William Chen

The Argentinean Central Bank has joined the ranks of other central banks across the globe to issue a warning on cryptocurrencies.

Starting May 25, soccer fans will be able to use Bitcoin to not only buy tickets but also fan gear and refreshments such as beer and hot dogs at the San Jose Earthquakes’ Buck Shaw stadium when they host Houston Dynamo on Sunday.

Circle, a Bitcoin currency services provider, has launched a suite of consumer financial services that the company hopes will encourage average people to use the crypto-currency for everyday transactions.

Libertycoin (XLB) was launched on May 9th with hopes to “liberate” users by providing some egalitarian offerings and features to sweeten the deal for early adopters.

Bitstamp has officially announced that the minimum trade amount will be changed to $US 5.00 in light of complaints from users.

Jeffrey discovered Bitcoin only in February of 2013, and has written some 20 articles on the topic since that time, mainly because its emergence challenged much of what he thought he knew about money, banking, and entrepreneurship. Jeffrey has been a vocal supporter of Bitcoin and is the CEO of Liberty.me.

If you are a member of Africa’s expanding diaspora, then Bitcoin could potentially hold the key to a better life for your friends and relatives in the motherland. Many nations on the African continent are dependent on money transfers from abroad known as remittances.

Today, Bruce Fenton of the Fenton Report blog has shared the latest news on the Save Mt. Gox campaign.

Karmacoin has recently announced to incorporate and issue shares to the Bitcoin community.

A concept for a new hot and cold wallet was unveiled earlier this week. The concept aims to allow everyday users to be their own bank.

A US appeals court has upheld a contempt of court ruling against Lavabit, a supposedly secure email service, which was reported to be used by the world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden.

The Texas Department of Banking (DOB) has announced that it will not treat Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as money in a memo, whose pdf document version, interestingly enough, is no longer available here.

As Bitcoin’s popularity increases day by day, the word “Bitcoin” itself is becoming a buzzword.

Are political campaign contributions in Bitcoin just around the corner?

Coinpectra interviewed Bitcoin Foundation member, Igor Chepkasov, who founded www.BitcoinRussia.org along with the newly established Crypto Currencies Foundation (CCFR) in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Marijuana vending machines have long been a pipe-dream of cannabis smokers everywhere. Now, not only are they are finally becoming a reality for residents of Colorado, where recreational cannabis use is legal, but they will also be Bitcoin-friendly.

The price of Bitcoin has been steadily climbing upwards in the past two days as the April 15 deadline for Chinese-based lenders and payment companies to close the trading accounts of more than 10 domestic Bitcoin exchange platforms, has come and went.

For this year, the annual The Europas: European Tech-Startup Awards has introduced a new category for “Best virtual currency startup.” This year, the event will take place on June 10 in London.

A group of investors has put forth an offer to buy the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, Mt. Gox, for a symbolic price of 1 bitcoin or about US$425 at the time of this writing.

An initiative brought forth by a website of the Bitcoin community is proposing to adopt and better represent Bitcoin with a Unicode symbol.

It was revealed that there is a major flaw in the security of the WWW. No one really knows just how big this could really be but even Internet security firms are starting to show signs of anxiety.

With the announcement by BitPay and New West Technologies on their partnership with NitroSell, Bitcoin transactions in e-commerce as well as at brick-and-mortar retailers are going to become easier than ever.

In the past 24 hours, the price of one Bitcoin has been slowly creeping upward. If yesterday it was hovering around the $445 mark, it is now approaching $460. Although all eyes of Bitcoin-enthusiasts have been focused on China recently in light of rumors regarding the predicted closing of all bank accounts of companies dealing with cryptocurrencies starting April 15th, there are others who have continued to speculate on the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. Particularly, some even claim that yesterday was his birthday. If this is indeed the case, we send our warmest congratulations.

The international online electronics superstore, NewLoge.com, has announced that it will be accepting cryptocurrencies as payment.