Microsoft Inc. has just added bitcoin as a payment option for a variety of its content, including games and mobile content.
The hacker, who had stolen money from Blockchain.info, has returned all the funds back to the company, claiming the bitcoins were taken to protect the users.
The U.S. Marshals Service has announced that a syndicate of investors organized by the trading division of SecondMarket and its Bitcoin Investment Trust won 48,000 of the 50,000 bitcoins recently auctioned by the service.
Bitcoin developers believe Sidechains that allows creating new currency within the bitcoin network could turn bitcoin in the main Internet reserve currency.
American venture capital investor Tim Draper won a part of 50,000 bitcoins, put out to tender by the US government on December 4th.
Bitreserve has created a new gold standard, linking its bitcoin currency exchange and payment services with gold with the help of Gold Bullion International.
MasterCard filed a submission to a Senate inquiry into digital currencies, arguing that Australian regulators should strengthen control over the cryptocurrency.
According to initial metrics, Bitcoin Black Friday 2014 sales reduced if compared with 2013.
The new study revealed that bitcoin transaction are no longer anonymous as IP adresses of bitcoin users can be attacked by hackers.
Bitcoin Black Friday, one of the largest days of bitcoin commerce during the year, will take place in the end of November and is anticipated to witness an increase in the overall bitcoin sales volume.
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Blockstream has raised $21 million in a new funding round to continue developing the bitcoin’s blockchain protocol.
San-Francisco-based bitcoin startup Coinbase is planning to secure from $40 million to $60 million in a new funding round.
According to a new study of electronic payment trends, organizations plan to adopt new payments forms like digital wallets, even though worry about security.
According to Raoul Pal, the Global Macro Investor co-founder, bitcoin is likely to achieve value of $1,000,000.