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NYDFS Expects Final BitLicense ‘Very Soon’

17/04/2015(0)
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) suggests it is moving steadily toward the release of a finalized BitLicense under which digital currency businesses would be regulated ... Read More
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Ex-federal agents charged with stealing Silk Road-related bitcoins

31/03/2015(0)
Two former federal agents have been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin during the investigation of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Carl Force, ... Read More
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Hong Kong Rules Out Bitcoin Regulation

31/03/2015(0)
As virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, are not widely circulated in Hong Kong, the Government has said there is currently no need to introduce legislation to regulate virtual commodities ... Read More
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Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay

17/03/2015(0)
“Virtual currency is here to stay”, according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, ... Read More
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Bank of England could issue own digital currency

27/02/2015(0)
Like its counterparts in the US, the Bank of England is pondering the implications of issuing its own digital currency. The potential of a central bank-backed digital currency is ... Read More
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U.S. auction of Silk Road bitcoins draws 27 bids

05/12/2014(0)
The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday received more than two dozen bids for 50,000 bitcoins seized from the alleged owner of Silk Road, an Internet black-market bazaar on which ... Read More
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Australia probes bitcoin crime links as currency craves legitimacy

03/12/2014(0)
A top Australian law enforcement agency is investigating bitcoin’s role in organized crime, a senior official said, just as politicians and financial regulators embrace the digital currency as a ... Read More
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Texas man charged in first-ever bitcoin Ponzi scheme

07/11/2014(0)
In the first federal securities case involving a Ponzi-scheme using the digital currency, a Texas man was charged Thursday in New York with defrauding investors of millions of dollars ... Read More
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Former head of US regulator advising top Bitcoin companies

29/10/2014(0)
A former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been appointed to the advisory board of the two major Bitcoin companies. Arthur Levitt, who served as chair ... Read More
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The Digital Currency Dilemma: Anonymity vs. Privacy (Op-Ed)

22/10/2014(0)
First Global Credit’s CEO Gavin Smith comments on digital currency exchange Bitstamp’s policy change and the issue of anonymity in the digital currency markets. This week Bitcoin Exchange, Bitstamp, ... Read More
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