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The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, have announced that Gemini, their Bitcoin exchange, has opened its doors to both individual and institutional customers. Making the announcement in a blog post, the twins added they had started sending out invite codes to those...

Late last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad said that digital currency-based derivatives contracts represent an area within the commission’s responsibilities, and now, confirming that view, the CFTC has taken action, as reported by...

Goldman Sachs-backed Bitcoin services company Circle Internet Financial Ltd. is planning to open an office in London, UK, reports Business Insider Australia. Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire and co-founder Sean Neville, along with other executives, are presently in London to...

Coinbase has announced that its customers across 26 countries [in Europe] can buy Bitcoin “instantly” starting today, reported CoinDesk. According to a Coinbase blog post, customers in 26 European countries can now buy Bitcoin “instantly” with 3D Secure-enabled credit...

ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees today tweeted that his Swiss-based digital currency exchange’s new tool, Skeleton, an in-site tool that enables webmasters to allow visitors to their websites to instantly buy and sell digital assets or cryptocurrencies, was now available....

Wall Street-based Bitcoin exchange Coinsetter announced Monday the industry’s first full 0.1% trading rebate. Offering the rebate under what it calls “Maker-Taker” pricing – “a complete and audacious overhaul of its pricing structure” –, the exchange said that it offers the...

San Francisco-based Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. announced Monday its first product for sale: the 21 Bitcoin Computer. CEO Balaji Srinivasan said in a blog post that the device is the first computer with native hardware and software support for the Bitcoin protocol. According to the...

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced today it has approved Circle Internet Financial Ltd.’s BitLicense application, making the Boston-based Bitcoin company the first firm to receive this license. Anthony J. Albanese, the NYDFS’s acting superintendent,...

Ledger is a new peer-reviewed scholarly journal that will publish full-length, original research papers focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, as well as any relevant intersections with computer science, economics, engineering, law and math. To be published online...

On August 31, Coinbase announced the expansion of its services to Canada. Canadian customers can now buy and sell Bitcoin with Canadian dollars (CAD) using the San Francisco-based company’s Buy/Sell service, as well as trade the BTC/CAD currency pair on Coinbase Exchange. To...