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At the beginning of a global recession, an obscure project called Bitcoin was born.

The company and its defenders have made “XRP is not Ripple” a continuous mantra over the past few months, changed the digital token’s logo, and even amended testimony to the U.K. parliament in a transparent attempt to fend off regulatory scrutiny.

The SEC rejected nine applications for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this week, but the price of Bitcoins has remained steady despite the setback.

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace, Abolhassan Firouzabadi, announced on Sunday that the Islamic Republic would be bringing digital, or crypto, currency to the country in the near future regulated by the government.

Facebook announced this week that it is reversing its cryptocurrency advertisement ban.

Ukraine announced its decision this week to neither regulate cryptocurrency mining nor tax profits from this endeavor, cementing its status as one of the most crypto-friendly countries in the world.

“If the line gets much longer, this could go Lord of the Flies,” one attendee says at the big blockchain technology conference in New York City.

Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is reportedly developing an online cryptocurrency exchange.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett attacked Bitcoin last weekend, with Hathaway calling it “rat poison squared” and Gates claiming he would short Bitcoin if he could.

A religious advisor has announced that Bitcoin is compliant with Shariah law, according to a report.

A startup in Dubai called OneGram has created a Bitcoin-style cryptocurrency that ostensibly complies with sharia law, making it an acceptable alternative for devout Muslims.

The New York-based Soros Fund Management is preparing to trade cryptocurrencies, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Refinery29, a media and entertainment company focused on young women, “blurs the lines” with how they promote sponsored content, becoming the outlet which is “pushing the boundaries the most,” with controversial tactics that even target its own employees, according to a report.

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) continues to slide, with the decentralized digital currency suffering its most dramatically bearish market movements since 2014.

Twitter announced this week that they are banning advertisements for cryptocurrencies, joining technology giants Google and Facebook.

Outgoing People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan held a press briefing on Thursday in which he dropped a few hints about the launch of China’s new digital currency, known as “DCEP” for Digital Currency Electronic Payment.

Garrett Camp, the creator and co-founder of Uber, has unveiled a new Bitcoin-like digital currency, “Eco,” with elite gatekeepers and unlimited inflation built into its protocol — and he needs a billion-strong email list to distribute it.

Rapper 50 Cent is correcting the record after a wave of January media reports that claimed that the artist held around $7 million worth of Bitcoin.

A new bill passed in the Arizona Senate will allow residents of the state to pay their taxes in bitcoin.

Feb. 2 (UPI) — A New England Patriots fan used 2.2 bitcoins to buy seats to Super Bowl LII, according to secondary ticket marketplace TickPick.

Facebook announced in a blog post this week that cryptocurrency ads would officially be banned from the platform.

Tether, a controversial digital asset, may threaten the health of the entire cryptocurrency market. But what is it?

BlackRock investment firm CEO Larry Fink argued that cryptocurrencies are going to revolutionize the way that the world does business.

Rapper 50 Cent admitted recently that he made approximately $8 million in Bitcoin after accepting the digital currency as a payment method for his 2014 album, “Animal Ambition.”

It’s been a tough time for new owners of Bitcoin. After the decentralized digital currency rocketed to prices of $20,000 for one whole BTC, those values dropped roughly 50 percent and have bounced back and forth between $10k and $12k for the past week. And, while the asset’s 9-year history suggests the bear market won’t last forever, Bitcoin critics are out in force warning the recent adopters that the fundamentals of their investment are not sound.

Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley says that the investment advising firm will never create a Bitcoin fund.

BitConnect, a lending platform for the cryptocurrency space in which lenders could deposit bitcoin and lend out BitConnects “tokens,” has announced it is shutting down.

Capital One acknowledged in a tweet on Sunday that they are blocking customers from purchasing cryptocurrency with their credit cards.

Reuters published a misleading report Thursday giving the impression that South Korea was certain to ban the trading of cyber currencies such as Bitcoin, contributing to a panicked sell-off of digital blockchain assets.

Founders’ Fund has reportedly invested between 15 and 20 million dollars on the volatile cryptocurrency.

An analytics manager for Exmo Bitcoin exchange was kidnapped in Kiev when he left his office this week, according to a report.

This was the year that I finally jumped down the rabbit hole known as “cryptocurrency” — decentralized, blockchain-based digital money — and a big part of what sparked my interest was the concept of “mining,” or using my computer’s processing power to mint new units of these “coins.”

Goldman Sachs may become the first big Wall Street firm to fully embrace trading bitcoin. What could go wrong?

If the South Korean analysts quoted by Yonhap News are correct, North Korea will not be having a Happy New Year. According to the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul, tough international sanctions imposed against North Korea over its nuclear missile programs haven’t affected the economy much yet, but that is about to change.

Bitcoin owners and enthusiasts spent Tuesday night and Wednesday morning raging against Coinbase — one of the most popular apps for exchanging U.S dollars to blockchain-based digital currencies — after the trading platform unexpectedly began exchanging BTC’s controversial rival “Bitcoin Cash,” then quickly crashed as its new product became illiquid.

Coinucopia is now offering ready-access Bitcoin ATMs at 17 Northern California locations as the cryptocurrency boom draws broader public interest.