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How Savvy Marketing Can Burst the 'Blockchain Bubble'

A look at the challenges marketers – and the broader blockchain technology community – face when attempting to win new enthusiasts to the tech.

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Overstock Just Closed its First Day of Blockchain Stock Trading

Overstock's CEO marks the end of the first ever day of blockchain trading with an unusual offer to the SEC.

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5 Things the Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Needs to Stop Saying in 2017

In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.

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Overstock Raises $10.9 Million in First Blockchain Stock Issuance

The first blockchain-based Series A has closed, and Overstock.com is on the verge of beginning trading on its blockchain platform.

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Wyre Raises $5.8 Million for Cross-Border Blockchain Payments

San Francisco-based bitcoin startup Wyre has raised $5.8m in new funding.

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Coinbase User Asks Federal Court to Stop IRS Bitcoin Subpoena

A Coinbase customer has gone to court to stop the IRS from subpoenaing user data from the bitcoin and ether exchange startup.

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Digital Currency Exchange Kraken Acquires Bitcoin Buying Service

San Francisco-based digital currency exchange has acquired wallet funding service Glidera.

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Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Adds Ex-Barclays Chief to Board

Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain has added former Barclays Bank group chief executive Antony Jenkins to its board of directors.

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Bitcoin-Powered Marketplace OpenBazaar Raises $3 Million

The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.

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Dutch City Trials Blockchain for Real Estate Contracts

Deloitte’s Netherlands branch is working with the city of Rotterdam to create a prototype for recording lease contracts on a blockchain.

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