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Winklevoss Twins Plan Regulated US Bitcoin Exchange

The Winklevoss twins have announced Gemini, a planned bitcoin exchange designed to appeal to US investors with a focus on compliance and security.

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PayPal Speaker Series Examines Good and Bad of Bitcoin

PayPal's Techxploration event is a monthly meetup held by the payments company. This month, bitcoin was its focus.

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The 12 Biggest Bitcoin Funding Rounds Of All Time

Following Coinbase's record $75m round yesterday, CoinDesk looks back at the previous largest investments in the bitcoin space.

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DigitalBTC Selloff Prompts Questions from Australian Securities Exchange

Australian bitcoin company digitalBTC experienced a big selloff last Friday, prompting questions from the Australian Securities Exchange.

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Singapore Government Sponsors Bitcoin Firm to Attend SXSW Event

Singapore-based bitcoin firm CoinPip will attend South by Southwest in the US in March, thanks to sponsorship from a government agency.

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Bitso Extends Bitcoin E-Commerce Services to Mexico's Merchants

Bitso launched an ecommerce API and POS system today, positioning itself as a more wide-ranging provider of bitcoin services in the Mexican market.

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Bitcoin Miner ZeusHash Faces Cloud Service Shutdown

ZeusHash, the cloud mining service, has announced that it may shut down its bitcoin cloud mining because of unprofitability.

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AirBitz Gives Away BTC in Miami Bitcoin Conference Scavenger Hunt

Bitcoin-loaded gift cards will be hidden around Miami during the North American Bitcoin Conference over the next few days.

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Bitcoin Exchange Processor EgoPay Freezes Funds, Disables API

Payment gateway EgoPay has frozen accounts belonging to a number of its clients, including cryptocurrency exchanges such as BTC-e and Bitmarket.pl.

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