CoinSummit Day One: Capital Ventures and Wall Street’s Stance

CoinSummit kicked off at the East Wintergarden in London’s financial district, Canary Wharf, today. The bitcoin confab is pitched as the place for serious players in the emerging cryptocurrency economy to talk shop.

State of Bitcoin Q2 2014 Report Reveals Expanding Bitcoin Economy

In April we announced that CoinDesk would be publishing State of Bitcoin updates on a quarterly basis. Given the positive response we have received since 2014’s first report, we are pleased to release our latest update.

Coinfloor Boosts Team With Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec

UK-based bitcoin exchange Coinfloor has appointed a former managing director from both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse as its executive chairman today.

Brock Pierce Announces Dollar-backed Cryptocurrency ‘Realcoin’

Nermin Hajdarbegovic

Bitcoin entrepreneur Brock Pierce has announced the launch of ‘realcoin’, a new cryptocurrency backed by the US dollar.

Is Bitcoin Legal

Bitcoin is of interest to law enforcement agencies, tax authorities, and legal regulators, all of which are trying to understand how the cryptocurrency fits into existing frameworks. The legality of your bitcoin activities will depend on who you are, where you live, and what you are doing with it.