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The Big Apple’s first ever Hackathon took place at the NYC Bitcoin Center this past weekend. The Center plays host to developmental events to further educate and empower digital currency’s technological advances. Communications Director for the NYC Bitcoin Center,...

An American citizen has been arrested for the sale of a hand gun on the bitcoin black market. The unidentified 25-year-old male sold the pistol online to Dutch law enforcement officials in exchange for digital currency. The Amsterdam District Public Prosecutor revealed that the...

When one pictures Vegas, the last thing on one’s mind might be Las Vegas Bitcoin. Today, that has changed as two of Las Vegas’ casinos, D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Hotel & Casino, have announced that they will be the first to begin accepting the famed...

  Hypebeast, a news site based on the latest in clothing trends has welcomed bitcoin payments. Hypebeast posted the news on twitter yesterday, that they are officially accepting bitcoin for purchases at its online store. The site has a wide-variety of streetwear and...

The University of Cumbria in the UK has announced it will accept bitcoin payments for two new programs. The programs work in conjunction to study crypto currencies and complementary currencies. The university’s director of the Institute for Leadership an...

On Tuesday January 7th, Chicago residents gathered at the Atlas Brewing Company to discuss their city’s take on bitcoin. 40 people met up for the event, a fine turnout considering the blistering cold whether. However, Chicago bitcoin enthusiasts weren’t going to let...

  Korbit, a South Korea bitcoin startup has said that it will receive $400,000 in funding from various investors from the Silicon Valley. The investments include names such as DFC founder Tim Draper,AngelList founder Naval Ravikant, SV Angel founder David Lee and Barry...

On January 18th, London had its first Satoshi Square Event for bitcoin trading. The event allowed for live face-to-face trading, similar to what we’d expect to see on Wall Street. The UK event attracted more than 250 sign-ups on its meetup page and took place at Bishops...

United Kingdom- A London man has attempted to trademark the term ‘bitcoin’. The application for the trademark reached UK’s patent office on November 5th, 2013. Marvin Dennis of Leyton, East London, is looking to trademark the term made famous by Satoshi...

Dutch Lawyer Welcomes Bitcoin Many small and private businesses owners are beginning to accept bitcoin as payment. They see bitcoin hanging around in the future and are getting into the trend quite early in the digital currency’s life cycle. A high profile Dutch lawyer from...