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Heads up folks! Bitcoin 2014: Building the Digital Economy conference is being held in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17. Bitcoin 2014 Bitcoin 2014 is an “annual international forum, exhibition and networking conference organized by the Bitcoin Foundation for the fintech industry.” It...

An independent news website based in California called the China Digital Times, has recently published leaked censorship instructions made by Chinese government officials to the Chinese media. The government agency, which was not named, told the Chinese media to take down, or...

The PBOC crackdown continues in China as two more banks announced shutting down Bitcoin trading accounts. China Guangfa Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co Ltd, have both stated that their customers are banned from using their bank accounts to trade with Bitcoin. These...

The CEOs of five major Chinese bitcoin exchanges have pulled out from Global Bitcoin Summit 2014 (GBS) taking place this weekend May 10-11. This news comes in the wake of actions taken by banks against them which forced most of them to shutdown accounts related to bitcoin...

Bitcoin has been hit once again by the Chinese regulatory hammer as the crackdown gets stronger, due to the warnings issued by People’s Bank of China. On twitter, BTC China, one of the most vocal and prominent Chinese Bitcoin exchanges, tweeted: Dear users, Due to...

After the recent backlash on Bitcoin by the People’s Bank of China, a series of repercussions were caused in China. BTC China stopped its Chinese RMB deposits, and companies who dealt with Bitcoin directly or indirectly were told to stop. This occurred even though Bitcoin is not...

As a result of the recent PBOC rebuking remarks about banks still funding BTC China, the Chinese Bitcoin exchange company has halted RMB Deposits. The PBOC clarified its position on Bitcoin a few days ago and explained its stance, “The current level of services that banks and...

BTC China has devised a new web-based app that allows smartphone users to become ‘walking bitcoin ATMs.’ Known as the Picasso ATM, the soft bitcoin ATM interface is functional without the need of expensive investments put into hardware. Bitcoiners can sell bitcoins...

In an open letter, BTC China, a popular Chinese Bitcoin exchange, wrote that it has not received any official notice from the PBOC. Many media sources have been speculating on the rumor that the PBOC will be striking down on Bitcoin come April 15th. However, BTC China wri...

Vircurex, a small Bitcoin exchange in Beijing, released a statement in which it said that accounts held by customers will become frozen today. This is due to the fact that large withdrawals over the past few weeks have almost used up all of Vircurex’s funds. In the last year, the...