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Markets Weekly: Could Central Banks Spark a Bitcoin Rally?
What do the actions of central bankers in East Asia have to do with the bitcoin price? Quite a bit, as it turns out.
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Netagio to Exit Gold Market, Enter Euro and USD
Netagio is exiting the gold market due to weak demand, in order to seek increased volume in the dollar and euro markets.
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UK Shadow Minister Outlines Bitcoin's Potential for Disruption
The UK's shadow minister for digital government believes bitcoin could take power away from big banks and put it back in the hands of consumers.
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Bitreserve Seeks to Raise $10 Million in Crowdfunding Campaign
Bitreserve, a bitcoin storage platform that aims for transparency, is raising $10m from the general public and institutional investors
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ChangeTip Releases New Metrics Amid Surge in Bitcoin Tipping Interest
ChangeTip is reporting a surge in bitcoin tips completed via its service, with 10,000 transactions completed in one day last week.
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Third of Sites Seized in Operation Onymous Were 'Clones'
Operation Onymous seized more than 100 'cloned' sites, where no illicit trading was taking place, a security researcher has found.
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Markets Weekly: Trading Volumes More than Double Amid Price Surge
The bitcoin price saw a wild swing of nearly $100 this week, but it was grounded in strong support across exchanges.
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Bitrefill Brings Mobile Credit Buying with Bitcoin to 113 Countries
A Swedish startup called Bitrefill offers a service that lets users buy mobile-phone credit in 113 countries with bitcoin.
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Here's How a Dark Market Bot Sent Ecstasy to an Art Gallery
Artists have created a shopping bot that buys random items off Agora with a weekly $100 bitcoin budget.
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New Tool TorBan Helps Monitor Bitcoin-Over-Tor Attacks
A privacy researcher has created a monitoring tool called TorBan to check for attacks on bitcoin users over Tor.
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