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Nicolas Cary, the CEO of Blockchain.info, the most popular online Bitcoin wallet website, shared his excitement on twitter that Blockchain had almost passed 1.6 million users. Since his posting, the Blockchain website has reached and surpassed the 1.6 million mark and is...

Bitcoin exchanges in China are considering ways to escape the PBOC crackdown on Bitcoin. Huobi, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in China, said that it might move its operations overseas in order to continue its services and protect customers. Huobi’s founder and chief...

Complaints by Bitcoin community against Bitstamp’s minimum trade fee, led the Bitcoin exchange to make a few very important changes. A user opened a not-so-pleasant but important discussion on the topic of Bitstamp fees. The user explained that Bitstamp promises to charge...

Defying PBOC warnings, hundreds of people attended China’s first Global Bitcoin Summit in Beijing. Speaking about a Bitcoin ban in China, the organizer of the event, Li Xiaolai, a venture capitalist and Bitcoin advocate, told the South China Morning Post, “Thailand has already...

An independent news website based in California called the China Digital Times, has recently published leaked censorship instructions made by Chinese government officials to the Chinese media. The government agency, which was not named, told the Chinese media to take down, or...

A U.S judge has okayed a preliminary approval plan to allow MtGox creditors to come to a settlement with two executives from the fallen exchange. These executives are Gonzague Gay-Bouchery, MtGox’s former chief marketing officer, and Jed McCaleb the equity stakeholder. Under the...

Last week when the Bitcoin Foundation conducted elections for two vacant board member seats, the election resulted in no outright winners. As a result of this, the Foundation opted to have another election, but this time they limited the candidates to only the top three that were...

A Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange named itBit, has just announced the hiring of two individuals in hopes to increase its credibility in the financial industry. One of the new employees is Erik Wilgenhof Plante, a senior manager at Paypal. The other, Bobby Cho, an analyst who...

China’s largest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has announced the banning of any Bitcoin trading related activity. This move has joined ICBC with around 10 other Chinese banks that have reacted following the PBOC’s Bitcoin crackdown. According to the...

How would it feel to be paid in Bitcoin? A survey conducted by BitWage showed that 47% of businesses who deal with Bitcoin have thought of paying employees in Bitcoin. The poll asked the opinions of 150 companies that incorporate Bitcoin, however, only 38 out of the total...