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While much of the payments and financial world was in Las Vegas at Money20/20 last week, about 250 researchers, business people and policymakers met in Singapore to have a frank conversation about the Asian financial hub’s role in the cryptoeconomy.

Like many of us, David Mancini first learned about Bitcoin after reading a sensational news story, in this case a story about an early Bitcoin adopter who threw away a hard drive with thousands of BTC on it and no backups.

The virtual currency Bitcoin cannot be used in Ukraine as a means of payment. The above was announced in a post on the official website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). According to the regulator, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies represent “money substitutes.”

In a move not surprising from a partner organization of DATA (the organization that assisted New York state employees to write the “BitLicense”), ID3 has announced the release of new identity-tracking software that they hope cryptocurrency companies will make a pre-condition for customers wanting to do business.

Polish payment process InPay made headlines last week, announcing it will allow investors to secure company shares using Bitcoin.

The development team at MaidSafe, a protocol to decentralize the Internet, is turning to the community in search of an official design for the network’s “engine oil,” Safecoin.

OKCoin changed how it calculates volume, doubling its reported size, but should the world care and why did they do it?

Mark Thomas Williams, a faculty member in the Finance and Economics Department at Boston University, presented his top-10 most significant risks associated with Bitcoin at World Bank forum.

Embattled New York superintendent of financial services Benjamin Lawsky is rumored to be stepping down from his post in 2015.

The Bitcoin Fluid Dispenser is true to its name. The device accepts Bitcoin and could potentially be used to spew any of a range of fluids, like gas, fuel, H2O, and alcohol. The possibilities are vast.

The week of November 9th Bitcoin Analysis by Tone Vays.

Bank of America, one of the world’s largest banks, is bemoaning that it will suffer a loss of US$232 million for the third quarter.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss discuss the state of their Bitcoin ETF, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, with Bloomberg TV at the Money20/20 conference held last week in Las Vegas.

Today many owners of BTMs (Bitcoin Teller Machines) are wishing they had picked a manufacturer other than Robocoin. The Las Vegas-based BTM company is now attempting to control the operation of machines that have already been sold, against the wishes of some (and possibly many) of the machines’ owners. And the proprietary 2.0 software Robocoin is attempting to push would jeopardize the security of customers using the BTMs.

New weekend roundup from Cointelegraph

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Cowboyminers, a Bitcoin mining company located in Thailand, has been completely destroyed by fire.

If this is true then there is probably no better place to start than the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Bitcoin Club of MIT, with the support of the College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN) has been extremely active on Campus and a new program steps up the game in a novel new way:

And who can blame him? Three million U.S. dollars’ worth of value stored in anything but cryptocurrency comes with so many hassles.

The early 20th century was a hard time to be an alcohol drinker. And 15th century New England was a hard place to be a female atheist. Similarly, most of the world in the 21st century is a hard place to be a drug user (if you buy from someone other than the government-supported drug dealers known as “pharmaceutical companies”).

This December 6th & 7th, laBITconf RIO 2014 will not only be the first world-class Bitcoin Conference to be hosted in Brazil, but also the most important conference of the year in Latin America.

The BayBit Hackathon wrapped up in UC Berkeley earlier this week. What were some of the coolest innovations? We have the full results.

The Eléutera Foundation was formed in Honduras in 2013 and promotes the ideas of classical liberalism, or “social and economic liberty” as the Foundation explains. They announced Tuesday that they’ve partnered with the software developer Mimetic Markets to increase Bitcoin accessibility to residents of Honduras.

Several years ago in the United States there were many complaints about banking practices that left consumers, especially small businesses and those with smaller accounts, completely in the dark about fees.

On November 4, Mark Wetjen wrote an oped in the Wall Street Journal asking regulators to steer clear of harming Bitcoin. Wetjen is a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a Democrat.

Late Wednesday/early Thursday, depending where you are in the world, the spirit of generosity hit scores of Bitcoin users seemingly all at once, and handfuls of bits were getting tipped out left and right via ChangeTip.

Multiple major darknet marketplaces have been shut down by the FBI today thanks to an informant who worked as a moderator at least one of the sites.

Sir Richard Branson explains why he endorses the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association and supports Bitcoin in an op-ed.

The Dominion Bitcoin Mining Company of Saskatchewan has been under a cease-trade order since May of 2014. The order, issued by the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) was originally filed because the FCAA accused the company of seeking investors without properly registering their intent. While the original order has since expired without penalty it seems that the FCAA is now upping the game by accusing Dominion of multiple violations of the Securities Act of 1988.

French Optelo, a subsidiary focusing on micropayment technologies owned by Adverline, announced on November 4, it had partnered up with Bitcoin exchange and payment solutions provider Paymium to allow merchants to receive payments in bitcoins, reads the official announcement.