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Chamath Palihapitiya Predicts 7.3 Million Bitcoin Wallet Downloads in 2014

Former Facebook and AOL executive Chamath Palihapitiya tweeted about about a significant slowdown in wallet growth rate for 2014.

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Major Security Flaw 'Heartbleed' Puts Critical Services at Risk

A major security flaw affecting over half the internet could have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable bitcoin services.

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Blockchain CEO Nic Cary: Global Stories Highlight Bitcoin's Value

Blockchain CEO Nic Cary used personal stories to illustrate bitcoin's disruptive potential at Inside Bitcoins New York.

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Video: Roundup of This Week’s Bitcoin News 21st March 2014

Missed what's been happening in the world of digital currencies? Catch CoinDesk's three biggest headlines this week.

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Apple Approves bitWallet iOS App With BTC Sending Function Blocked

The wallet focuses on mobile security as well as privacy protection for bitcoin but doesn't let you send BTC.

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Blockchain Restores Services After Outage, Promises 'Post-Mortem' Review

Blockchain experienced a long outage this week, but launched a commendable press push to stem the damage.

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Database Glitch Causes Blockchain Outage

Blockchain.info has been down since late yesterday with a database issue – no users' funds have been affected.

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Inside Bitcoins NYC Names Circle, Blockchain CEOs as Keynote Speakers

Inside Bitcoins New York has announced its keynote speakers for this year's conference to be held in April.

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MultiBit Bitcoin Wallet Leapfrogs Coinbase to Reach 1.5 Million Downloads

Since its launch in April 2011, MultiBit's bitcoin wallet has been downloaded a total of 1,517,000 times.

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Blockchain Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments App for Merchants

Blockchain Merchant is a new payments app designed specifically for merchants and built around the Blockchain API.

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