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Genesis Mining has grown quickly amidst a rapidly-expanding cloudmining market and is now the SHA and Scrypt mining industry leader.

Network issues at Robocoin, which affected its BTM network yesterday, have led to rumors of more serious problems with the company, it has emerged.

Cointelegraph’s news roundup for Thursday, January 29.

Adam B. Levine calls “The Age of Cryptocurrency” by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey “a very positive book about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.”

Hong-Kong based Gatecoin Limited launches new Bitcoin exchange with “bank-grade security measures,” including segregated client bank accounts, multi-signature cold storage, as well as continuous monitoring and audit from an external IT security firm, the company announced.

Former BitPay engineer Ryan X. Charles, until yesterday a chief developer of Reddit’s Redditcoin cryptocurrency, has been let go from his position amid a U-turn by the resource.

A young man named Ross Ulbricht sits on trial facing life in prison. His alleged crime: building and running a website, which enabled anonymous trade of all kinds of goods, particularly illegal ones.

Mining computer designer and cloud mining operation Cointerra files for bankruptcy, leaving debts up to 50 million USD and potentially 999 creditors unpaid. The Bitcoin mining sector is now in dire straits due to the raising operating costs of mining combined with the recent price drop.

Israeli web analyst claims that Islamic State is continuing to use Bitcoin as a means of funding. But the evidence he quotes is not enough to point at a trend as the amount mentioned was only 5 BTC. Taking into account the spread of cryptocurrencies in Israel itself, the statement appears to be just an example of Bitcoin-related media hype.

Alleged theft attempt, BTC giveaway, Amsterdam hackathon, upcoming Bitcoin Fun Fair, and other events in Cointelegraph’s news roundup for Wednesday, January 28

Coinbase, which announced earlier this week it had launched the first regulated Bitcoin exchange in several states and territories of America, including California and New York, seems to be lacking regulatory approval from both states, according to local regulators

In a move that has left intellectual “property” (IP) advocates completely dumbfounded, artist and redditor obilex recently released not one, but eight high-resolution original works of art on Reddit. The images are free to download and no copyright is claimed. What’s got the IP supporters really confused is that obilex is still making money.

If bitcoin is meant to be the perfect money for the internet, one important property seems to be lacking: instant, secure, and trustless transactions. But the winning team of the first ever Amsterdam Bitcoin Hackathon – organized by Bitcoin API provider Blocktrail – may just have found the solution to this problem.

Montreal’s Bitcoin Embassy will be giving bitcoin to 600 Students attending McGill University, also in Montreal. The amount is significantly lower, compared to the MIT project, down to 30 mBTC or roughly US $7 at current prices, but the idea is still the same: get young, potentially intelligent people interested in Bitcoin and see what they can come up with.

What will be the impetus of Bitcoin mass acceptance? There are basically three schools of thought on this topic, Merchant Adoption, Third World Unbanked, and Wall Street Investment.

The Finance Minister of Greece’s new radical left-wing government, while at the center of anti-austerity financial policy, is in no way optimistic about Bitcoin, it has emerged.

Reports are emerging of Chinese Bitcoin exchange 796 mistakenly losing 1000BTC of customer funds in a botched customer service request.

Bitcoin Fun Fair is not your typical Bitcoin meetup or conference event where businesses and experts talk, “network” and exchange business cards.

In the wake of Coinbase unveiling the US’s first licensed Bitcoin exchange, across the water in the UK, another operation is adopting a different, but no less official, approach.

Charlie Shrem accuses Mark Karpeles of not having cared about Mt. Gox’s users, and calls the former digital currency exchange a ponzi scheme.

TipUp.me, a new service allowing users to top-up their ChangeTip accounts using credit or debit card, is surfing on the popular tipping movement to boost mainstream adoption.

Coin Loft finds a workaround to an Australian GST law that had previously meant a tax was applied to the total value of bitcoin exchanges in the country.

New global Bitcoin ATM installations appear to have tapered off slightly since the beginning of the New Year.

Bitcoin trader Burton Wagner has been arrested and may face 5 years in prison for his money transmitting activities dating back to 2012.

Ripple Labs, the creator and developer of the Ripple payment protocol and exchange network, will soon be closing a US$30 million Series A funding round.

One of those sites, Oldpiratebay.org, was launched by the ever-popular ISOhunt team.

Coinding is launching a hackathon contest that focuses on putting Bitcoin into gaming.

In recent news, Elon Musk and Steven Hawking reportedly foresee a potentially dangerous future in the advancement of AI (artificial intelligence).

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Cryptosigma has developed multi-signature desktop and mobile wallets that are set to ease users’ fears common at this stage of development in cryptocurrency. Many customers are still hesitant to use bitcoins because they are afraid of losing out on transaction fees and price fluctuations while selling in and out of the still-volatile digital money.

DarkWallet is inching another step closer to its first beta version, as it has released its eighth and – probably - final alpha version this past week. Most notably, this newest edition of the anonymizing Bitcoin wallet software includes the option to withdraw cash from thousands of ATM’s throughout Spain.