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According to a month-old internal document originally drafted by the management team of the Bitcoin Foundation and which has now been openly published, the foundation is considering splitting into two separate organizations.

Libertarian darling Rand Paul (R-KY) has become the first Presidential candidate to accept bitcoin donations, partially in an attempt to appeal to the tech community.

With the promise of the moon for its users without the need to purchase expensive mining equipment, the cloudmining industry has been experiencing its ups, and recently, its downs.

In light of recent events within the bitcoin industry, namely the Evolution Marketplace going up in a burst of flames with customer money, it has become clear that cryptocurrency deviates from traditional money in more ways than initially meet the eye.

The Bitcoin Foundation considers splitting into two separate organizations, Igot rolls out its payment processing service to 40 countries and more top stories for April 7.

Factom, an open source platform providing a data layer for the Bitcoin blockchain, has hired former Morgan Stanley investment manager Jacob Dienelt as its head treasurer, the company announced on Monday.

While Germany has become a hostile environment for Bitcoin in the EU, its central bank has revealed its engagement with cryptocurrency in 2014 in a consumer survey.

Recently someone going by the name “patio11” on the Hacker News forums summarized a chat among Bitcoin developers.

Digital currency exchange Buttercoin has announced it is shutting down its operations; CoinShark.io seeks to disrupt the mortgage industry with a bitcoin mortgage payment service and more news.

Cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin lending platform BitLendingClub, is looking to disrupt the growing lending industry with a unique model that should oust bad players while providing a better framework for “good borrowers.”

Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph

While technological innovation is seldom heard of in the restaurant industry, New York City-based entrepreneur Javier Dutan saw a chance to innovate using Bitcoin.

Bitcoin price patterns by themselves are relevant, but many things affect the price. By learning about the variables, we may catch a glimpse of how price is determined.

Seven Dutch Bitcoin companies have collaborated to establish an association in order to counter fraud and collectively represent their shared interests.

Weekend roundup from Cointelegraph

Following the likes of Amsterdam and Madrid, the city of Ghent, Belgium is the newest Bitcoincity, a commerce center where a variety of merchants accept the cryptocurrency as payment.

Jay, a javascript wallet framework developed for NXT, has just released their open-source, trustless web wallet, which may be the easiest way to make NXT transactions yet.

Newly elected board member of the Bitcoin Foundation Olivier Janssens has gone to Reddit to post an extensive critique on the foundation.

Factom is the first usable blockchain technology to solve real-world business problems by providing an unalterable record-keeping system.

Align Commerce, a San Francisco-based startup, announced the public beta of its cross-border payments platform based on the blockchain technology. The startup is looking to provide small and medium-sized companies with faster, cheaper and transparent solutions for global B2B transactions.

Russia’s proposal to ban Bitcoin is expected to pass in August, Ripple, Bitstamp and Jed McCaleb are involved in a US$1 million legal fight, and more top stories for April 3.

Embattled CEO of GAWminers and PayBase, Josh Garza, has helped launch a new wallet and exchange service while relocating operations to Hong Kong.

In light of a sudden “executive order” issued by Barack Obama in America, many Bitcoin redditors surmised that it’s now illegal to donate money to people like Edward Snowden.

The Swiss banking giant UBS is about to dip its toe further into cryptocurrency related technology. The bank will open a blockchain research lab in London later this month.

A little more than a week after release of NeuCoin’s technical whitepaper, an intense debate been sparked between the proponents of the two main crypto technologies, proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS).

Cointelegraph is proud to announce the launch of our new regional website in the Czech Republic.

Next-generation decentralized social network Synereo has announced its partnership and integration with US social communications platform Splicious following the unveiling of its first tech demo.

The proposed law to ban Bitcoin in Russia is expected to be passed in August of this year, as a crypto-legal expert recommends businesses “get out of Russian jurisdiction.”

Shaun Bridges, the secret agent charged with extorting bitcoins during the Silk Road investigation, is also suspected with targeting Bitcoin Shop “for personal gain.”

Leading Swiss bank UBS has announced that it will open up a lab to study blockchain technology in London; Bitcoin April Fools Day Joke roundup; and more top stories for April 2.