William Chen

If you are a member of Africa’s expanding diaspora, then Bitcoin could potentially hold the key to a better life for your friends and relatives in the motherland. Many nations on the African continent are dependent on money transfers from abroad known as remittances.

Today, Bruce Fenton of the Fenton Report blog has shared the latest news on the Save Mt. Gox campaign.

Karmacoin has recently announced to incorporate and issue shares to the Bitcoin community.

A concept for a new hot and cold wallet was unveiled earlier this week. The concept aims to allow everyday users to be their own bank.

A US appeals court has upheld a contempt of court ruling against Lavabit, a supposedly secure email service, which was reported to be used by the world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden.

The Texas Department of Banking (DOB) has announced that it will not treat Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as money in a memo, whose pdf document version, interestingly enough, is no longer available here.

As Bitcoin’s popularity increases day by day, the word “Bitcoin” itself is becoming a buzzword.

Are political campaign contributions in Bitcoin just around the corner?

Cointelegraph interviewed Bitcoin Foundation member, Igor Chepkasov, who founded www.BitcoinRussia.org along with the newly established Crypto Currencies Foundation (CCFR) in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Marijuana vending machines have long been a pipe-dream of cannabis smokers everywhere. Now, not only are they are finally becoming a reality for residents of Colorado, where recreational cannabis use is legal, but they will also be Bitcoin-friendly.