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US State Representative Mark Warden has added a Bitcoin donation system to his campaign Website, marking the first use of the decentralised virtual currency system by a sitting incumbent politician.
04 September 2012
Bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica is being sued by four former users who allege they are owed nearly half a million dollars-worth of the virtual currency, plus damages.
13 August 2012
Bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica has shut down its operations after an online hacker breached its defences and stole $90,000 worth of the virtual currency.
14 May 2012
Six EU member states - Belgium, Spain, France, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal - have been threatened with legal action by the European Commission unless they comply with one-year old rules on e-money issuance.
27 April 2012
The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a 'digital currency' called MintChip, inviting developers to build applications using the new form of cash.
05 April 2012
TradeHill, the Bitcoin exchange operator which closed down last month, has filed a lawsuit against digital payments outfit Dwolla, seeking $2 million in damages.
07 March 2012
Google chairman Eirc Schmidt says the Internet search giant once considered creating its own peer-to-peer money system, dubbed Google Bucks, but binned the idea because of regulatory concerns.
01 March 2012
Bitcoin's tribulations continue, with e-wallet provider Paxum ceasing all business involving the virtual currency after coming under pressure from MasterCard and banks, and major exchange TradeHill shutting down.
20 February 2012
American Express has filed a patent for a system and method for using loyalty rewards as a currency.
01 November 2011
Facebook is seeking to extend the reach its virtual currency, teaming up with developers to test Credits outside of the social network.
25 October 2011
A point-of-sale system, based on a VeriFone terminal, which enables retailers to accept virtual currency Bitcoin has been developed.
21 October 2011
Financial heavyweight Citi has faced off a challenge to old-bank hegemony with a powerful display of its technological prowess that knocked the wind out of a room-full of Bank 2.0 innovation gurus and digital evangelists at an Innotribe session at Sibos in Toronto.
22 September 2011
Online collaboration community Hub Culture is to make its Ven digital currency product available on Thomson Reuters data network and desktop terminals globally.
21 September 2011
Microsoft is pressing the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider adjustments to the domestic payments markets to help consumers conduct transactions in virtual currencies, such as Facebook Credits and Microsoft Points.
06 September 2011
South Korean police have arrested five members of a gang accused of using computer hackers from North Korea to steal millions of dollars in online gaming points.
08 August 2011
A person claims he was refused entry into the United States because authorities refused to believe that he was planning to fund his two month stay using the Bitcoin virtual currency.
27 July 2011
Virtual currency exchange MT Gox says that an anonymous hacker used phoney Bitcoins to flood the market and drive down prices causing a spectacular market crash last month.
05 July 2011
Germans watching the latest series of reality TV show Big Brother will be able to vote for their favourite Z-list celebrity-in-the-making using Facebook Credits.
01 July 2011
Within four years consumers will be able to leave their wallets at home as digital currencies supplant traditional payment methods for shopping at retail stores, according to forecasts from PayPal.
30 June 2011
The value of peer-to-peer virtual currency Bitcoin has plummeted after an account at MT. Gox, an exchange for the digital money, was compromised and a large amount of coins sold off.
20 June 2011
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