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Somewhere in the neighborhood of $72 million, measured in bitcoin, has been stolen from Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex, reports Reuters. It is the second-biggest security breach ever of a bitcoin exchange. The record belongs to Mt. Gox, a Japanese-based exchange that went bust...

In a press release sent to CoinReport on Wednesday, Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex and digital payment processing company Blade Payments announced they will be partnering to provide real-time Bitcoin debit cards to Bitfinex customers. Users holding Blade cards will be able to withdraw...

Swiss-based digital currency exchange ShapeShift announced this week it has closed a funding round in which it raised $1.6 million. Led by Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group and Roger Ver, participants in the round included Bitfinex, Bitcoin Capital, Mardal Investments and...

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced Wednesday a new Bitcoin settlement and security architecture that, for the first time ever, provides total segregation of all customer Bitcoins. Based on BitGo’s multi-signature technology, the Bitfinex exchange now offers individual multi-sig...