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80-year-old Singaporean bitcoin investor goes on cryptocurrency-only vacation in Australia, leaves all cash and cards behind

Robert, an 80-year-old bitcoin investor from Singapore who goes by only his first name, went on a vacation in Australia.…

A New York University student paid his four-year tuition with bitcoin profits

Guided by an algorithm that is supposed to be able to predict the performance of cryptocurrencies, some New York University…

Biotech equipment maker-turned crypto company buys 3,800 bitcoin miners, expects to break 60 PH/s

A former biotech company shifted its focus to become a strategic investor in the blockchain sector and is now diving…

Canadian oil and gas company burns its natural gas to power a bitcoin mining facility, instead of ‘selling it for next to nothing’

Canadian oil and gas company Iron Bridge Resources Inc. has come up with an unconventional workaround for the natural gas…

Russian crypto-fund launches free psychological support hotline for depressed bitcoin investors

Blockchain Fund, reportedly one of the largest cryptocurrency funds in Russia, has recently launched an emergency psychological support service. The…

South Korea’s largest online retailer to integrate bitcoin, ether and 10 others

South Korea's largest e-commerce platform, Wemakeprice, has reportedly partnered with Bithumb to integrate 12 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, ripple, and…

A look back at “bitcoin bans” and how they don’t matter unless we make them matter

A look back at China's "bitcoin ban" attempts proves one very important point: countries can and will try to regulate…

Forty companies from China and the EU have applied to mine bitcoin in Russia

Forty companies from China and the European Union have reportedly applied to mine bitcoin in Russia, president of the Russian…

Bitcoin investors rejected by UK mortgage lenders amid money-laundering fears

UK mortgage lenders refuse to accept bitcoin-originated cash deposits, citing money-laundering and inability to trace the source of the money…

Kidnappers free cryptocurrency businessman after receiving $1M worth of bitcoin ransom

Kidnappers in Ukraine have released Pavel Lerner, 40, the managing director of a UK-based cryptocurrency exchange who had been abducted…