Cryptocurrency Provides Payment and Tax Solutions for the Cannabis Industry
A member of the Berkeley City Council has reportedly become the first elected official to purchase cannabis with cryptocurrency. City Council Member Makes Cannabis Purchase with Crypto...
Crypto Music Festivals Are Setting a Precedent for Future Gatherings
Last month, Bitcoinist reported on Our Music Festival (OMF), a cryptocurrency music festival held in Berkeley at the end of October. OMF’s crypto environment sets a precedent...
Are Bitcoin Donations Worth the Risk for the U.S. Midterms?
The U.S midterms are approaching, and the threat of digital interference in U.S elections remains a major concern. Should potentially anonymous donations to election candidates in...
California Legislators Are Working to Send Blockchain to Governor’s Desk
A number of blockchain-focused bills have been making the rounds in California’s State government. Elected officials are working to have them signed by Governor Jerry Brown. News out...
California Federal Court Allows Bail to Be Paid in Bitcoin
A US Federal Court in California has allowed a defendant to pay his bail fees in Bitcoin, local news media reported August 15 in what sources say is not a first-time use case for the...
Bitcoin in Politics: Fellow Democrats Clash Over Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations
Two Democratic nominees in a California Congressional race clash over accepting donations in the form of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The result is an incredibly misleading ad...
Introducing Cryptocurrency to L.A. Real Estate
A San Diego company brokering the sale of two multimillion-dollar homes recently announced that it would accept Bitcoin as payment, in addition to cash. Bitcoin Has Entered the...
Berkeley Hopes to Tackle Homelessness with Its Own Cryptocurrency
In an effort to stick it to the man and reduce its reliance on federal funding under the Trump administration, the city of Berkeley plans on issuing its own cryptocurrency...
California Proposes to Ban Bitcoin from Charity Raffles
The recently submitted Senate Bill 741 would prohibit the sale of raffle tickets for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the state of California. Raffle Yes, Crypto No A bill that...
IRS Sees Bitcoin Transfers as ‘Taxable’ Events [UPDATE]
Editor’s note and technical retraction: The original version of this article published December 2 inaccurately represented comments made by Daniel Winters. We have removed these...
Coinbase: Cali Court Approves IRS Blanket Data Demands
A California district court has upheld a request by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to snoop on the transaction records of virtual currency exchange Coinbase. Also read: BITCOIN...
Industry Report: Moscow Gets its First Bitcoin Exchange
Moscow opens its first digital currency exchange, California shelves its plans to regulate bitcoin, and the Bank of England looks to manage cryptocurrency. Want to catch up on the...