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Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  24 February 2014
Bitcoin

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’.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 February 2014
Bitcoin

PayPal Likes Digital Currencies? Yawn

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

Business  ·  20 February 2014
Bitcoin

eBay Building Digital Wallet That Stores ‘Multiple Types’ of Currency

CEO John Donahoe has confirmed the company is building a digital wallet for PayPal that can take multiple currencies.

Business  ·  19 February 2014
Bitcoin

‘CoinThief’ Mac Malware Steals Bitcoins From Your Wallet

Malware hidden in a private wallet app is reportedly stealing large amounts of bitcoin from Mac OS X users.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 February 2014
Exchanges

Coinbase Moves to Calm Security Concerns Amid Theft Reports

Coinbase has issued a blog post in response to reports that its users are being targeted by phishing attacks.

Tech  ·  7 February 2014
Bitcoin

BitcoinWallet.com Domain Sold for $250k

The domain name BitcoinWallet.com has been purchased by Texas-based entrepreneur Alex Charfen.

Business  ·  6 February 2014
Exchanges

Apple Removes Blockchain Bitcoin Wallet Apps from its App Stores

Apple has removed the only remaining bitcoin wallet app from its App Stores, leaving users with plenty of questions.

Business  ·  6 February 2014
Bitcoin

Heartbeat-Sensing Wristband Doubles as Bitcoin Wallet

Boinym grabbed headlines last year with its Nymi smart wristband – now the device doubles as a bitcoin wallet.

Tech  ·  4 February 2014
Bitcoin

Hive’s Bitcoin Wallet is out of Beta for OS X Users

The company's strategy is to build a bitcoin wallet that anyone can use, hassle-free.

Business  ·  3 February 2014
Bitcoin

Customer Trust is ‘Top Priority’ for Bitcoin Storage Firm Elliptic Vault

Part of the company's effort to earn customer trust has been to engage heavily with the bitcoin community.

Business  ·  2 February 2014
Bitcoin

KryptoKit Partners With BitPay for Two-Click Shopping

Secure wallet and Chrome browser plug-in KryptoKit is teaming up with BitPay to offer an easy bitcoin shopping solution.

Business  ·  26 January 2014
Bitcoin

Coinpunk Crowdfunding Bitcoin Wallet That Apple Can’t Ban

Coinpunk has launched an Indiegogo campaign in an effort to raise funding for a new iOS wallet solution.

Business  ·  24 January 2014
Bitcoin

Sales Portal BitSimple Raises $600k in Bitcoin Seed Round

Tangible Cryptography will launch BitSimple following a successful $600,000 seed round investment, funded completely in bitcoin.

Business  ·  21 January 2014
Exchanges

Coinbase Rolls Out Extensive Security Update

Coinbase has added several new security features designed to make its cold storage business even safer.

Business  ·  15 January 2014