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Canadian Government to End 'MintChip' Digital Currency Program

The Canadian government has announced plans to sell its MintChip digital cash service to the private sector.

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Chicago Sun-Times Becomes First Major US Newspaper to Accept Bitcoin

The Chicago Sun-Times announced a new partnership with Coinbase on 3rd April.

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CrowdCurity 'Capture the Coin' Contest Rewards Bug Finders With Bitcoin

The novel bug-finding scheme rewards security researchers for locating private bitcoin keys hidden within a website.

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South Korean Bitcoin Startup Coinplug Secures Further $400k Investment

The bitcoin multi-services company will use the new funds to hire more engineers and expand into new markets.

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Bitcoin Commodity Exchange CEX.io Imposes Trading Fee, Prepares for USD

The CEX.io bitcoin commodity exchange is to introduce a trade fee in two stages within weeks.

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Cryptsy Founder Paul Vernon on Worthy Altcoins, Pre-Mining and Compliance

The exchange currently trades 157 cryptocurrencies and 70,000 active users, but it hasn't added fiat currency – yet.

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Cloud Hashing CEO on Hardware, Network Growth and the Threat of Pools

Emmanuel Abiodun describes his flexible attitude to mining hardware and says big pools are nothing to worry about.

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Coinbase Denies Reports of Data Breach, Addresses Security Concerns

Coinbase has responded to allegations that its service has a flaw that leaves users open to fraud and spam.

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Bitcoin Community Raises Cash for Dorian Nakamoto and Hal Finney

The bitcoin community launched two fundraisers over the last week for two high-profile figures in bitcoin.

Is Dorian Nakamoto really Satoshi? Decidedly not. But researchers are working to understand the mining patterns of some of Bitcoin's earliest contributors. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)

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Mobile Payments Giant Square Introduces 'Pay with Bitcoin' Option on Square Market

Square is now allowing merchants to accept bitcoin payments online at Square Market.

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