OP-ED: The Rise and Rise of Lipservice: Viral Western Union Ad DebunkedLast week the /r/Bitcoin community thought they came up with a clever ad (see image) that revealed the “true” costs of remittances. But this is an apple’s to orange’s comparison.Nov 28, 2014Tim Swanson
HSBC & Goldman Sachs Under Fire AgainA new attack on the predations of the financial industry was announced by Bloomberg on Wednesday morning with the revelation of a lawsuit alleging that both HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) had jointly engaged in price manipulation of the precious metals market for at least eight years.Nov 28, 2014Carlo C
Australian CoinsForTech Launches Bitcoin-Only Marketplace OneWallet.ioDigital currency-only electronics online store CoinsForTech, announces the launch of its Bitcoin shopping portal and wallet: OneWallet.io.Nov 28, 2014Diana Ngo
Pure Gold: Citibank Report says Bitcoin is ‘Fiat Currency’Ahead of Switzerland’s gold referendum this weekend, Citibank has a released a report publicly criticizing both the metal and Bitcoin – with some content being so embarrassing it could be satire.Nov 28, 2014William Suberg
Bitcoin Foundation’s #TeamHal Fundraiser is Disingenuous (Op-Ed)The Bitcoin Foundation has announced a fundraiser to give 25 bitcoins to “an organization that is doing great work in finding a cure for ALS.” Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The Bitcoin Foundation (BF) says that if you are “on #TeamHal,” you should nominate an organization to receive the funds and/or donate bitcoins to the effort.Nov 27, 2014Amanda B. Johnson
Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong: Remittance, Micro Transactions Will Be Areas of Focus in 2015As Cointelegraph has reported many times, it’s been a busy autumn for Coinbase. Earlier in November, we had a chance to sit down with Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, to get his thoughts on how his company will continue growing and what customers can expect in the near and mid futures.Nov 27, 2014Armand Tanzarian
The Ultimate Bitcoin Black Friday GuideWant to enjoy lavish Black Friday discounts with Bitcoin without the lines, camping out for several days, and the risk of violence?Nov 27, 2014Alyssa Hertig
American Red Cross Now Accepts BTC and Taking Part in ‘Bitcoin Black Friday’The American Red Cross is partnering with leading Bitcoin payment solutions provider BitPay to enable donations in the digital currency. The humanitarian organization said it will be participating in “Bitcoin Black Friday.”Nov 27, 2014Diana Ngo
Is Tim Swanson Right That Bitcoin Hoarding Is Bad?Numbers blogger Tim Swanson recently used Bitcoin blockchain data graphs generated by John Ratcliff to declare that 70% of existing bitcoins have not been spent in six months.Nov 27, 2014Amanda B. Johnson
ZDNet’s Ken Hess Attacks Bitcoin as ‘Illegal’The breaking news on Reddit today is an article by Ken Hess, “reporter” for ZDNet. The Reddit community seems to be in panic mode about Hess’s report that the United States Senate is poised to make Bitcoin illegal. A casual inspection of his report however makes his claims highly unlikely, at best.Nov 26, 2014Carlo C
Blackwave Labs Is Using Blackcoin To Develop Tools For Protesting 2.0With protests exploding around the world, mesh networks are becoming an increasingly used tool. Blackwave Labs thinks cryptocurrencies can help and they are building the tools to bring about Protesting 2.0Nov 26, 2014Ian DeMartino
Report ‘Proves’ User IDs Can Be Traced from Anonymous BTC TransactionsA new report by the University of Luxemburg has emerged, saying researchers have “proven” that Bitcoin transactions can be linked to specific IP addresses and user identities tracedNov 26, 2014William Suberg
Roger Ver Doubles Donation Match for Antiwar.com to $20KRoger Ver is an early adopter of Bitcoin and a peace advocate who puts his satoshis where his mouth is.Nov 26, 2014Amanda B. Johnson
Library in Ferguson Stays Open amid Riots, Decides to Accept BitcoinAmid continued civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, its public library is not only staying open to offer shelter to residents – it also started to accept Bitcoin late Tuesday.Nov 26, 2014William Suberg
