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Yet Another Subway Shop Now Accepts Bitcoin, This Time in Slovakia

A Subway shop in Bratislavia, Slovakia is now the third to welcome customers bearing bitcoin.

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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.

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Why China is Leading the Global Rise of Bitcoin

Insiders offer a view of bitcoin in China: world's largest exchange, rampant mining, and a population ready to invest.

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MatrixVision Wants to Make Bitcoin 'Cleaner Than Cash'

MatrixVision wants to make bitcoin "cleaner than cash", helping related businesses to operate in the mainstream financial world.

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World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange BTC China Gets $5 Million in Funding

BTC China has received $5 million in funding from Lightspeed China Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

BTC China gets $5m in funding from Lightspeed

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Apple Removes Coinbase From App Store Less Than a Month After Launch

The Coinbase iOS app has been removed from the Apple App Store less than a month after its launch.

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KnCMiner sells $3 Million of bitcoin mining equipment in just four days

KnCMiner sold a whopping $3m worth of bitcoin mining equipment over the course of just four days last week.

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Canadian mining company pays wages in bitcoin and plans new cryptocurrency exchange

Mining company Alix Resources is paying contractors with bitcoin and plans to open a cryptocurrency exchange in early 2014.

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Bitcoin stock exchange BitFunder announces closure

Yet another bitcoin stock exchange is about to bite the dust, this time it's BitFunder.

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itBit raises $3.25 Million to build finance-grade bitcoin trading platform

The new virtual currency exchange has raised $3.25m, bringing its total funding to-date to $5.5m.

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