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The Open Bitcoin Privacy Project (OBPP) – an open-source, international organization whose goal is to improve financial privacy within the Bitcoin ecosystem – has released its Spring 2015 Wallet Privacy Rating Report. In the report, the OBPP rates the 10 most popular Bitcoin...

Coinbase announced Tuesday the expansion of its services to the UK, including the ability to trade Bitcoin on Coinbase Exchange and to buy and sell Bitcoin with British Pounds using the Coinbase Wallet. The company also announced the addition of Bitcoin/Pounds and Bitcoin/Euro...

The Internet Association announced Wednesday that Coinbase has joined the Washington, DC-based organization, which represents leading Internet firms in the US that are dedicated to advancing public policy solutions to enhance and protect Internet freedom, foster innovation and...

2014 was the biggest year yet in terms of investment into Bitcoin. The year reportedly saw a total of US$314 million invested into a variety of cryptocurrency firms, with the amount being over three times the total that was invested in the year 2013. It should be noted here that...

On the Coinbase Community forum, which launched last week, Coinbase’s security team posted a message Tuesday that it had discovered that morning a phishing attack that came through email, requesting users to click to accept New User/Service Agreement. Coinbase said the email...

Coinbase announced Monday the launch of its Bitcoin exchange platform, making it the first US-regulated Bitcoin exchange. “With this launch our goal is to bring increased stability to the bitcoin ecosystem,” said the company about Coinbase Exchange, which “provides a reliable and...

Coinbase announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series C financing, which represents the largest venture capital round to date for a Bitcoin firm. Coinbase said the round brings its total capital raised to $106 million. The Series C round was led by DFJ Growth, with...

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...

Time Inc. announced this morning it has become the first major magazine publisher to accept payments in Bitcoin, following a partnership with Coinbase. The media company said the initiative launched today with its titles Fortune, Health, This Old House, and Travel + Leisure now...

Coinbase announced Monday a new feature called USD Wallets, which allows users to store US dollar balances on Coinbase. The new initiative offers instant buying and selling: once users deposit USD into their new wallet, they no longer have to wait for traditional blank transfers...