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PhenixCoin in ashes after developer goes AWOL

The altcoin PhenixCoin's developer has left the project, leaving coins frozen in the associated exchange.

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How to get started with litecoin

CoinDesk walks you through what you need to know about litecoin, the world's second largest cryptocurrency.

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Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26

Ripple, OpenCoin's decentralised payment system and currency, is to be open sourced at the end of September.

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UNOCS altcoin partnership dismantled following Feathercoin pullout

UNOCS, the partnership designed to take several altcoins mainstream, has been dismantled following the departure of Feathercoin.

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Robocoin bitcoin ATMs to be installed in Canada

Bitcoin ATMs are coming to five Canadian cities in the next three months.

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CoinMKT altcurrency exchange to launch public beta next week

CoinMKT, a new cyrptocurrency exchange, is launching its public beta on 3rd September.

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Feathercoin secures its block chain with advanced checkpointing

Feathercoin has announced advanced checkpointing in its block chain to protect against 51% attacks.

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MasterCoin to create new altcoins in Bitcoin's block chain

The Mastercoin protocol layer gains community support to create a new generation of altcurrencies on the Bitcoin block chain.

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Mt. Gox enhances site performance by partnering with cloud platform Akamai

Mt. Gox has issued an announcement revealing a number of site and service improvements.

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Litecoin creator Charles Lee has left Google to work at Coinbase

Litecoin's creator Charles Lee has left Google to go and work on Coinbase full time.

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