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Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph

Recent innovative ideas and projects, such as micropayment channels and the lightning network, are creating trustless channels between people so they can transact with each other without touching the blockchain.

Roger Ver, Bitcoin’s first angel investor, spoke to a big crowd on May 29 at the Pioneers Festival at Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, where he said that he believes it’s not too late to invest in Bitcoin.

Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph.

A landmark report from the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner warns that restrictions on encryption could dull freedom of expression.

Fintech Fusion calls themselves “the Swiss Fintech Factory.” The startup incubator wants to provide new businesses in the financial tech sector with opportunities to accelerate their operations.

Silk Road operator and kingpin Ross Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison

FinTech Digest from Cointelegraph: Google is taking another shot at mobile payments, Commonwealth Bank of Australia to Integrate Ripple for Instant Settlements.

Changpeng Zhao has revealed that OKCoin has violated both of the contracts demonstrating strong evidence for a breach of contract with Roger Ver.

Gavin Andresen suggested that he would shift his efforts from the main Bitcoin implementation (Bitcoin core) to the alternative Bitcoin-Xt implementation.

CitiBank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, HSBC Holdings PLC and Bank of America Corp. are deeply involved in the bribes, kickbacks and laundering money schemes of some top FIFA officials and sports executives.

Blockchain technology is shifting from a fringe phenomenon to being studied by traditional finance and governments, it is gaining more and more momentum and interest from VCs, financial experts and traders

Israel-based GetGems mobile wallet and messenger app earned the title of the “most visionary social solution” for “instant payments across social platforms” in the Citi Mobile Challenge in Europe.

The Blockchain Summit on Richard Branson’s private island has attracted digital currency’s top names, and even the likes of Hollywood’s Lucy Liu.

“Big four” Australian bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has announced its plans to integrate Ripple and use the distributed network to transfer funds between its subsidiaries.

U.S. government prosecutors have imposed a money judgment of almost US$184 million against Ross Ulbricht, Apple casually mentions Bitcoin in a new patent application, and more news.

Eris Industries, which develops software that allows anyone to build secure, low-cost data infrastructure using blockchain and smart contract technology, has ordered all its staff to depart the United Kingdom

Reggie Middleton rose to national prominence when he accurately predicted the failure of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and his BoomBustBlog became required reading of analysts, investors and the financial media.

In a letter to Judge Katherine Forrest, Ross Ulbricht will plead for leniency at his May 29 sentencing following his conviction for the crime of being the owner and operator of the Silk Road online marketplace

Despite the recent court ruling that overturned a previous decision to block access to at least five Bitcoin websites, Russia’s supervision agency has blacklisted one of the country’s most popular Bitcoin-related websites.

The number of Bitcoin ATMs across the globe has hit 400. Meanwhile, operators are reportedly making US$1-3K monthly of their Lamassu units, 2-way machines are on the rise, and other interesting metrics from CoinATMradar

Europe’s third-largest insurer Generali has announced it will indirectly invest 1.25 billion euros in emerging financial technology by 2019.

Attorney for the Southern District of New York Attorney has asked the judge the Ulbricht case to issue a life sentence; Bitfury has developed a light bulb that mines bitcoin and more news

Max Kaye is an Aussie with a passion for Bitcoin. He is currently working to bring a novel political party, the Neutral Voting Bloc, into existence using the bitcoin blockchain turning it into a political party of the future.

On May 25 on Twitter, Nick Szabo praised the innovative ideas of two Bitcoin startups — Abra and Streamium

Cointelegraph spoke with Mark A. Calabria, the Director of Financial Regulation Studies at Cato Institute, about the institute’s views on Bitcoin.

OneCoin, a purported cryptocurrency and trading venture based out of Bulgaria, is suspected to be a pyramid scheme with no verifiable evidence to back up any of its business claims.

With currently 108 unicorns worldwide, the billion-dollar valuation club is nowhere near getting smaller.

The Block Chain Summit kicks off at Branson’s private island, Xapo announces its advisory board, BitQuick.co integrates Clef’s ‘passwordless’ authentication system, a new Bitcoin center in the capital city of Brazil, and more news.

SimbaPay is a remittance service provider headquartered in London that enables Africans in UK to send money from their bank accounts back home fast, cheaply and securely.