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Atlanta, Georgia-based payment processing company Bitpay, works as a direct competitor to credit card providers, Visa and MasterCard. However, Bitpay’s CTO, Stephen Pair, was recently interviewed by CNBC, where he claims such credit card providers play a role in...

Brock Pierce, the newly elected board member of the Bitcoin Foundation, has written a letter to the members addressing the issue of his election. He referred to the sexual abuse allegations that date back 14 years and declared his innocence from them. In the letter obtained by...

American authorities have begun a new investigation into Bitcoin related businesses, such as exchanges, to determine if they have or had links to former online drug market, Silk Road. This analysis serves as a way to paint Bitcoin in a negative light for any association with the...

Digital wallet service Coinbase has made it easier for the bitcoin community to store and transact with their digital coins. Coinbase Feature The company has released a new feature to its operations, allowing merchants to take bitcoins and convert percentages into cash. This will...

Bitmart has just been launched a New Zealand’s first online virtual currency store. The online store has a large variety of electronics, snacks and “household consumables” that could not have previously been bought with Bitcoin in New Zealand. Bitmart offers goodies like...

Since Saturday night, May 17, the LocalBitcoins website has been experiencing downtime. The website currently reads: “Looks like there is a network problem at our hosting provider. We are sorry for problem; LocalBitcoins team is working hard to get the site back up.”...

New Mexico has been issued a warning by the state Securities Division and Financial Institutions Division over the potential risks involved with dealing in digital currencies like bitcoin. State Divisions Warnings State Securities Division Director Alan Wilson acknowledged his...

In an interview with the New York Times, Marc Andreessen gave his opinion about the state of new technologies and startups within the Silicon Valley. Technology in the Silicon Valley There are some struggles for startups gaining momentum to going public within the Silicon Valley....

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss discovered bitcoin in June 2012 while on vacation, and have had big plans for the digital currency ever since. The duo claims that bitcoin encourages financial freedom and openness. Bigger than Facebook Their destiny’s lead them to bitcoin while...

Regulating bitcoin has proven to be a painstakingly difficult task for the US state regulators, as each state that has attempted to regulate bitcoin has done so under its own principals and guidelines. A set structure for how the American people should be allowed to use bitcoin...