Market Outlook

What do industry stakeholders think about the proposed New York Department of Financial Services BitLicense?

Tensions have eased following the mining industry's summit, but we're still in an ASIC arms race, argues Jon Matonis.

The UK-based bitcoin storage firm has announced $2m in new funding led by Octopus Investments.

Organized by GHash.io and CEX.io, attendees failed to agree on a fix but laid the foundation for possible solutions.

Big data analytics firm TradeBlock has raised $2.8m in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Barry Silbert.

The Isle-of-Man-based firm has barred transactions related to 'virtual currencies' in revisions to its customer agreement.

Online commerce platform specialist Shopify is now offering Coinbase integration to its merchants.

ING Bank has issued a new video assessment of bitcoin that suggests how it can be improved.

The peer-to-peer used-car marketplace has started to accept bitcoin payments and will hold onto its cryptocurrency.

The Asia-based exchange is launching reloadable bitcoin debit cards that can be used at stores and ATMs worldwide.

The CEO of e-commerce empire Rakuten has praised bitcoin and suggested the company could eventually accept the cryptocurrency.

New exchange joint venture BitOcean Japan will launch in August, with the aim of buying Mt. Gox's remaining assets.