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KnCMiner Plans 16nm Bitcoin Mining ASIC Launch in 2015

Cryptocurrency mining hardware designer KnCMiner is planning to deploy its next generation ASICs in early 2015.

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Coinbase Launches 'One-Click' Bitcoin Tipping Tool

Coinbase has announced a new micropayments tool it hopes will encourage bitcoin tipping to online content providers.

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Blockstream Raises $21 Million from Google Chairman, LinkedIn and Yahoo Co-Founders

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Kholsa Ventures and Real Ventures led a new $21 million seed round for crypto startup Blockstream.

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Spanish Bank Backs Decentralised Bitcoin Exchange Coinffeine

Spanish bank Bankinter has made an investment in Coinffeine, a bitcoin startup working to develop a new distributed exchange platform.

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NYU Hackathon Heralds New Generation of Bitcoin Apps

A weekend bitcoin hackathon at NYU's Leslie eLab showcased a new generation of apps, many written by bitcoin newcomers.

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HyprKey Introduces Fingerprint Scanning to Secure Bitcoin Transactions

HyprKey uses fingerprint validation to create a three-factor authentication to bitcoin transactions in hopes of eliminating fraud once and for all.

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Bitrefill Brings Mobile Credit Buying with Bitcoin to 113 Countries

A Swedish startup called Bitrefill offers a service that lets users buy mobile-phone credit in 113 countries with bitcoin.

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Coinbase Reportedly Seeking up to $60M in Funding

Coinbase is rumoured to be in the midst of another funding round, attempting to raise up to $60m with a company valuation of $400m.

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How Koinify and Melotic Plan to Bring Order to Crypto Crowdsales

Koinify and Melotic are partnering to curate a marketplace of decentralized applications they hope can disrupt traditional VC funding.

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DigitalTangible Launches Mail-Order Gold-to-Bitcoin Trading Service

DigitalTangible is launching a new precious metals service called Bitcoin4Gold that lets users buy by mail.

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