Judge Forrest Rejects Illegal Search Defense In Ulbricht Case

Ulbricht's lawyers defense that the FBI illegally collected evidence in the case against him has been rejected by Judge Katherine Forrest on the grounds that Ulbricht insufficiently established that the server searched was his. Wired describes the ruling as based on a technicality. Some reactions to the ruling: Continue reading

Andreas Antonopolous Testifies Before Canadian Senate Committee

On Wednesday, October 8, Bitcoin advocate Andreas Antonopolous testified before the Canadian Senate Committee on Banking, Trade, and Commerce on the subject of digital currencies and regulation. The meeting was the one in a series of eleven scheduled by the Senate Committee on the subject of the “Study on the use of digital currency.” Previous meetings featured presentations by representatives from Visa and Mastercard; the Bitcoin Embassy, the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, and the  Bitcoin Foundation; BitPay and PayPal; the Canada Revenue Agency; CAVirtEx, the Bitcoin Strategy Group and Bit Access; and the Bank of Canada, among others. Continue reading

Wix.com Integration With snapCard Allows Sites To Accept Bitcoin

All Wix members can now accept bitcoin on their websites or blogs with the snapCard widget. Wix.com is an online based website builder that includes simple drag n' drop features as well as free hosting for their members. In conjunction with Boost.vc, Snapcard was founded on Black Friday in 2013. Their goal is to "help bring liquidity to the Bitcoin currency" by giving users the ability to purchase items from online retailers such as Amazon and Staples. Continue reading