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In a post on the Ethereum blog, Vitalik Buterin recently challenged the idea of “Bitcoin dominance maximalism,” the school of thought that holds that Bitcoin should be the only cryptocurrency.

Unfortunately people around the globe, including policymakers, are mostly confused about Bitcoin and much of this confusion comes from the media’s “yellow dog” journalism tactics.

Coinbase launched a USD wallet to sit alongside its Bitcoin one.

The three largest banks in the Netherlands—ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank—are investigating whether to use blockchain technology for their payments systems.

Bitcoin isn’t the only instance of decentralization in history, but it is on the list. Where does it rank in our top five moments in decentralization history?

Tipping Tuesdays have increased awareness and recognition of Bitcoin since a Reddit user proposed starting them last month. Now the Bitcoin Giving Tuesday event has mobilized an even greater concentration of Bitcoin spending activity, breaking records and raising money for a number of charities.

Mining Titans unveils Industrial Mining Mobile Data Center (MDC) the Helios CryptoKube, bringing out a customized long-term data solution to anyone wishing to enter the digital currency mining space.

The world’s first rewards program built on the blockchain technology Ribbit.me announces the beginning of its RibbitRewards airdrop campaigns, consisting of 200 million RibbitRewards given away to registrants and 200 million RibbitRewards up for pre-sale.

Who is making it easier to buy, sell and exchange Bitcoin? Cointelegraph is curious to find out, which is why we have partnered with Coin ATM Radar. The website regularly updates a helpful and navigable Bitcoin ATM map, to get the most comprehensive data about new BTMs as they go online.

Following Coinjar’s exit from Australia to avoid its tax burden, MasterCard is petitioning lawmakers to enforce greater regulation of digital currencies in the country.

“Capital goes where it is treated well”—so goes the saying about the movement of human talent, monetary savings and material goods across geographical landscapes. The company CoinJar, an Australia-based Bitcoin seller and wallet provider, has today relocated its physical headquarters from Melbourne to London. This move will save CoinJar customers vast amounts of bits—a whopping 10% to be exact.

There can be little argument that attacks on Bitcoin by various multinational banks have risen in recent months, as the cryptocurrency has gained wider acceptance by large retail and service business around the world.

The blockchain was first developed in 2009 with the launch of Bitcoin, and for the first few years it was the territory of only the tech-savvy individual.

Honduran Mercario partners up with American Mimetic Markets to launch the first Bitcoin exchange in Honduras.

Leave it to a gamer to come up with something as cool as game-gifting in the comment sections of Reddit, payable not only in Bitcoin but also in Litecoin, Vertcoin, Dogecoin and Darkcoin.

Private accommodation giant Airbnb is taking an increasing interest in blockchain technology – and has invited Coinbase to give a talk at its San Francisco headquarters December 3.

Coinprism is the first colored-coins Bitcoin wallet. They offer the ability to prove ownership of stocks, bonds, commodities, smart property and more by “coloring” bitcoins with the Open Assets protocol. Now you can store those colored coins with Armory, which is the only open-source wallet that supports both multisignature transactions and cold storage.

In the latest episode of Epicenter Bitcoin, Brian Fabian Crain and Sebastien Couture were joined by Daniel Peled, CEO and Founder of Gems, and Tom Kysar, Marketing Lead at Koinify to talk about a project that aims to revolutionize social messaging and take cryptocurrency mainstream.

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According to a study published recently by Technology Strategies International, Inc. (TSI), virtual currencies are likely to be a major disruptive force within the next decade.

Jeffrey Tucker is an economist who’s also savvy with blockchains (a rare combination). He is responsible for introducing Bitcoin to many of his readers via his authorship of four books and founding of the Cryptocurrency Conference.

Opal, an anonymity- and ease-of-use-centric 2.0 coin app, has partnered with Storj and the SuperNET to bring to the mainstream a blockchain-secure, anonymous information network.

On November 30, Swiss voters will go to the polls to vote on what is being called the “Save Our Swiss Gold” referendum.

Black Friday becomes an ever more popular event with early Christmas shoppers each year, especially during the last decade.

Just two weeks after stepping down as executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, Jon Matonis was in Riga, Latvia, for the eCom21 III International E-Commerce Forum to discuss Bitcoin payments with people in the payments and e-commerce space.

Last 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.

A 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.

Digital currency-only electronics online store CoinsForTech, announces the launch of its Bitcoin shopping portal and wallet: OneWallet.io.

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.