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Earlier this month, Coindera, a Minnesota-based company, launched a cryptocurrency alert and monitoring application with support for more than one hundred digital currencies. Coindera CEO Adam Evers told CoinReport in an interview that he began developing the company last...

Amagi Metals, an online dealer in precious metals and coins, announced this week that by the end of 2016, it will no longer accept US dollars or other “fiat” currencies. Instead, the company is poised to be trading exclusively in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. Amagi Metals...

ChangeCoin, a micropayment infrastructure for the Web, announced last week that ChangeTip, its Bitcoin-fueled tipping service, is available for Google+, Tumblr, and YouTube. The product allows anyone to instantly reward or “tip” any great online video, cause, or content. The...

Last month, ZipZap Inc., a San Francisco-based global transaction network, announced a European expansion, offering 34 nations across the continent opportunities to use cash to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Following a recent partnership with PayZone in the UK, the...

The Wall Street Journal reports that eBay has been quietly working to integrate acceptance of Bitcoin into its Braintree payments subsidiary, part of its PayPal unit. People close to the matter told the paper that PayPal officials have met with several companies that foster...

Canada has more Bitcoin ATMs than another nation, largely attributed to the efforts of Ottawa-based startup BitAccess. The one-year-old firm has designed, manufactured, and shipped more than 60 Bitcoin ATMs to cities worldwide and a dozen across Canada, cementing Canada’s...

On Monday, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its first consumer advisory on cryptocurrencies. The bureau is advising consumers to be aware of possible issues with digital currencies such as the threat of hacking and scams, volatile exchange rates,...

On Wednesday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit organization responsible for Wikipedia, announced that it will accept donations in the form of Bitcoin. Lisa Seitz Gruwell, the foundation’s chief revenue officer, stated in a Wikimedia blog post that members of its...

“Join the Bitcoin community the easy way” is the call-to-action on Chicago-based startup Glidera’s website. The company boasts that it is “the fastest way to transfer value with near zero transaction fees using the strongest encryption-grade security in the industry.” The Bitcoin...

A newly disclosed memo from Canada’s Department of Finance warns that the high level of anonymity and lack of regulations with respect to Bitcoin transactions may make the cryptocurrency “an attractive payment method for criminals.” Obtained by the Canadian Press, the internal...