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You Can Now Send Bitcoins Over Email With Tip Bot

A new service lets you send bitcoins over email without a wallet, as long as you sign up first.

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Pony Botnet Virus Steals $220k from 30 Types of Digital Wallets

A new virus is said to be affecting more than 30 types of digital currency wallets.

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Penn State Students Launch Bitcoin Club with Grand Ambitions

The founders say there’s more to digital currencies than personal profit. How about a little philanthropy?

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Bitcoin Core Development Falling Behind, Warns Bitcoinj's Mike Hearn

Too few people are doing the heavy lifting, warns Mike Hearn, one of bitcoin's software development luminaries.

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How Cash Would Be Seen by the Media if Invented Today

A new worldwide scheme will allow citizens to carry their wealth and exchange it with others using paper ‘bills’.

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Mt. Gox’s Lesson in Logic, the ATM that Doesn’t Exist, and Tips for the Future

This week, John Law invents insults for Gox clients, finds a DIY ATM and has a rather good idea.

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Meet DopaMINE, the Boutique GPU Mining Chassis

With this product, Red Harbinger has created a boutique mining chassis market, but should miners buy one?

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Gavin Andresen to Bitcoin Companies: Support Open Source

Bitcoin's lead developer chided the commercial community for not giving back more to open source this week.

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PayPal Likes Digital Currencies? Yawn

Paypal is the pioneer in digital payments – of course it isn't going to ignore the rise of bitcoin.

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Why Lightspeed Venture Partners Sees Bitcoin as a Good Investment

The company has a global reach and a track record investing in bitcoin startups. We look at why.

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