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Venezuelan President Announces 'Petro' Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced a new cryptocurrency called the "petro."

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Bitcoin Websites Experience Service Outage in Venezuela

Various bitcoin sites experienced downtime over roughly four hours yesterday due to what appears to be a DNS server error at a major ISP.

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Market Weekly: Bitcoin Price Serene Amid Market Turmoil

Markets roiled around the world but the bitcoin price held steady last week, hovering close to $400.

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BlinkTrade Opens New Bitcoin Markets in Venezuela, West Africa

BlinkTrade launched bitcoin exchange SurBitcoin in Venezuela last week, and today will unveil its West African venture, UbuntuBitX.

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Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved

The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.

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