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The Bank of England (BOE) has launched a search for blockchain-savvy interns, offering the winning students the possibility of a six-week paid internship and the chance of landing a role ...

Google search data can predict the price of bitcoin, new research has found. Academics from the University of Cagliari, Italy, compared USD trading volume with data from Google Trends in ...

MercadoLibre, Latin America’s answer to eBay, has announced it is integrating bitcoin into its payments platform, MercadoPago. In an email to users, the marketplace said the initiative would keep its ...

Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) has clarified its stance on bitcoin, deeming it a means of payment whilst placing a series of restrictions on transactions involving the ...

Safe Cash Payment Technologies, a blockchain-based digital cash platform that will enable consumers to purchase digital tokens in exchange for cash, has raised $1.12m in seed funding. The San Francisco-based ...

Australian firm DigitalBTC is bowing out of bitcoin mining to focus on its consumer products, its CEO has said. The company, which debuted on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) last ...

The head of innovation at ABN Amro has said the Dutch state-owned bank wants to stay away from bitcoin, but is interested in blockchain technology. According to a report, Arjan van ...

Bitfilm, the international bitcoin and blockchain-themed film festival, has released its call for entries today. Founded in 2000, Bitfilm previously showcased films using digital technology creatively. Having experimented with bitcoin as prize ...

A Russian payments firm is pushing ahead with a plan to release its own cryptocurrency, reportedly submitting an application to register a trademark for the initiative. According to Russian news agency Interfax, ...

South Korean bitcoin services company Coinplug has closed a $5m Series B funding round. The company drew support from firms including SBI Investment raising its cumulative funding to date to ...