Market Outlook

MonetaGo, a new exchange with ambitions to take bitcoin "global", launched across 40 countries today.

Switzerland's bitcoin community has spoken out following confirmation that bitcoin is exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the country.

Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso has acquired competitor Unisend Mexico in an attempt to consolidate its market share in the region.

The risks presented by digital currencies far outweigh the benefits, MasterCard has claimed.

Intercontinental Exchange CEO and NYSE chairman Jeffrey Sprecher voiced his support for bitcoin in a CNBC interview yesterday.

Several Xapo executives including founder and CEO Wences Casares are being sued for alleged contract violations.

Swedish mining hardware firm KnCMiner has deployed a new bitcoin ASIC it says will be a "game changer" for the industry.

NYDFS superintendent Benjamin Lawsky released details of the final Bitlicense today, following a two-year inquiry by the New York regulator.

Mirror has raised $8.8m in Series A financing to reposition itself as a smart contract trading platform built on bitcoin's blockchain.

Bitcoin mining firm BitFury has revealed plans to market a light bulb that mines digital currency to the general public sometime in 2015.