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Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift AG announced in a press release CoinReport received that it has raised $10.4 million in Series A funding round as the exchange’s volume has skyrocketed past 50,000 bitcoins per month. The funding round was led by Berlin-based Earlybird, with...

Web developer and notary expert Steven Williams’ new service, Indelible.ink, is the easiest way to embed up to 80 characters of plain text directly into the bitcoin blockchain, according to the blockchain tweeting service’s press release sent to CoinReport. Once you sign in, and...

New York City-based securities trading hedge fund Clique Fund on Tuesday borrowed $10 million in stock using the Bitcoin blockchain, reported Wired. The hedge fund used Overstock.com’s new, in-beta operation, TØ.com, to borrow shares in the 30 stocks that constitute the Dow Jones...

On Friday, online retailer Overstock.com announced the sale of a $5 million digital security in the form of a cryptobond to FNY (First New York) Managed Accounts LLC, an affiliate of FNY Capital. Overstock said in a press release that the sale is meant to serve as an additional...

The Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce of the Canadian Senate has concluded its study on digital currency, releasing a report Friday stating that the best strategy for dealing with cryptocurrencies is to tread carefully with respect to their regulation. “After 14...

If you’ve been paying attention to the Bitcoin scene over the last few months, you’ve probably heard about concepts called “side chains” or “tree chains,” and may even be given to understand that there’s some debate over which of them ought to be added to...