Sophie Schuhmacher
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BitFury, the bitcoin mining giant, teamed up with several Bitcoin companies, including the [Bitcoin Foundation](https://bitcoinfoundation.org/), enlisting a multi-media marketing agency giant, [theAudience](http://www.theaudience.com/), to create a campaign promoting Bitcoin.
The Bitcoin exchange announced its new hedged bitcoin accounts at Finovate Europe, a European financial technology conference. CoinJar users can now peg their bitcoin holdings to the price of four fiat currencies.
The Bitcoin protocol enables effective online micropayments, a problem IBM failed to solve. Micropayments were initially devised as a way of allowing the sale of online [content](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_(media_and_publishing)), and the payment of low cost network services.
The funding round, led by Pantera Capital, marks the largest investment in an African Bitcoin startup. The Nairobi based remittance company will use the funds to propel expansion into growing markets.
Hardware wallets have long been marketed as the answer to securely storing Bitcoin, and a Taiwanese company thinks they are also the key to better in-person transactions.
The Swedish development company, Strawpay, is working on a new Bitcoin protocol. The open source layer aims to eradicate transaction times and lower fees by leveraging some of Bitcoins unique parameters.
The music publishing platform is continuing its efforts to explore how Bitcoin can reshape the way artists get paid for their work, amidst a growing choice of payment options and Venture Capitalist interest.
Montreal based bitcoin organizations are planning a bitcoin airdrop at the world renowned, McGill University to spur interest and adoption of the digital currency.
A legacy banking solution allows Mexicos unbanked population to withdraw funds at ATMs. Gabriel Miron has taken advantage, adding Bitcoin to the equation.
The world’s 10th largest economy, Mexico, has had double digit growth in its e-commerce industry, but continued growth is challenged by the country’s large unbanked population.
