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German Police Detain 'Bitcoin Mining Hackers'

German police have detained two people suspected of hacking computer networks, mining over €700,000 in bitcoin.

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Unsuspecting PC Users Duped into Mining Bitcoin by Malware

A number of software applications that run on Windows are mining small amounts of bitcoin from people's computers.

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Trezor to Ship Physical Bitcoin Wallets in January

Co-founder Pavol Rusnak claims hardware wallet Trezor is on track for a January shipment.

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Directory.io Prank Proves Bitcoin Protocol's Strength

A website that listed bitcoin private keys with corresponding public addresses has been revealed as a prank.

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BitPesa Uses Bitcoin to Slash Kenyan Remittance Costs

A new Kenyan company plans to use bitcoin, targeting the country's $1.17bn annual remittance market.

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Robocoin Bitcoin ATM Takes More Than CA$1 Million in 29 Days

The Robocoin Bitcoin ATM has taken more than CAD$1m since it launched in Canada on 30th October.

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BitWasp Aims to Make Online Bitcoin Acceptance Easier

BitWasp is a new software platform that allows entrepreneurs to get bitcoin merchant businesses off the ground.

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KnCMiner Launches Neptune ASIC Bitcoin Miner With at Least 3TH of Power

Pre-orders for KnCMiner's Neptune ASIC bitcoin miner open today. This could be one of the firm's last retail products.

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Bitcoin Payment Processor BIPS Attacked, Over $1 Million Stolen

Payment processor and free online wallet service BIPS suffered a major attack that saw 1,295 BTC (over $1m) stolen.

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Korean Startup Coinplug Raises $400k, Half in Bitcoin, Half in Fiat

Korean wallet startup Coinplug takes bitcoin for half its $400,000 seed round investment.

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