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BitPesa Uses Bitcoin to Slash Kenyan Remittance Costs

A new Kenyan company plans to use bitcoin, targeting the country's $1.17bn annual remittance market.

Business  ·  28 November 2013
Bitcoin

BitWasp Aims to Make Online Bitcoin Acceptance Easier

BitWasp is a new software platform that allows entrepreneurs to get bitcoin merchant businesses off the ground.

Business  ·  26 November 2013
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Payment Processor BIPS Attacked, Over $1 Million Stolen

Payment processor and free online wallet service BIPS suffered a major attack that saw 1,295 BTC (over $1m) stolen.

Business  ·  25 November 2013
Bitcoin

Korean Startup Coinplug Raises $400k, Half in Bitcoin, Half in Fiat

Korean wallet startup Coinplug takes bitcoin for half its $400,000 seed round investment.

Tech  ·  23 November 2013
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Wallet App Developer Hive Purchases Android App Bridgewalker

Hive, a company that developed a stylized bitcoin wallet for Mac OS X, has acquired Android bitcoin app Bridgewalker.

Business  ·  18 November 2013
Bitcoin

Hackers steal $1.2 Million of bitcoins from Inputs.io, a supposedly secure wallet service

Approximately $1.2m worth of bitcoin have been stolen from a wallet service intended to be high-security.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 November 2013
Bitcoin

Dark Wallet launches crowdfunding campaign

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the anarchic Dark Wallet project.

Business  ·  1 November 2013
Exchanges

Blockchain.info user wins 10 BTC for opening site’s 500,000th bitcoin wallet

Blockchain.info has given 10 BTC to the person who opened the 500,000th bitcoin wallet on the site.

Business  ·  30 October 2013
Bitcoin

How “dumb mistakes” can lead to costly bitcoin losses

How carelessness, typographical errors and software design can cost you thousands of dollars in bitcoin.

Business  ·  24 October 2013
Bitcoin

Why do so many Chinese bitcoiners use Linux?

In August, over a third of users in China downloading the bitcoin client chose the Linux version.

Tech  ·  9 October 2013
Bitcoin

Hive OSX bitcoin wallet promises app integration

A wallet for bitcoin newbies, Hive promises to breathe new life into the bitcoin platform on OSX.

Tech  ·  1 October 2013
Bitcoin

Shining a dim light on Dark Wallet

The person who brought you print-your-own-guns will soon bring you an easy-to-use bitcoin wallet. What's the connection?

Tech  ·  30 September 2013
Bitcoin

Armory and the monetization of bitcoin wallets

Armory's recent $600,000 investment begs the question, how are bitcoin wallets going to monetize?

Tech  ·  25 September 2013
Bitcoin

‘No-wallet’ bitcoin payment app Gliph gets $200k in funding

Mobile bitcoin wallet and secure messaging app Gliph has received $200,000 in funding towards its first seed round.

Business  ·  23 September 2013
Bitcoin

Bitcoin wallet Armory raises $600k in seed funding

Secure bitcoin wallet Armory has raised $600k in funding from a number of prominent investors.

Business  ·  16 September 2013