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Former WSJ Reporter to Advise MIT Media Lab on Bitcoin

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Casey has been appointed senior advisor of MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative to help raise bitcoin awareness. The journalist, known for his work with Paul Vigna on The Age of Cryptocurrency and their regular WSJ column BitBeat – which covered developments in the crypto space – will take up his post at the beginning of […]

Business  ·  9 July 2015
Japan

Event Challenges Lack of Bitcoin Awareness in Post-Gox Japan

Digital currencies are still relatively unknown in Japan. This week, one of the country's pioneering VC firms aims to change that.

Business  ·  7 July 2015
Regulation

MIT Calls Out ‘Critical Flaws’ in New York’s BitLicense

MIT Digital Currency Initiative director Brian Forde has published new criticism of New York's proposed bitcoin regulation.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 May 2015
News

MIT’s First Digital Currency Director Talks Taking Bitcoin Mainstream

Newly appointed MIT Digital Currency Initiative director Brian Forde discusses his university's role in "mainstreaming" digital currency.

Markets  ·  1 May 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Developers Join MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Bicoin Core developers Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields have joined the MIT Media Lab’s new Digital Currency Initiative.

Tech  ·  22 April 2015
News

Former White House Advisor to Head MIT Digital Currency Initiative

MIT Media Lab has announced the launch of Digital Currency Initiative, a three-pronged program aimed at increasing awareness of the technology.

Markets  ·  15 April 2015
News

MIT to Host Second Bitcoin Conference in March

The MIT Bitcoin Expo will be held on 7th and 8th March at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Business  ·  13 February 2015
News

Crypto 2.0 Roundup: Kickstarting Colored Coins and a Public Policy Push

In this roundup, CoinDesk examines the community's efforts to reshape crypto 2.0's public policy and to inspire new colored coins development.

Tech  ·  15 January 2015
News

MIT Undergrads Can Now Claim Their Free $100 in Bitcoin

The anticipated giveaway of half a million dollars-worth of bitcoin to MIT students has begun.

Markets  ·  29 October 2014
Security

Why 20 Bitcoin Companies Are Backing a New Deal for Digital Identity

Twenty bitcoin businesses have announced support for The Windhover Principles, which aim to reframe the debate around privacy and security.

Tech  ·  21 October 2014
Exchanges

MIT Bitcoin Trading Simulation Yields Profit of 89% in 50 Days

MIT researchers have developed a trading system that can almost double a bitcoin investment in under two months.

Tech  ·  14 October 2014
News

MIT Bookstore Accepts Bitcoin Payments as Campus Interest Grows

A bookstore serving the MIT campus is now accepting bitcoin amid rising interest in bitcoin at the university.

Business  ·  4 September 2014
News

MIT Bitcoin Project Names Final Winners of $15k App Contest

The MIT BitComp has ended with six student-led projects earning more than $1,000 apiece.

Business  ·  2 September 2014
Events

Second Round Winners Named in MIT Bitcoin App Contest

MIT BitComp, a summer-long, app-creation competition at the prestigious university, has named its second-round winners.

Business  ·  5 August 2014
News

MIT Bitcoin Project Announces First Round Competition Winners

The project has announced the first-round winners of its BitComp, aimed to encourage bitcoin innovation.

Business  ·  3 July 2014