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What Facebook's Mobile Money Plans May Mean for Bitcoin

Facebook is reportedly exploring a money service that would allow its users exchange monetary value.

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Why Know-Your-Customer Rules Won't Work With Bitcoin

Know Your Customer rules exemplify why moulding bitcoin into the current regulatory framework won't work, argues Ariel Deschapell.

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Crash and Carry on, Canadian Chip Chumps, and the Internet of Sins

This week John Law glues together broken China, mops up Canada's sticky MintChip mess and proposes new altcoin 'karmacoin'.

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New Radeon Launches Just in Time for No Miner to Care

AMD has launched its fastest graphics card to date, but scrypt miners are unlikely to care, argues Nermin Hajdarbegovic.

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Why Bitcoin is Fated for Boom and Bust

As human beings, we may not be able to prevent it due to its emotionally-charged discourse.

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Wladimir van der Laan's Top Four Priorities for Bitcoin

Private keys, the Bitcoin-Qt wallet and faster blockchain downloads are on the mind of Bitcoin's incoming lead developer.

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What Does the Future Hold for the Price of Bitcoin?

What China's position against the US and EU tells us about behaviour of bitcoin markets ahead.

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Fear of Russian Ban Caused Bitcoin Moscow Conference Cancellation

Russia’s bitcoin “ban” threw digital currency enthusiasts to a point of canceling a conference, but confidence remains.

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Survey Results: 25% of Bitcoin Merchants Enjoy 10% Sales Boost

In Part Two of our merchant survey series, we examine the benefits bitcoin is providing to merchant bottom lines.

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Ripple Labs' Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

Ripple wants to build the best global payment protocol, and it needs talented people in order to do that.

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