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So exactly what is in that court order that the US Department of Homeland Security used this week to clamp down on Dwolla-Mt. Gox transactions?

An order from the US Department of Homeland Security is preventing Dwolla users from transferring funds to and from the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.

Bitcoin companies might think they're smarter than the online gamblers and have better connected investors but US authorities have rules of their own.

Google Ventures and China-based IDG Capital Partners place a bet on OpenCoin, the company behind Bitcoin exchange Ripple.

Is the bitcoin network the most powerful distributed computing system -- hence, the most powerful computer, period -- on Earth?

Amazon has handed 500 "Amazon Coins" to each of its US-based Kindle Fire customers.

An aggrieved user has started a petition to force Apple to approve bitcoin wallet applications for its shiny iPhones.

California-based Gyft, a digital gift card platform serving the US, announced it has partnered with BitPay to accept bitcoin payments from customers.

Mike Caldwell first introduced physical bitcoins for purchase in 2011. He coined the name “Casascius” from an acronym for “call a spade a spade.”

Bitcoin isn't the only form of electronic money being mined, traded and spent these days.

San Francisco start-up Coinbase has completed a second round of funding of $5m for future development of its Bitcoin wallet and exchange platform.

Neither Dropbox nor bitcoin has been around for even a decade yet, but fans of the cloud-based storage site and the digital currency are eagerly pushing for the young twosome to get together.