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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.

As 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.

Want to enjoy lavish Black Friday discounts with Bitcoin without the lines, camping out for several days, and the risk of violence?

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.”

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.

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.

With 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 2.0

A 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 traced

Roger Ver is an early adopter of Bitcoin and a peace advocate who puts his satoshis where his mouth is.

Amid 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.

Kraken has emerged as a major player in the Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings, confirming its impending role in an array of various financial support operations.

“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.

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.

Coinalytics 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.

Ken Hoang is the Chief Executive Officer at Strevus—a provider of compliance lifecycle management solutions for financial services and digital currency firms.

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.

Cointelegraph 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.

Bitcoin infrastructure provider and Bitcoin transaction processing startup BitFury Group adds Samsung Electronics President and Chief Strategy Officer to its strategic advisory board.

Western 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.

Nathan 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.

Bitcoin Conference is headed to Saint-Petersburg and Cointelegraph is proud to announce that it will be the official general media sponsor of the event.

Isle 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.

All 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.

Several 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.

EBay.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.

Bitcoin Analysis from Tone Vays on Cointelegraph.

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne discusses the vulnerabilities of our current financial system, and explains how “blockchain trading” could solve these flaws, at CATO Institute conference.

Despite the continuing mystery on the regulation issues that face the Bitcoin community, many businesses continue to add Bitcoin as a payment option for their customers.

New weekend roundup from Cointelegraph

In the latest Epicenter Bitcoin episode, Brian Fabian Crain and Sebastien Couture were joined by Arianna Simpson, an Account Specialist at BitGo. A pioneer in multi-signature hierarchical deterministic wallets, BitGo develops enterprise-grade software, which it describes as “The World’s Most Secure Wallet.” Their web-based multi-sig wallet is also available for free for individuals.