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Why Japan Fell in Love with Monacoin, the Cat Meme Cryptocurrency

Japan's quest for the novel and locally-made has extended to altcoins, as fans create a cultural ecosystem around monacoin.

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All Things Alt: Starcraft Goes Crypto, Urocoin's Future and a Mining Pool Prohibition

The minerals community is sponsoring a StarCraft II tournament while Bitcoin Talk is restricting altcoin pool advertisements.

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Peter Todd Joins Viacoin Development Team as Chief Scientist

Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd will focus on 'treechains', the Bitcoin 2.0 technology concept he invented.

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Mt. Gox and Ripple Founder Jed McCaleb Unveils Project 'Stellar'

Stellar, the long-secret digital currency project helmed by industry entrepreneur Jed McCaleb, has officially launched.

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Bitcoin Exchange ANX Adds Features to iOS and Android Apps

Hong Kong-based multi-currency exchange ANX has upgraded its iOS and Android apps with features for traders and consumers.

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BTC China Upgrades Mobile App with New Trading Pairs, Live Charts

BTC China has upgraded its Mobile Exchange app with direct bitcoin-to-litecoin trading and live data for itchy-fingered traders.

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Ethereum Launches Own 'Ether' Coin, With Millions Already Sold

The presale of Ethereum's own platform-specific altcoin kicked off last night, with sales already booming.

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All Things Alt: The MintPal Fallout, Viacoin's Big Haul and an Altcoin for Kids

An altcoin presale fetched nearly $400,000, while two coin developers debated the vericoin block chain rollback.

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Trend Micro Report Finds Criminals Unlikely to Abuse Namecoin

A namecoin botnet throws up questions about privacy and censorship in alternative domains.

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Brock Pierce Announces Dollar-backed Cryptocurrency 'Realcoin'

The bitcoin entrepreneur has announced a new cryptocurrency backed one-to-one by US dollar reserves.

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