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For those of you who have tried to buy things in person with Bitcoin, you know the frustration of transaction delays. Due to the underlying structure of the network, transactions can’t be counted as having any kind of finality until they’re added to a new block, which are...

Friday night marks the official kick-off of the fourth North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC), taking place this weekend in Miami Beach, Florida. TNABC held its inaugural event in 2012, which drew 100 delegates. Its 2014 event welcomed more than 2,000 visitors from 40 nations....

Copay is an open-source multi-signature Bitcoin wallet platform now available for free at the Windows Phone app store. Copay is an open-source project led by BitPay, which processes Microsoft’s Bitcoin payments. The app made its debut on Tuesday, the first day of the Consumer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=9uA4KO2EEBU The first game of the Bitcoin Bowl has happened, and it was (by all accounts) a huge success. The advertisements were clever, the hash-tags were trending, and the mascot was just the right level of kitschy. The...

YesToBitcoins, a Canadian startup dedicated to helping consumers conduct Bitcoin transactions, announced Monday that users can now pay their Canadian credit card bills using the digital currency. “The idea came from asking, why can’t I use Bitcoins to pay my credit card bill?,”...

BitPay announced Monday it has added a NationBuilder website plug-in that allows communities to easily accept Bitcoin donations. Described on its website as “the world’s first operating system for community,” the Los Angeles-based NationBuilder combines a website platform,...

BitPay announced Wednesday it is supporting the American Red Cross by helping the humanitarian organization accept Bitcoin donations through a BitPay-hosted Web page. The company will process Bitcoin donations without any fees so that the Red Cross will receive 100 percent of the...

The US has been in a rush to finally bring mobile payments into the mainstream – and, as usual, it’s a colossal mess. Apple kicked things off with Apple Pay, which is almost exactly the same product as Google Wallet, but somehow far more successful. Apple almost...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Arthur Levitt, who served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1993 to 2002, is joining the advisory boards of BitPay and Vaurum. As an adviser to BitPay, a Bitcoin payment processor, and Vaurum, a Bitcoin exchange for...

Paydici, a billing service provider based in Portland, Oregon, announced Tuesday it is working with Bitcoin payment processor BitPay to bring recurring billing to the Bitcoin realm. “This partnership will help ensure that businesses large and small can transact in bitcoin with...