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Review: Ledger Wallet Nano Provides Premium Security on a Budget

The Ledger Wallet Nano is a relatively affordable bitcoin hardware wallet with a few clever tricks up its sleeve.

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Coinkite Removes Limits on Multisig Bitcoin Wallets in Service Fee Shakeup

Coinkite is now offering consumers unlimited access to its multisig wallets, a move it said was inspired by the ecosystem's recent security issues.

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Court Strikes Down FTC Request for More Butterfly Labs Oversight

Embattled bitcoin mining hardware company Butterfly Labs is back in business, following a federal court ruling on Friday.

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'Good Samaritan' Blockchain Hacker Who Returned 267 BTC Speaks Out

A researcher who swept (and returned) 267 BTC from Blockchain wallets has told CoinDesk how and why he did it.

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Ledger Launches USB Bitcoin Wallet With 'Bank-Grade' Security

Three French startups that have teamed up to produce a hardware wallet they say is almost immune to hacking attacks.

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Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline

Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.

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Hacker Returns 225 BTC Taken from Blockchain Wallets

A 'white-hat' hacker who was able to take 255 BTC from Blockchain users' wallets following a security flaw earlier this week has returned the funds.

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BitFury CEO: We're Not a Bitcoin Mining Company

BitFury CEO Valery Vavilov speaks to CoinDesk about the company's larger goals, the structure of its operations and its role in the bitcoin ecosystem.

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LibertyX Brings Bitcoin Buying to 2,500 US Retail Stores

Liberty Teller has officially rebranded as LibertyX and expanded its network with 2,500 new bitcoin buying locations in 33 US states.

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Bitcoin Price Decline Sparks Rare Mining Difficulty Drop

Following a period of stagnant pricing, bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased for the first time in two years.

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