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Startup BuyAnyCoin (BAC) wants to hang a prepaid crypto card next to prepaid phone and debit cards in convenience stores.

BTC Guild will close shop in New York over the Bitlicense; Goldman Sachs plans to launch its own LendingClub competitor; Adam Back has called for more open discussion on the Bitcoin Block size and more news

Megabank’s venture capital fund, argues that banks and fintech startups need to collaborate in order to “reboot” the global financial services industry and trigger the ‘Fintech 2.0’ revolution.

One Boston FinTech startup, Quantopian, is open-sourcing its application to coders interested in researching and testing financial investment data.

Philip Agyei Asare, founder of Dream Bitcoin Foundation (DBF) in Kumasi, Ghana, recently contracted malaria. He is out of the hospital now and recovering at home

The Far East versus the West; the United States versus China: a classic battle of global superpowers that may not have a winner

Michaela Juric is an Australian female Bitcoin enthusiast who most people know better as the “Bitcoin Babe.” She uses her beauty through photography to spread awareness about cryptocurrency.

A new service by Living Room of Satoshi allows Australians to send BTC funds direct to a bank account in a single transaction.

Overstock bought three domain names and three social media handles for 150 bitcoin, hacker publishes meta-data details of Silk Road judge Katherine Forest’s work accounts and more news

The act legalized and simplified the collecting of phone metadata for the NSA. Meanwhile Skype continues to collect data and deliver it to the Five Eyes

Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph , Week of June 14

Swedish bank SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB) placed a sponsored, full-page ad this week in Sweden’s largest online newspaper, Swedish Dagbladet.

Bitcoin exchanges have so far refrained from offering meaningful, public comments on the issue.

After a life-long fascination with how computing power can be used to solve problems, Alan Yong, founder of DNotes, wanted to add a human element to cryptocurrency.

Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph.

While the hyperinflationary episode technically peaked in Zimbabwe in 2008, its national fiat currency has finally reached its painful end.

If you are day trading bitcoin, trying to make a quick hit, this article is not for you.

Justus Ranvier proposed in an essay that the idea of block size limits is based on economic fallacy.

Crowdfunding may surpass venture capital next year, Australian bank ANZ integrates contactless payments, Verifone partners with Ericsson, and other top stories from the past week in FinTech.

The number of Venezuelan bitcoin users has doubled and the trading volumes of Venezuelan bitcoin exchanges have increased substantially since 2014.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), has announced it will implement China’s UnionPay contactless payment feature QuickPass to ANZ EFTPOS

A 17-year-old jihadist teenager faces up to 15 years in prison for posts about encryption and Bitcoin, Bitreserve has announced that it is dropping fees for currency conversions, and more news

The bond markets are rattled and global yields are rising, signaling a possible reversal of an aging 33 year bull market in bonds that could have a major impact on all other global financial markets resulting in a reprice in asset classes across the board.

Cointelegraph spoke to MaryJanecoin developer Gabriel Ballerini to get an inside look at the new marijuana-backed altcoin and at the challenges facing the cannabis industry.

ShapeShift terminated its services in New York today, due to the state’s BitLicense regulations for digital currencies.

The influx of new digital technology is drastically changing how users seek entertainment – and how they pay for it, a trend which shows no sign of slowing.

Russia’s Central Bank may soon allow and regulate transactions in Bitcoin, according to a leading Moscow newspaper.

OpenBazaar has raised US$1 million in seed funding with the help of Andreesen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and angel investor William Mougayar.

Today, the UK government has published a report on digital privacy supporting the compulsory mass collection of data for both domestic and “extra-territorial” web traffic.

Nick Szabo believes that the block size debate needs more computer science and less noise; BitShares 2.0 integrates SmartChain technology and more news