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POSaBIT, a Seattle-based digital currency payments startup with a focus on serving legal cannabis outlets, has raised $1.5m in funding. The round included participation from a number of Seattle-based angel investors, whose identities were not disclosed, as well as New York-based investment...

Former professional basketball star Dennis Rodman landed in Pyongyang this morning to visit his friend Kim Jong Un wearing sunglasses, a cap and a T-shirt bearing the name of the trip's sponsor: PotCoin. "I'm really looking forward to spending time with the wonderful people of North Korea and...

Cannabis companies are turning to the world's most popular digital currency in an effort to get rid of all that cash. The inability to access traditional financial institutions is one of the marijuana industry's biggest impediments. Legal cannabis was a $6 billion industry last year and is...