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World’s First Airline to Accept Bitcoin Misses a Big Opportunity

AirBaltic may be the first airline to accept cryptocurrency, but the transaction fee is missing the point of bitcoin.

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6 New Hedge Funds Seeking Bitcoin Returns

A new crop of bitcoin-focused hedge funds wants to direct sophisticated investors into the cryptocurrency markets.

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OKCoin Wants to Rule the International Bitcoin Exchange Market

CoinDesk sits down with OKCoin's Changpeng Zhao at The North American Bitcoin Conference for an extensive interview.

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The Real Reason Banks Don't Like Bitcoin

A banking professional lists the reasons banks are reluctant to deal with bitcoin, and it involves compliance and costs.

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Hailo CEO: Bitcoin Could Benefit Our Customers and Taxi Drivers

Taxi app Hailo is “actively” looking into allowing its customers to pay with bitcoin, says CEO Jay Bregman.

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Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved

The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.

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Dell: Bitcoin Aligns Our Brand With Innovation

CoinDesk interviews Dell's Paul Walsh to learn more about its bitcoin payments play.

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Can New York's BitLicense Prevent Another Mt. Gox Catastrophe?

Proposals on cyber management, information security and disaster management are aimed at stopping similar disasters for customers.

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Trend Spotting: How to Identify Trends in Bitcoin Price Charts

Trends help predict price movements, but how does one identify a trend and draw it on a bitcoin chart?

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The 9 Biggest Screwups in Bitcoin History

Feeling sadistic? Check out Kadhim Shubber's list of the nine worst screwups in bitcoin’s short history.

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