UPDATE (19th March 0:00 BST): This piece has been updated with additional comment and information from BitFury. A former US Department of Justice official has been named to the board of strategic advisors at bitcoin mining firm BitFury. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein will act as […]

The company that operates Bitcoin Center NYC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after months of legal wrangling. The World Bitcoin Association (WBA) has been embroiled in a legal dispute with its landlord over site issues at 40 Broad Street, which houses Bitcoin Center NYC. The organization claimed between $100,000 and $500,000 in liabilities, and up to $50,000 in […]

SaruTobi creator Christian Moss has confirmed that the iOS game has been temporarily removed from Apple’s App store. Speaking to CoinDesk, Moss said that the tech giant had removed SaruTobi over concerns that users could mistake its in-game bitcoin with real bitcoin. The game, which lets users swing a monkey from a vine in a bid […]

The UK Treasury has announced a series of initiatives dealing with digital currency in a landmark report published in conjunction with the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s annual budget speech today. The announcement is the government’s first major attempt to grapple with the regulatory and consumer safety issues surrounding digital currencies. The report is largely positive […]

Notorious dark web marketplace Evolution has vanished amid reports that its administrators have absconded with more than $12m in bitcoin. Accessible only via the Tor network, the market had become the go-to online drug bazaar following the shut down of Silk Road and Operation Onymous, a pan-agency crackdown on illicit markets that seized over 400 domains in […]