South Korea's Coinplug has enabled bitcoin purchases with credit cards through a network of over 7,000 traditional ATMs across the country.
The CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has repeated his conglomerate’s intention to “probably” accept bitcoin at some stage, at a company financial conference in Tokyo today. Without disclosing a specific timeframe in which it might happen, company CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said: “We are thinking about [accepting bitcoin] and we probably will.” The CEO, one of Japan’s wealthiest individuals, previously […]
Derivatives-focused bitcoin trading platform Coinarch is making a push into the Chinese market, with the launch of dedicated local branding.
A Singapore company has created a way for customers to buy gold and silver directly from a Lamassu bitcoin ATM.
Members of the public should exercise extra caution when considering an investment in bitcoin because of the digital currency’s “highly speculative” nature, Hong Kong’s central bank has said. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a statement in the wake of reports that a bitcoin exchange and investment scheme called MyCoin had disappeared with an estimated $386.9m […]
BitX is expanding into the world's second-fastest growing economy, Indonesia, bringing a fixed-price bitcoin exchange to its 252 million inhabitants.
Hong Kong bitcoin exchange MyCoin has shut its doors, taking with it as much as HK$3bn ($386.9m) in investor funds, reports say.
New Hong Kong exchange Gatecoin is targeting international customers with segregated bank accounts in 40 countries.
Bitcoin services firm bitFlyer has secured a $1.1m funding round to expand overseas, bringing its total to $2.93m.
CoinDesk speaks to OKCoin CEO Star Xu about his leading BTC/CNY exchange's new push to promote "real bitcoin use" in China and abroad.
Multi-billion-dollar retailer Rakuten is including a panel of bitcoin industry representatives at its first financial conference next month.
Singapore-based bitcoin firm CoinPip will attend South by Southwest in the US in March, thanks to sponsorship from a government agency.
South Korean firm Coinplug is selling physical bitcoin cards at 8,000 7-Eleven stores, with plans to expand to 24,000 stores nationwide soon.
New bitcoin advocacy centres in South Korea and Japan aim to enlighten both enthusiasts and the general public about the digital currency.
Participants in Taiwan's large-scale convenience store bitcoin project have spoken to CoinDesk about the hurdles they faced.