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Digital wallet provider Coinbase announced Wednesday that it is now available in 13 European nations: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Finland, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain. That brings the total number of countries where Coinbase...

On Tuesday, at the TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Bitcoin startup Gem announced the launch of a Bitcoin platform for developers. The Venice, California-based company’s “full-stack API (application programming interface) now provides developers with a complete solution that...

Yesterday the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) released a global position paper on Bitcoin ATMs and the digital currency itself. The association, which is composed of more than 5,000 members in 65 nations, states it does not consider Bitcoin to be a threat to cash or to...

On March 14, 2015, all 70,000 residents of the Commonwealth of Dominica – an island in the Caribbean – will receive Bitcoin during a Bitcoin distribution event titled The Bit Drop. According to the media release sent to CoinReport by The Bit Drop project manager Sarah...

On Tuesday, Seattle-based BizX announced updates to its e-commerce marketplace and BizX dollars (BizX$) private currency. In the BizX community, businesses and consumers can buy and sell among each other using BizX$ rather than using US dollars. The company allows small –...

Canada has more Bitcoin ATMs than another nation, largely attributed to the efforts of Ottawa-based startup BitAccess. The one-year-old firm has designed, manufactured, and shipped more than 60 Bitcoin ATMs to cities worldwide and a dozen across Canada, cementing Canada’s...

Cloudbet, a company that offers Bitcoin gambling services, is planning to release a mobile Bitcoin casino app this week, aiming to be the first company to issue such a product with substantial functionality. They plan to eventually release a mobile sportsbook as well, in an...

Yesterday, Apple approved the Blockchain wallet app on the App Store, for the second time, Blockchain.info CEO Nicolas Cary told CoinReport in an email. The app was taken down in February, enforcing a general anti-Bitcoin policy on the App Store, and following the removal of...

KnCMiner, a manufacturer of dedicated ASIC Bitcoin and Litecoin mining hardware, has announced to CoinReport that it’s chosen to alter the structure of its upcoming “Titan” ASIC miner. The 28-nm miner is intended to hit 400 GHz/s, and goes for $6,995 on their...

Celery, a browser-based wallet and cryptocurrency vending service, has announced its launch via a news bulletin sent to CoinReport. They pitch their service as a way to lower the barrier to entry to getting involved in Bitcoin for non-technical people who simply want to use it to...