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Markets

Dispute Breaks Out Over Title of 'First Regulated Bitcoin Hedge Fund'

Since July, GABI has been widely acknowledged as the first regulated bitcoin hedge fund. Now a challenger has emerged to dispute this.

Men in dispute

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CFTC Chairman: We Have Oversight of Bitcoin Derivatives

Bitcoin derivatives fall under the remit of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the body's chairman has claimed.

Timothy Massad, a former chairman of the CFTC

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Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline

Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.

Alpha Technology

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Bitmarkets Launches Decentralised Bitcoin Marketplace With Tor Support

A new decentralised marketplace called Bitmarkets has introduced privacy enhancing features and a novel escrow system.

Dec 8 - Bitmarkets

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Markets Weekly: Bitcoin Prices Stay Flat While Volume Declines

The bitcoin price has remained flat, but traded volume has declined sharply over the last week.

Dec 8 - flickr btckeychain

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UK Treasury Committee MP: Bitcoin Doesn't Need New Laws

A member of the UK Parliament's Treasury Select Committee has said bitcoin is an "excellent" payment system that doesn't need a new set of rules.

Steve Baker MP

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Bitcoin Industry Responds to UK Treasury's Call for Information

The UK Digital Currency Association and others have responded to the Treasury's public call for information on digital currencies.

Picture of UK Treasury building.

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Bitcoin Fund Manager Faces HSBC Account Closure

The bank account of regulated bitcoin fund manager Global Advisors is being terminated by HSBC due to money-laundering fears.

HSBC office building.

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Markets Weekly: Bitcoin Stable Amid Global Oil and Metals Crash

The bitcoin markets are the picture of serenity as commodities and currencies shed value around the world.

Dec 1 - Flickr xcbiker oil barrles

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Robocoin Operator Hacks ATM to Run Lamassu Software

A former Robocoin ATM operator in the UK has hacked his machines to run on software from rival manufacturer Lamassu.

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