Grace Caffyn

Grace served as an editor for CoinDesk from 2013 to 2015.

Grace Caffyn

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Bitcoin Powers New Worldwide Cellphone Top-Up Service

Mobile payments pioneer mHITs has created a bitcoin platform it claims is the "easiest way" to send phone credit across borders.

Mobile phones, cellphones

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Meet Darkleaks, a Bitcoin-Powered Black Market for Secrets

Darkleaks will let users sell leaked data in an anonymous, trustless environment powered by bitcoin's blockchain.

darkleaks

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Green Activist is First Mainstream UK Politician to Accept Bitcoin

London-based green activist Gulnar Hasnain has become the first mainstream political candidate to accept bitcoin in the UK.

London activist, Gulnar Hasnain

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6 Weird and Wonderful Bitcoin Events of 2014

It's been a roller coaster year in bitcoin, and not just for the price. We look back on events that caught the not-so-serious side of the currency.

poo pile

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5 Ways to Explain Bitcoin Over Christmas Dinner

Here are five tips to help you nail 'What is bitcoin?' so you can get back to the real issue at hand: the food.

christmas

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Meet the Tiny Bitcoin Wallet that Lives Under Your Skin

A bitcoin entrepreneur and ‘biohacking’ enthusiast has found an unlikely place to store digital currency – under his skin.

NFC

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BitPay Aims to Speed Up Bitcoin Checkout with 'One-Tap' App

BitPay’s new merchant app could cut queues at the checkout with one-touch bitcoin payments.

BitPay POS screenshot

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Bitcoin 'Ransomware' Freezes Council Offices Across Italy

Council offices across Italy had their computer files encrypted by a 'ransomware' virus that is demanding payment in bitcoin.

phishing

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Rise and Rise of Bitcoin Documentary Gets Long-Awaited Worldwide Release

Following its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin celebrates its worldwide VOD release.

movie, film

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Spain's Bitcoin Boulevard Aims to be World's Biggest and Best

More than 20 merchants in Madrid's busiest shopping district will open for Calle Bitcoin, a Bitcoin Boulevard-style event, today.

Madrid, street