Kraken Selected to Aid Mt. Gox Investigation and LiquidationKraken has emerged as a major player in the Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings, confirming its impending role in an array of various financial support operations.Nov 26, 2014William Suberg
Bitcoin Black Friday Is on the Way“Black Friday” is one of the busiest shopping days in the United States. It is a day of unbridled consumerism on steroids, when people pitch tents and lay sleeping bags in front of retail stores and malls across the country, getting ready for the big event.Nov 25, 2014Carlo C
Government: ‘Too big to fail means too big to Jail’ (Op-Ed)When Federal authorities discovered that the bank HSBC had knowingly laundering money for both drug cartels and terrorists groups, most of the world expected quick indictments to follow.Nov 25, 2014Carlo C
If You Bought From Silk Road, Coinalytics May Have You MappedCoinalytics is a Bitcoin data aggregation service that takes requests for transaction-mapping. They work to identify “clusters” in the blockchain and use them in an attempt to connect real-world identities to Bitcoin addresses.Nov 25, 2014Amanda B. Johnson
Strevus CEO, Ken Hoang: ‘To Ensure Trust in the System, Regulation is Needed’Ken Hoang is the Chief Executive Officer at Strevus—a provider of compliance lifecycle management solutions for financial services and digital currency firms.Nov 25, 2014Allen Scott
Bitcoin Price Whipsaw: What Can Ichimoku Clouds Tell Us?The key word of the last week has been whipsaw. This term is applied in trading circles when the price head’s in one direction, and then is quickly followed by a movement in the opposite direction.Nov 25, 2014George Samman
Newly Launched BTMs: Two New Lamassus in Montreal and a Robocoin in BucharestCointelegraph has partnered with Coin ATM Radar, which regularly updates a helpful and navigable Bitcoin ATM map, to get the most comprehensive data about new BTMs as they go online.Nov 25, 2014Armand Tanzarian
Samsung Electronics President and CSO Young Sohn Joins BitFury’s Strategic Advisory BoardBitcoin infrastructure provider and Bitcoin transaction processing startup BitFury Group adds Samsung Electronics President and Chief Strategy Officer to its strategic advisory board.Nov 25, 2014Diana Ngo
Western Union Sitting Duck in Bitcoin Viral Ads BlunderWestern Union has become the latest target of one of the Internet’s more sophisticated dethroning campaigns – and, it seems, has already lost the battle to contain the consequences.Nov 25, 2014William Suberg
Blockchain Factory Is Creating The Tools For Today And Governance Services For TomorrowNathan Wosnack and David Mondrus left Bitnation amid concerns, now they are back with Blockchain Factory and they want to show you the tools they building.Nov 24, 2014Ian DeMartino
Last Event in Russia? Bitcoin Conference Returning to Saint-PetersburgBitcoin Conference is headed to Saint-Petersburg and Cointelegraph is proud to announce that it will be the official general media sponsor of the event.Nov 24, 2014Allen Scott
Crypto Next Now Powers 10 Digital Currency Exchanges, Targets 50 by MarchIsle of Man-incorporated Bitcoin startup Crypto Next, announces it has signed up 10 digital currency exchanges in only one month after public beta launch of its white label exchange platform. The company hopes to have as much as 50 exchanges live by the end of Q1 2015, says CEO Sharon Greenberg.Nov 24, 2014Diana Ngo
Bitcoin Liberates People Punished For Using CashAll are plagued with governments that seek out and punish those who make large purchases in cash. This forces people to either use banks against their preference, or live with the risk of punishment.Nov 24, 2014Amanda B. Johnson
Amsterdam Aims to Become Bitcoin Capital of the WorldSeveral countries have tried to become the “Bitcoin Capital of the World” during the last year, and the competition only seems to be growing. The Isle of Man made the attempt, UK banks pulled the rug out from under their feet, and Australia is certainly one of the world’s leading Bitcoin countries.Nov 24, 2014Carlo C
EBay CEO ‘Very Open’ to Bitcoin, will ‘Likely’ follow PayPalEBay.com president Devin Wenig has stated he is “very open” to Bitcoin and that eBay “will probably experiment” with the digital currency in the future.Nov 24, 2014William Suberg
Bitcoin Analysis: Week of Nov 23 (Concept Review)Bitcoin Analysis from Tone Vays on Cointelegraph.Nov 24, 2014Cointelegraph