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App.net Debuts Crowdfunding Platform for Bitcoin

App.net has announced a new crowdfunding platform, Backer, that accepts bitcoin for software projects.

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KryptoKit Partners With BitPay for Two-Click Shopping

Secure wallet and Chrome browser plug-in KryptoKit is teaming up with BitPay to offer an easy bitcoin shopping solution.

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Companies and Charities Unite to Promote Bitcoin in Africa

Private companies, charities and individuals are teaming up to present a good first impression for bitcoin in Africa.

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California Scientist Seeks Cancer Cure With Bitcoin

Gene and Cell Technologies, a California-based stem cell research center, now accepts bitcoin.

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Video Cards Drive First-Day Sales Surge For TigerDirect

Video cards, power units, tablets and Xbox units drove first-day bitcoin sales for TigerDirect.

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Bitcoin and Litecoin Top Sources of WikiLeaks Donations

WikiLeaks revealed on 24th January that the majority of its public funding now comes through bitcoin and litecoin.

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Richard Branson: 6 Bitcoin Customers Confirmed for Virgin Galactic Space Flight

Richard Branson revealed that a handful of people have paid in bitcoin for their flight on Virgin Galactic's spaceship.

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Investment Firm to Launch Czech Republic's First Bitcoin ATM

Czech investment firm Marlyle plans to set up the first bitcoin ATM in Prague, the Czech Republic's capital.

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Coinpunk Crowdfunding Bitcoin Wallet That Apple Can't Ban

Coinpunk has launched an Indiegogo campaign in an effort to raise funding for a new iOS wallet solution.

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Pinterest Competitor Fancy Adds Bitcoin Payments

New York-based social e-commerce platform Fancy, a website known as the "Pinterest for shopping," is now accepting bitcoin.

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