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A US secret service agent who stole $820,000 worth of bitcoin pled guilty yesterday to money laundering and obstruction of justice. Shaun W Bridges was part of an investigation into Silk Road, an black marketplace hosted on the deep web, which allowed people to sell illegal drugs in return for bitcoin.
01 Sep 2015 11:01 am | Emily Spaven
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Following a three-city hackathon held earlier this month, Ryan X Charles, the lead developer behind a project meant to decentralize Reddit, opens up about his team's progress and goals, revealing the strategies the project will pursue as it aims to apply bitcoin technology to social media concepts.
01 Sep 2015 10:04 am | Pete Rizzo
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OKCoin has stopped accepting bitcoin deposits from customers in the US, citing regulatory pressure. The China-based company called the measure "temporary", though it remains unclear when the restriction will be lifted. According to a representative, verified customers can still make deposits using US dollars.
31 Aug 2015 09:40 pm | Stan Higgins
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In a new interview, Beam CTO Falk Benke said that a revamped version of the remittance service will not use bitcoin as a payment method, saying instead that the Ghanaian startup would focus on international debit and credit cards for its services.
31 Aug 2015 07:43 pm | Pete Rizzo
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A Goldman Sachs analyst has revealed further insight into the global investment banking giant's developing thesis on bitcoin and blockchain technology. In a recent podcast, research analyst Ryan Nash praised distributed ledgers as a technology that could have "massive implications" for asset and ownership transfer.
31 Aug 2015 07:00 pm | Pete Rizzo
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Tuesday, 1 September 2015
