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Parkt Opens Its Parking Rewards System to Bitcoin Users

Parking rewards startup Parkt now offers users the choice of cashing out local area loyalty points in bitcoin, as well as parking discounts.

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Bitcoin Foundation's Patrick Murck to Advise BTCJam

Patrick Murck, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, has joined BTCJam's board of advisors to help spread crowdfunded bitcoin loans worldwide.

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Bitcoin ATM Selling Gold and Silver Goes Live in Singapore

A Singapore company has created a way for customers to buy gold and silver directly from a Lamassu bitcoin ATM.

Lamassu gold

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LazyCoins Launch Highlights Challenges for UK Bitcoin Businesses

A British startup boasting registration as a Money Services Business has launched a cryptocurrency exchange amid regulatory confusion.

London, U.K.

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BitX Expands Bitcoin Buying Service to Indonesia

BitX is expanding into the world's second-fastest growing economy, Indonesia, bringing a fixed-price bitcoin exchange to its 252 million inhabitants.

Jakarta Indonesia

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Hong Kong's MyCoin Disappears With Up To $387 Million, Reports Claim

Hong Kong bitcoin exchange MyCoin has shut its doors, taking with it as much as HK$3bn ($386.9m) in investor funds, reports say.

Bitcoin theft

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Payments Processor ChainPay Launches to Challenge Coinbase, BitPay

A bootstrapped payment processor called ChainPay wants to take on giants Coinbase and BitPay from its Isle of Man base.

Mobile payments (NFC)

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Trucoin Exchange Raises Daily Customer Allowance to $1,000

US-based bitcoin exchange Trucoin has increased its customer's daily purchase power to an "unprecedented" $1,000.

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