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Cointelegraph spoke to Miranda about his plans for the newly launched exchange, Bitcoin’s “untapped potential” in Latin America, and the increasing popularity of BTC in the world’s 7th largest economy, Brazil.

The US Marshals Service announced that 14 bidders participated in yesterday’s auction of 50,000 BTC, a university study suggests that most BTC miners lose money, and more top-stories for March 6.

Hong Kong police arrested five suspects on Thursday, March 5 in connection to the MyCoin alleged Bitcoin scam. Authorities are still searching for the directors and shareholders of the investment company involved in the case.

The past couple of weeks have seen some interesting statements made regarding Bitcoin and terrorism. And no, it wasn’t another hilarious attempt by Haaretz News to paint Bitcoin as a terrorist’s favorite Internet app (though if it were, is that really a problem? Must orange juice be damned if a terrorist drinks it, too?).

Toronto’s Decentral is moving its meetups to MaRS incubator as their partner in their new Fintech branch. Andreas Antonopoulos is scheduled to keynote at the inauguration event on March 17.

Chinese lawmakers have delivered long-awaited clarification on foreign tax policy, leading to speculation that further concrete financial statements and possible clarification of its stance on Bitcoin could be imminent.

Japanese startup Tech Bureau Inc. launches a new cryptocurrency exchange, dubbed Zaif exchange, supporting Bitcoin as well as the “Japanese Dogecoin,” Monacoin, in a bid to become “the hub that connects Japan to the global cryptocurrency market.”

The teenage co-founder of an Arabic language cryptocurrency exchange and editor at Coin Brief has been arrested over a suspected link to assisting a man travelling to fight alongside ISIS. Ross Ulbricht’s seized coins will be up for auction today and other top stories for March 5.

Blizzard, one of the biggest game producers, announced the release of an in-game digital currency tradable as tokens in their upcoming patch of World of Warcraft.

Taking their lead from a group of Bitcoin enthusiast customers and a “serious, public conversation” on Facebook, Europe’s military surplus giant, Varusteleka, now accepts bitcoin payments.

On March 23-25, 2015, over 300 decision-makers including banks, mobile network operators, merchants and regulators will gather from across the American continents to share strategy and insight at the 6th annual outing of the thought-leading Mobile Money & Digital Payments Americas 2015 Conference and Expo.

While Australia holds off on removing the double taxation of digital currencies, researchers have said that they could in fact replace cash altogether in the country – in as little as 10 years.

The social messaging app Wiper added a built-in bitcoin wallet last month, enabling instant transactions among contacts, as well as basic wallet functionality.

California introduces new bill imposing digital currency business to operate with a license, Ukraine’s hyperinflation leads locals to turn to cryptocurrencies, Electrum releases version 2.0, and more top stories for March 4, 2015.

Vancouver-based Bitcoin exchange QuadrigaCX, announced it will start to trade under the public company name “Quadriga Fintech Solutions” by early April 2015.

As Bitcoin awareness grows across the globe, the Cointelegraph Media Group launches its regional publications in a number of key countries. This week marks the launch of our South African and Slovenian publications with the UK and Italy to follow soon.

Random numbers, perhaps have different analogues among the humans and machines. Tossing a coin is assumed to be truly random for humans with the uniform distribution and probability of 0.5 to get heads or tails. However it’s a different story for machines.

Electrum, the popular hybrid online/offline wallet, has released v2.0. It brings a host of highly requested and anticipated features, along with a few features you probably never knew you wanted.

The European Central Bank releases a second report on digital currencies criticizing “stability” while struggling to bail out its failing members in a way which will guarantee future economic health and growth.

Ukraine is currently experiencing the worst period of hyperinflation in the world as the government has imposed capital controls to stop its citizens from dumping the Hryvnia.

The recent security breach at the secret Louisiana bio-weapons lab where the deadly bacteria contaminated its surroundings remains unsolved. But recent innovations in Bitcoin technology such as Multi-sig security can potentially prevent such type of failures.

ECB report suggests that digital currencies can “jeopardize financial stability,” Coinnect launches new “rebittance” in Argentina and Mexico, Google announces Android Pay, and more top stories for March 3, 2015.

The results of the Bitcoin election run-off are in, and Oliver Janssens and Jim Harper are the newest members of the Bitcoin Foundation board.

UK-based LazyCoins announced its official launch on March 2. Lazycoins is a digital currency exchange offering fully licensed platforms for both trading and merchant payments in GBP and euro markets.

The air transportation industry is waking up to the savings and security offered by cryptocurrency. There are many different ways to book a flight with Bitcoin, and there’s even more than one way to fly. I thought you could use a guide.

CoinOutlet, Inc. announced they have acquired the ATM network of LibertyTeller. LibertyTeller is the same company that, according to Cointelegraph and co-founder Chris Yim, won the controversial race to install

Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Investment Trust is poised to become the first Bitcoin fund to be publicly traded. The Bitcoin Foundation announces the results of its recent board election. LazyCoins ready to launch the UK’s first fully regulation compliant exchange and more top stories for March 2.

Bitcoin price soared last week to break out of the bearish trend that has been controlling the market since November, 2014.

A major milestone was achieved February 26, 2015 when Washington DC officially legalized cannabis for recreational use. Could this historic move in America’s capital also bolster the chances for another disruptive industry, namely cryptocurrencies?

When sending payments, popular services PayPal and SWIFT allow users to attach private messages that add an explanation about the payment. Before now, bitcoin services haven’t supported this feature. However, CoinSpark just launched a tool that works that accomplishes this for bitcoin transactions. They open sourced this tool so that developers can implement the feature in their own applications.