock.com announced that as part of its commitment to digital currency technology, it was preparing to offer its staff the option of being paid in Bitcoin. Making the option more viable is the presence of a Bitcoin ATM at Overstock.com’s...

With a crowdfunding campaign operating in both the US and the UK, Bitreserve, a Bitcoin wallet startup with offices in San Francisco and Shanghai, raised £6.3 million (around $9.6 million US) before 2014 drew to a close, reported several media outlets. Forbes reported that...

Copay is an open-source multi-signature Bitcoin wallet platform now available for free at the Windows Phone app store. Copay is an open-source project led by BitPay, which processes Microsoft’s Bitcoin payments. The app made its debut on Tuesday, the first day of the Consumer...

On January 13, the US Treasury will hold a roundtable discussion with the aim “to share the Government perspective on issues pertaining to financial access for MSBs (money services businesses) and to hear from industry,” reported SiliconANGLE. Representatives from the federal...

While the debate about whether Bitcoin will ever gain full footing in the global financial ecosystem continues, there has been less talk about Bitcoin’s prospective benefits within communities that are not well served by traditional financial services, in particular the...

Whistleblower and former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden is accepting donations in Bitcoin to support his legal defence, reports International Business Times. Courage Foundation, which manages Snowden’s legal defense, has set up a website –...

On Monday, Bitstamp, a Slovenia-based Bitcoin exchange, announced on its website that it would temporarily suspend services, stating that it had believed that one of its operation wallets was compromised on Sunday. Bitstamp elaborated on the issue Tuesday, stating on its site...

The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) will go public following a final filing last week to have the trust listed on the NASDAQ, reported SiliconANGLE. Run by entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the Trust will see one million shares listed under the stock...

The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, reports that about 99 percent of the Bitcoins that vanished from Mt. Gox’s transaction system may be the result of fraudulent transactions and not from cyber-attacks as the company initially alleged. The newspaper reported that the Tokyo...