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Multiple major darknet marketplaces have been shut down by the FBI today thanks to an informant who worked as a moderator at least one of the sites.

Sir Richard Branson explains why he endorses the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association and supports Bitcoin in an op-ed.

The Dominion Bitcoin Mining Company of Saskatchewan has been under a cease-trade order since May of 2014. The order, issued by the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) was originally filed because the FCAA accused the company of seeking investors without properly registering their intent. While the original order has since expired without penalty it seems that the FCAA is now upping the game by accusing Dominion of multiple violations of the Securities Act of 1988.

French Optelo, a subsidiary focusing on micropayment technologies owned by Adverline, announced on November 4, it had partnered up with Bitcoin exchange and payment solutions provider Paymium to allow merchants to receive payments in bitcoins, reads the official announcement.

On Monday, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire announced the launch of the company’s new native apps for both iOS and Android. The apps join an elite class, previously dominated only by Coinbase, of smartphone tools that allow U.S. users to buy or sell Bitcoin on their mobile devices

The US Federal Reserve ended QE last week and promised to keep rates “extraordinarily low” for an extended period of time.

While Americans were going to the polls Tuesday, Upstart Business Journal’s Michael del Castillo reported that Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed and Darkwallet was announcing his own candidacy for the Bitcoin Foundation’s board — and his motives for running were quite clear.

Google is behind the latest installation of a Bitcoin ATM in London, it has emerged, with its East London Campus hosting the company’s latest foray into digital currency.

DigitalTangible has been providing customers with blockchain-recorded metals ownership from its San Francisco location. Today in a welcome move for sound money-lovers across the pond, DigitalTangible has just announced their new partnership with Bitgild (Netherlands) and BitcoinCommodities (Germany) to serve the European market.

The development team behind Nextcoin, or NXT as it’s more commonly called, has reached out to their users everywhere to crowdfund the hands-on crypto education of Czech university students.

BitPay, one of the global leaders in Bitcoin payment processing, is making the process of paying with Bitcoin much simpler, for both merchants and consumers, while at the same time they are also integrating SumUp, a leading European Point-of-Sale (POS) company into its system to allow that company to accept Bitcoin as well.

UK’s HM Treasury invites views and evidence on the risks and benefits of digital currencies in a Call for Information.

Paypal’s head of compliance for Europe, Africa and the Middle East is leaving the company to join Bitstamp

Christopher Ellis, a hacker with a penchant for decentralized security created a platform using off-the-shelf PGP encryption and a blockchain similar to Bitcoin’s to create what he calls “the World Citizenship Passport.” Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) provides end to end encryption and the blockchain provides Identification registry internet wide.

According to former Federal Reserve Chairman Allen Greenspan, quantitative easing or QE has been a failure.

Swap execution facility (SEF) for Bitcoin TeraExchange, partners up with Bitcoin security platform BitGo to provide greater security in Bitcoin derivatives trading.

The immense security benefits of multisig transactions have become especially relevant as bitcoins—like all valuable things—are prominent targets of theft. Where users choosing the convenience of web wallets once had to worry about being “Goxxed,” multisig has stepped in to save the day.

It’s been a lackluster year for the price of bitcoins. In a few days, fans of the fledgling digital currency will come face to face with a reality that few would have thought possible at this point last year: in a one year time-frame, the price of a bitcoin has fallen.

The creator of the controversial BitLicense legislation has sought to make its effect more palatable for New York start-ups by offering them a form of temporary coverage.

Bitalo.com has been DDoS’d attacked by the same hacker that attacked Nitrogensports, now they are putting up possibly the biggest Bitcoin bounty ever to find his identity.

Cointelegraph has partnered with Coin ATM Radar, which regularly updates a helpful and navigable Bitcoin ATM map, to get the most comprehensive data about new BTMs as they go online.

It is with great pleasure that Cointelegraph is able to announce not one but two further additions to the Cointelegraph Media Group, expanding its reach into the most diverse areas of the Bitcoin industry.

German Bitcoin mining supercomputer manufacturer Bitcoin Brothers announces 6 petahash supercomputers built on the first 3D 16nm FinFET ASICs.

The week of November 2nd Bitcoin Analysis by Tone Vays.

This year, Black Friday falls on November 28 and on this date we could see another spike in Bitcoin shopping similar to last year’s event, which was partially responsible for the historic run-up in price due to a surge in people spending their bitcoins on discounted items.

Bitstash aims to deliver wallet solutions with two major selling points - one being flawless security, and the other being its ease of use as the device is designed so that even your grandmother can use it.

Prediction markets—that is, a group of people who place bets on whether a certain statement will prove to be true in the future—have frequently proven more accurate than standard polls. Why? Because the participants have something to lose. Or gain. And the fancy name for a bet? - “Futures contract.”

New Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph

Finance ministers from more than 50 countries recently signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement, with another 30 countries pledging to sign the agreement by 2018.

Justcoin has ceased all operations and is asking users to withdraw their funds, but another exchange might come to the rescue.