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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.

Topping up airtime

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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.

shopping bot buys ecstasy pills over darkmarket

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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.

Oct 29 - g4ll4is flickr

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DocuSign Founder Sees Blockchain Tech Potential in Identity Management

DocuSign founder Tom Gonser believes the blockchain has the potential to change the way digital identities are managed.

Nov 10 - Tom Gonser DocuSign

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Markets Weekly: Bitcoin Rises Amid Dark Markets Crackdown

The bitcoin price has risen after a variety of law-enforcement agencies conducted an inter-continental crackdown on dark markets.

FBI, silk road, anonymity

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Braintree's Bill Ready: Bitcoin Will Impact Mainstream Payments

Braintree chief executive Bill Ready spoke to CoinDesk exclusively about how he wants to take bitcoin to the mainstream.

Nov 7 - Bill Ready

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Braintree, DocuSign and Etoro Talk Bitcoin at Web Summit 2014

Several companies at Web Summit 2014 expressed an interest in bitcoin and even announced imminent involvement with digital currency.

Web Summit 2014

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Gavin Andresen Rejects Bitcoin Centralisation Concerns at Web Summit

Gavin Andresen has spoken about bitcoin at Web Summit in Dublin, a gathering of technology startups, investors and celebrities.

Gavin Andresen Web Summit

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Bitcoin ATM Goes Live at Google's London Co-Working Space

Google's co-working space, Campus London, now has a bitcoin ATM in its cafe, which also accepts the digital currency.

BitBuddy ATM at Google Campus

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Markets Weekly: Price Slump Continues While Transactions Rise

The bitcoin price declined further this week, but there may be reason for optimism in the long-run.

Antique cash register