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According to the Attorney General Eric Holder, the US Justice Department is looking to deprive criminals from being able to quietly move bitcoin funds. The scrutiny comes after the realization that more investors are flocking towards digital currencies. More attention and recent...

Representative of Texas, Steve Stockman, has proposed a bill to tax bitcoin on paid transactions. The bill is called the Virtual Currency Tax Reform Act, and would alter decisions already made by the IRS. Proposal to Tax Bitcoin Stockman’s bill objects to the IRS’...

Could Kim Dotcom be a Modern Day Robin Hood of the Internet? Born Kim Schmitz in 1974, and of German-Finnish decent, Kim renamed himself as Kim Dotcom in 2005, paying homage to the internet, to which he owes his fortune. Dotcom has been branded with many varied titles over the...

Fed Vice President and Director of Research in St. Louis, David Andolfatto, released a bitcoin presentation last week. Andolfatto has become one of the highest regarded Central Bank officials to have taken an in depth interest in the digital currency. Representative for...

GSMsolutions, a Dublin based tech company that features in repairing electronic gadgets, is now paying staff members with Bitcoin. In fact, according to the GSMsolutions website, the company has already been able to sign up five of its employees to pay their wages in Bitcoin. The...

Scotland has been in a debate over which form of currency to use and is allowing all Scots to give their input. If chosen, a digital currency alternative will be known as the Scotcoin. Scotcoin The new currency will be made to protect the people from the risks traditional markets...

Even with the confusion surrounding the company and its CEO, Neo & Bee, a Cyprus Bitcoin saving and payment network has restarted trading on Havelock Investments. Six days after trading was suspended on Havelock, Neo & Bee buy and sell orders resumed. Neo & Bee Resume...

Online juggernaut, eBay, has added a virtual currency section to its site, allowing for bitcoin and dogecoin trading. The feature only appears for the US site as of now, but that can change in the future. eBay Digital Currency Section Users can now buy and sell digital...

Bill Downe, the Chief Executive of the Bank of Montreal (BOM) said on April 1st that his bank would be receptive to dealing with bitcoin transactions on the condition that the digital currency becomes more regulated. This is the first major form of approval from any chief of a...

President of the San Jose Quakes soccer team, Dave Kaval, has announced that his team will be accepting bitcoin in the upcoming soccer season. Fans of the sport will soon be able to spend their bitcoins on the team’s merchandise and to buy tickets. San Jose Quakes The...