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Two new services, TeleBit and a tipping bot by BlockTrail, attempt to bring bitcoin transactions to popular chat platforms.

Cryptocurrencies offer a money-laundering platform for freelance criminals, a new Europol report says.

South Korea's Coinplug has enabled bitcoin purchases with credit cards through a network of over 7,000 traditional ATMs across the country.

The European Central Bank has released a new report on digital currencies, calling them an "inherently unstable" yet innovative technology.

The Bitcoin Investment Trust is set to become the first publicly traded bitcoin fund, having received approval from US securities regulator FINRA.

Can the blockchain be used to build the first unstoppable prediction market? The six-person team behind Augur are betting the answer is 'yes'.

A lawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is speaking out against bitcoin on the grounds it is part of a US conspiracy.

A two-day event that brought together representatives from the Commonwealth Secretariat has ended with the commission of a formal bitcoin report.

A combination of digital currencies and mobile technology may reshape the payments landscape, according to a new Bank of England research report.

RE/MAX London, the UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network, is now accepting bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin.

T-Mobile Poland has partnered with InPay S.A. for a scheme that enables customers to purchase mobile phone top-ups with bitcoin.

Hearings conducted by the New Hampshire General Court last week focused on a proposed bill that would allow bitcoin payments for state taxes and fees.