Market Outlook

Here are some of the late Hal Finney's most memorable quotes from his years in the bitcoin community.

Argentinian e-commerce website provider OmbuShop now enables its 2,000 merchants to accept bitcoin.

Bitcoin service provider Xapo has launched a new feature that enables users to purchase bitcoins directly from the company.

Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney passed away this week. In memory, CoinDesk looks back at his life and legacy.

Coinbase has announced it is insured against the theft or loss of bitcoin, with cover via an established broker.

Japanese politician and digital currency supporter Mineyuki Fukuda is now crowdfunding his study tour of US bitcoin businesses.

Santander has commissioned a study investigating the potential impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on the banking sector.

A bitcoin advocacy group in Sierra Leone is switching its focus to a more urgent problem: the Ebola virus.

Seoul-based bitcoin multi-services company Korbit has announced $3m Series A funding from some major venture capital investors.

The relative stability of the bitcoin price is prompting many companies to seek alternative ways of boosting their competitiveness.

The BitGive Foundation has become the first bitcoin nonprofit organization awarded 501(c)(3) status by the IRS.

Agora Commodities recently dropped credit card payments, favoring bitcoin as both an investment and means of value exchange.