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Bitcoin mining pools BTCChina, BitFury, KnCMiner and 21 Inc. are now publicly backing Core developer Jeff Garzik’s BIP100 block size limit proposal, and more top stories for August 28.

BitFury has announced to bring bitcoin mining light bulbs, Corporate Finance houses are getting into crowdfunding and more news.

Sorry record labels, music does not need you anymore. ChangeTip arrived on Soundcloud this week.

Bitcoin donations to registered charities like Save The Children and the See Change Foundation are enabling victims of terrible natural disasters, notably the recent Nepalese earthquakes, to receive financial support a little quicker.

ChangeTip just announced a product called ChangeTip SCAN that offers a new way for people to convert dollars to Bitcoin.

The United States SOCOM has outlined how it views Bitcoin, admitting to monitoring and tracking transactions. A proposal for a decentralized local dark market has been published aiming to use the blockchain itself to share offers and requests for purchases. T-Mobile Poland installs its own BTM and much more news for March 30.

NASDAQ has agreed to provide the New York-based startup Noble Markets the core technology to power a marketplace for trading bitcoins, Russia’s Ministry of Finance is expected to take measures against the usage of monetary surrogates such as bitcoin, and more top stories for March 24.

Intel has posted a job announcement for a new researcher to join its special innovation projects group to investigate decentralized ledgers, Ukraine will block the Bitcoin accounts of separatists in the country’s east, and more top stories for March 20.

In the spirit of lovebirds who like Valentine’s Day, and those who don’t, ChangeTip, Newegg and BitPay have announced a Valentine’s Day contest.