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Hillary Clinton has not followed in Rand Paul’s footsteps to accept bitcoin donations; BTCGAW.com is accused of fraud and intimidation; and more news.

The Philippines’ first Bitcoin exchange, Buybitcoin.ph, has been sold to resident universal Bitcoin service Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) with a view to expanding remittances in the country.

As someone who’s gotten two mothers to use Bitcoin, I thought I’d offer up a few tips on what seems to entice the maternal amongst us.

Blockchain is just a distributed ledger, a database of sorts. Being simplistic, games can be thought as a database too, one with a very fancy UI. Why would any game need the blockchain?

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could become an important pillar for Bitcoin in the near future, as director of the MIT Media Lab Joi Ito has proposed hosting a Bitcoin standards body at the institution.

While Bitcoin pundits were sure 2014 was going to be the year Wall Street came to Bitcoin, their predictions may have been a year too early.

Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph

Cointelegraph has assembled a research report on the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency across the globe.

Thai police have arrested four executives of UFun Store Co. Ltd., a business that operates an alleged pyramid scheme.

Cointelegraph has assembled a research report on the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency across the globe.

After Rand Paul became the first major presidential candidate to accept bitcoin, some users theorized that the move could be used by his opponents to attack him.

With no banks or international payment systems currently servicing the 3.8 million residents living in secessionist territories of eastern Ukraine, Bitcoin transfers remain one of the few options.

Finnish company Denarium, owner of the country’s largest exchange Bittiraha.fi and ATM network Bittimaatti, has announced an international rollout of “next generation” physical bitcoins.

Foldapp is a website that allows you to get 20% off Starbucks purchases by paying with Bitcoin. They are looking to expand to other retail companies that accept gift cards.

JP Morgan Chase & Co., the largest bank in America and one of the world’s major provider of financial services, recently issued its 2014 annual report.

New Jersey has clarified the position of merchants accepting bitcoin as payment; mobile operator Orange is searching out digital currency start-ups in Silicon Valley; GAW mining sued for US$500,000 and more news

PayPal has formally indicated that its merchants may now begin accepting bitcoin as one of their integrated payment methods.

The elephant in the room of any discussion about the future of Internet is the mesh network. How can we bypass the faulty mega-ISP model, and network peer-to-peer (P2P) instead?

Knowledge-sharing network Liberty.me’s embracing of cryptocurrency continues today with the third of the service’s celebrity Bitcoin podcasts.

If bitcoin acceptance reaches a critical mass where necessities of food, shelter, and clothing can be bought with it, it will likely have reached a tipping point where it displaces national currencies.

Max Keiser is the co-founder of StartJOIN, a crowdfunding platform and launch pad for business ideas and projects that leverages on cryptocurrency such as StartCOIN and Bitcoin.

Microsoft Payments Inc. made headlines this week when it filed for money transmitter licenses in all 50 states of America, suggesting that the multinational is one step closer to launching its very own mobile payments platform.

New York-based bitcoin exchange Coinsetter acquired the Canadian bitcoin exchange CAVIRTEX, Microsoft seems to be working on a smart payments solution and more top stories for April 9.

Innovative technology is driving increasing interest in cryptocurrency and could allow Brazilian tech startups to leap frog other nations in the digital currency space.

A spokesman from the first major online retailer to accept Bitcoin, Overstock.com, has confirmed that the company is planning to conduct exclusive Bitcoin-only customer outreach including sales and discounts.

NXT Foundation became one of the three platinum sponsors of the Mind the Gap Expo. The foundation is also set to be the official cryptocurrency partner at the PayExpo.

The Central Business District (CBD) in Sydney is known for traditional banking and finance. Most of the major institutions are headquartered there. In the heart of this, the Tyro Fintech Hub has opened.

Due to the immense popularity of Cointelegraph and Share the Bitcoin’s video competition, we’d like to announce that the deadline for submissions is being extended by 2 weeks!

When I heard that John Oliver – the HBO news comedian – had interviewed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, I cringed.

Australia’s Central Bank says digital currency regulation is “not worth the cost” at this stage, presidential candidate Rand Paul accepts donations in bitcoin, Shapeshift adds Counterparty’s XCP, and more top news for April 8.