Judge orders bitcoin incubator CoinLab to hand over $2.4 Million in bitcoins
CoinLab has been ordered to cough up $2.36m to Bitvestment over breach of contract.
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Nov 8, 2013 at 10:35 a.m. UTC
Nov 8, 2013
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Silk Road shut down and 'owner' Ross William Ulbricht arrested
Silk Road owner Ross William Ulbricht has allegedly been arrested and his online black market shut down.
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Oct 2, 2013 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2013
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Bitcoin Law: Money transmission on the state level in the US
Bitcoin lawyer Marco Santori takes an in-depth look at US bitcoin regulation, focusing on the state level.
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Sep 28, 2013 at 11:47 a.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2013
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Mt. Gox countersues bitcoin incubator CoinLab for $5.5 Million
With Mt Gox's $5.5m counterclaim against CoinLab, two Bitcoin Foundation board members are now suing each other's companies.
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Sep 16, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. UTC
Sep 16, 2013
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Task force to tackle links between criminal and virtual economies
How strong are links between virtual economies and money laundering? A new task force hopes to find out.
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Sep 12, 2013 at 9:46 a.m. UTC
Sep 12, 2013
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Bitcoin benefits from California state amending Money Transmission Act
California's new AB786 bill amends existing law to make it friendlier to financial startups, including some bitcoin companies.
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Sep 10, 2013 at 4:29 p.m. UTC
Sep 10, 2013
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Feds asked if political campaigners can accept bitcoin donations
The Federal Election Commission in the US has been asked whether bitcoin donations can be used in political campaigns.
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Sep 5, 2013 at 4:12 p.m. UTC
Sep 5, 2013
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Bitcoin Foundation sets the record straight at Capitol Hill
The Bitcoin Foundation educated US policy makers about digital currency in a meeting in Washington DC's Capitol Hill yesterday.
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Aug 28, 2013 at 4:55 p.m. UTC
Aug 28, 2013
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What happened at the US regulators' bitcoin meeting?
The Bitcoin Foundation's meeting with a number of US government departments yesterday was productive and encouraging.
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Aug 27, 2013 at 5:36 p.m. UTC
Aug 27, 2013
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Virtual Dirty Money – Why the Feds Are Circling Around Bitcoin
US government gets more informed on bitcoin, raising questions about what it will do next to regulate decentralised currency.
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Aug 22, 2013 at 12:08 p.m. UTC
Aug 22, 2013