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(CoinDesk) Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to bring “the greatest minds in cryptocurrency” together to discuss bitcoin and the blockchain on his personal private island this May.
(Wired) In a ruling filed Monday afternoon, judge Katherine Forrest denied a motion from Ulbricht’s defense for a new trial, shooting down a series of arguments made by his defense team.
(BraveNewCoin) OneBit, that premiered at the MasterCard Masters of Code Hackathon in March may be the first real contender to claim that you can use your bitcoins to pay any merchants that accept MasterCard.
(Coin Fire) Bitfinex, and AlphaPoint are announcing that after extensive testing, Bitfinex’s integration with AlphaPoint’s trading engine has been completed and live rollout is underway.