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Benjamin Lawsky, Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), announced Tuesday evening several changes he will make to the proposed special banking license – known as BitLicense – that his department introduced in July to regulate digital...

Bitcoin payment processor and wallet provider Coinbase announced today it has recruited John G. Collins as its Head of Government Affairs. Collins’ US Capitol experience includes serving as a senior adviser to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,...

Saturday marked the launch of Urdubit – Pakistan’s first Bitcoin exchange – which aims to facilitate greater adoption of Bitcoin in the region, reports CoinDesk. Founded by Zain Tariq and Danyal Manzar, who also run the Bitcoin community and advocacy group BitcoinPk,...

Dell has struck a partnership with Bitcoin ASIC Hosting – a Seattle-based colocation provider for Bitcoin miners – to supply colocation space for the hosting company’s customers at Dell’s Western Technology Center in Quincy, Washington. According to DatacenterDynamics, the...

Online payment platform DebitWay.ca announced Wednesday that altcoin exchange Cryptsy.com has joined the Montreal-based corporation’s growing list of digital currency enterprises that have turned to DebitWay to help expand their businesses into Canada and beyond. The...

Last week, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) issued a statement advising that Bitcoin is not legal tender in Serbia and cannot be subject to sale and purchase by banks and licensed exchange dealers. In its statement, the NBS draws public attention to the value of Bitcoin in...

Reuters reported Wednesday that New York-based, Venezuelan-born brothers Kevin and Victor Charles are hoping to open this week the “SurBitcoin” exchange, which will connect Bitcoin buyers and sellers online in their native country. It would be the first Bitcoin exchange in the...

KnCMiner, a Stockholm-based cryptocurrency hardware and software provider, has announced it has launched a version of its KnC Bitcoin Wallet for iOS. In a press release sent to CoinReport, the company said the wallet, which had previously only been available for Android-powered...

Today at the Inside Bitcoins conference in Las Vegas, San Diego-based Airbitz will launch its new mobile wallet for Bitcoin, available for both Android and iOS. According to a description on Airbitz’s website, the wallet’s features and functionality include simple account...

In July, Bitcoin payment processor BitPay announced it would sponsor the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Athletic Association, the sports program of BitPay founders Tony Gallippi and Stephen Pair’s alma mater. Since then, Georgia Tech and BitPay’s relationship has blossomed. On...