Altcoins

Mining
DigitalBTC Launches Mining Contracts Platform DigitalX Mintsy
Australian firm digitalBTC has launched digitalX Mintsy, a service that allows users to lease and trade processing power for cryptocurrency mining.
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Uber, Hotwire Execs Back Micropayments Startup NeuCoin
Micropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $2.25m in angel funding from investors including King co-founder Patrik Stymne and Uber SVP Emil Michael.
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Bitcoin Processor GoCoin Adds Fiat Payout Options
GoCoin has added three new fiat currencies as payout options for merchants – euros, pounds sterling and Singapore dollars.
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Strange coins
The Strangest Altcoins of 2014
Here's a look back at just a few of the many bizzare altcoins that emerged in 2014.
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Crowdfund
E-Commerce Software Developer Ziftr Raises $600k in Altcoin Crowdsale
Ziftr, a US-based e-commerce company, is hosting a month-long crowdsale for its new altcoin, ziftrcoin.
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Bitcoin Predictions for 2014: How the Pundits Fared
As the bitcoin world hopes for the best in 2015, we look back at pundits' predictions for this year.
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Coin stacks
All Things Alt: Altcoins for Amagi and New Features for Viacoin
Viacoin integrates Peter Todd's 'checklocktimeverify', Amagi Metals adds altcoins and the archcoin team launches a crowdfunding platform.
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GAW Miners Altcoin Launch Sparks Speculative Frenzy
American cloud mining company GAW Miners has launched its new altcoin, paycoin.
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Court documents
Florida Group Faces Fraud Charges for Alleged Altcoin 'Pump and Dump'
Five individuals have been named in a Florida lawsuit that involves an altcoin pump-and-dump and the fraudulent presale of scrypt mining ASICs.
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