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The Bitcoin world can seem so stuffy at times. Tech specs, market quotes, the newest in digital wallets? It’s healthy to lighten up about the whole cryptocurrency world sometimes. We hope our “Who’s Who” in the Bitcoin community, a la Rage Comics, comes to you like a breath of fresh air. Enjoy!

Pavel Durov, former CEO of Russia’s social networking site VKontakte, has openly decried the treatment of cryptocurrencies by the country’s authorities.

All eyes will be on BlackCoin in May as the altcoin makes a decidedly raunchy entrance to Wall Street. It was announced today on Bitcointalk that on 29 or 30 May, “50 attractive women” all wearing black will converge on New York’s main financial district in support of the new BlackCoin Card, heralded by its creator as “a new approach to storing and transporting your blackcoins safely”.

The consumer new to cryptocurrency may well being asking; is my money safe?

While Bitcoin has grabbed the attention of many as a form of speculation or by the negative press headlines, the elephant in the room remains: Bitcoin’s massive potential as a disruptive technology.

Imagine being able to buy natural gas using crypto-currency with both commodity and full government backing.

After several years of interesting research in Artificial Intelligence, David Lio got into crypto-currencies late in the game (late 2013), left California and his work in AI, and set up a crypto-currency consultancy in New York.

ZeusMiner, an IC design firm with operation centers in California and Hong Kong, have announced pre-orders for the first pure Scrypt ASIC miners in the world.

The beautiful city of Amsterdam now has a new attraction in addition to its canals, bicycle paths, red-light district, and coffee-shops: a Bitcoin ATM.

The first ever NASCAR funded by Dogecoin has been unveiled today.

BTC China, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the country, has halted local-currency deposits to clients’ China Merchants Bank Co. accounts.

A new malware that hijacks Android mobile phones to mine bitcoins has been identified in 5 different Google Play browser plug-ins. The malware, dubbed “BadLepricon” by mobile security start-up Lookout, consumed users’ mobile devices as hackers undertook the intensive process of mining bitcoins.

France has mandates its citizens to declare all revenue from all transactions involving Bitcoin.

It’s getting hard to miss a day without hearing about it as Bitcoin is certainly becoming more common in our everyday lives from the multitude of headlines across the entire world spanning a whole range of related topics.

Can Dogecoin get any more fun? I mean, seriously, have you played their Doges in Space game? Or taken a peek at their image page? As I’m writing this, I know 700 shibes are gathering in San Francisco revving up for Dogecon SF. To answer my first question – yes, they can get more fun.

On Thursday, Missouri Secretary of State, Jason Kander, issued a warning to investors who are considering moving into the high-risk but potentially high-reward world of crypto-currencies.

Bitcoin flexibility has taken a leap forward with the introduction of the first credit card linked to your Bitcoin wallet.

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency at large has been under a lot of scrutiny from the media, government, and even technology giants.

Belgium is finally building its presence on the Bitcoin industry map with Orillia, the main Bitcoin service in the country, going through major expansion this week.

In the spirit of Google Glass, cell phone watches, and Bluetooth Earrings, Bitcoin has finally entered the fashion world with a wearable wallet.

This is a man’s world!

Nine-year old Sophie sky rocketed to fame this year with a video explaining what digital currency is.

RippleLabs, along with host organization Bitcoin Foundation, is holding a contest for digital currency entrepreneurs, and the price is the BTC equivalent of $10,000.

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

The sale of recreational marijuana in Colorado has proved to be a major boon to the state’s economy.

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

While the storm over Mt. Gox is far from over, now Butterfly Labs’ mining equipment saga is joining the party.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) will be ruling on contributions to US political campaigns on April 23.

500 Startups, a Silicon Valley-based business accelerator, has announced its plans to finance five Bitcoin companies with US$100,000 each.

The new peer-to-peer market platform DarkMarket has been named the winner of Toronto Bitcoin Expo Hackathon, which has brought $20,000 in bitcoin to its developers.