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Earlier this month, nonprofit donation platform Catapultian announced that users can now send tax deductible charitable contributions with bitcoin. “Our goal is to build the best online giving experience for donors,” said Josh Kovler, co-founder of Catapultian, in an...

According to a new report on California-based United States Fine Investment Arts (USFIA), there is no indication that there was any legitimate Gemcoin or other viable business operated by the company, which marketed a digital currency it claimed to be “intrinsically backed” by...

While bitcoin remains today’s most popular digital currency, the underlying blockchain technology is what’s caught the attention of everyone from Fortune 500 executives to tech startup entrepreneurs. For those new to the industry, asking how blockchain works often...

Elliptic, a blockchain intelligence company with offices in London and New York, announced Monday it has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group. Participants in the round include Santander InnoVentures, Digital Currency Group, KRW Schindler and...

The Australian government intends to remove the “double tax” treatment from individuals dealing in digital currencies such as bitcoin, reported ZDNet. In a report titled “Backing Australian Fintech” (available for download from the ZDNet article), the government acknowledged that...

Last month, Safe Cash Payment Technologies, Inc. announced that its blockchain can handle up to 25,000 transactions per second, or 3,000 times the number of transactions that bitcoin’s blockchain can handle. In other words, this payments technology company now has the...

Online money platform Uphold announced today that it is adding support for Ethereum and Litecoin, according to a press release sent to CoinReport. “At Uphold, we envision a world where every conceivable form of value is free to move around, convert, transact and be...

Financial services company United Services Automobile Association (USAA) announced earlier this week that account holders can now view their Coinbase account information within the company’s site. “Traditionally, USAA is very good about getting in front of emerging...

A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that a U.S. lawsuit alleging Japan’s Mizuho Bank of covering problems at the now-bankrupt Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange can move ahead, reported Reuters. Mizuho provided banking services for the Tokyo-based exchange and handled all deposits for...

In a press release sent to CoinReport, blockchain technology company BTCS announced the launch of its pilot program to secure Ethereum’s blockchain. “As the first U.S. publicly-traded blockchain-focused company we want to provide our investors diversified exposure to...