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Chain CEO: Nasdaq Partnership is No PR Stunt

Chain CEO Adam Ludwin discusses his company's newly revealed partnership with Nasdaq and its interest in blockchain technology.

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Ben Parker: Bitcoin Has Potential in Fragile States

Ben Parker, co-founder of IRIN, a humanitarian news service spoke to CoinDesk about bitcoin's potential in fragile states.

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Bitcoin in the Headlines: Sex, 'Dope' and Greek Tragedy

Bitcoin could do no right this week as its use cases took a back seat to its still-prevalent association with the dark web.

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Is Greece Really Behind Bitcoin's Latest Price Surge?

The price of bitcoin broke out this week, spiking to a high of $257 on 17th June in what amounted to a jolt of life for the bitcoin economy.

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Bitcoin Ownership and its Impact on Fungibility

Tatiana Cutts, a university law lecturer, examines the subject of bitcoin ownership and whether it impacts the fungibility of the digital currency.

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Did Mathematician John Nash Help Invent Bitcoin?

Digital money researcher Travis Patron explains why the late American mathematician John Nash may have influenced the creation of bitcoin.

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Bitcoin in the Headlines: US Teen Sparks ISIL Media Frenzy

Bitcoin has been scrutinised in the past, but this week's criticism took a rather unexpected – and perhaps questionable – sense of humour.

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Wences Casares: The Bitcoin-Obsessed Serial Entrepreneur

Wences Casares, serial entrepreneur and founder of bitcoin security company Xapo, tells CoinDesk why he is "obsessed" with bitcoin.

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My Life Inside a Remote Chinese Bitcoin Mine

Eric Mu, HaoBTC's chief marketing officer, speaks about life at the company's bitcoin mine in the Tibetan mountains.

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Bitcoin Supporters Should Take a Page Out of the Uber Playbook

Angel investor Joe Maristela explores what people in the bitcoin space can learn from regulatory developments in the Philippines surrounding Uber.

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