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ShoCard's Quest to Secure Identity on the Blockchain

CoinDesk speaks to ShoCard CEO Armin Ebrahimi about his company's efforts to disrupt identity verification via the blockchain.

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Meet the Kenyan Startup Trying to Change Bill Gates' Mind on Bitcoin

Last month, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded bitcoin startup Bitsoko $100,000 to help troubleshoot Africa's mobile money systems.

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6 Things You Missed from the State of Bitcoin

We've put together a few hidden gems from the State of Bitcoin Q2 2015 report you might have missed.

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Expedia's Connie Chung: Purchases With Bitcoin Are Down 40%

Expedia's Connie Chung, senior payments product manager, speaks to CoinDesk about the travel giant's bitcoin payment integration.

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Bitcoin in the Docks: 7 Crypto Court Cases

CoinDesk takes a take a trip down memory lane, looking at some of the more high-profile bitcoin-related court cases.

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Why Bitcoin Should Embrace Stupidity

CoinDesk's Pete Rizzo discusses why the bitcoin industry should learn from the early Internet's sillier success stories.

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Inside R3CEV's Plot to Bring Distributed Ledgers to Wall Street

CoinDesk profiles R3CEV, the stealthy crypto-venture firm working to bridge traditional finance and blockchain technology.

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10 VC Firms Betting Big on Bitcoin and the Blockchain

With more than $800m so far invested in the bitcoin industry, CoinDesk highlights some of the leading firms driving these headline-grabbing rounds.

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Gates Foundation's Kosta Peric on Blockchain Tech and the Unbanked

CoinDesk speaks to Kosta Peric about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's exploration of the blockchain, financial inclusion and more.

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Bitcoin in the Headlines: Putin and Deloitte Draw Summer Snores

Despite big names entering the bitcoin conversation this week, press coverage faded as bitcoin's price fell and eurozone uncertainty subsided.

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