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let's see if it will work...

coindesk:

http://www.coindesk.com/okcoin-restricts-bitcoin-deposits-us-customers/
OKCoin restricts bitcoin deposits for US customers
i did not even know that they had them.
probably neutral

Coinbase:

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/08/31/coinbase-expands-to-canada/
Canada is on board. Definitely bullish.

Backpage:

BackPage Integrates Paxful - 4000 new bitcoiners and new lessons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRcA01xt2L0&feature=share

Barclays:

Barclays to start accepting Bitcoins

http://www.econotimes.com/Barclays-to-start-accepting-bitcoin-82378

Big black bulls.

Agora, the biggest dark net market, is closing and hasn't paid everyone their coins back yet. It might only be a temporary closure, and a large number of people have been paid back, but there remain complaints from some users that they are still owed money that they tried to withdraw days ago. It's not a total exit scam, but it could turn into a semi exit scam. Could those coins be dumped if they don't get paid back?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AgMarketplace/comments/3j1u8s/anyone_receive_their_balance_on_agora_after/

single family offices show increased interest in crypto.
This is a big one for bulls, i assume: Soros, Druckenmiller (who recently bought ~$300 mil of GLD). 1% investment for them is 50-100mil.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/russalanprince/2015/09/01/single-family-offices-are-showing-increasing-interest-in-cryptocurrencies/

an open letter from the Core:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/21809/open-letter-bitcoin-community-developers/

Mike Hearn-a benovolenet dictator of XT according to Gavin Andresen.
The schism chronicles...

http://coinjournal.net/gavin-andresen-mike-hearn-will-be-the-benevolent-dictator-of-bitcoinxt/

A router with bitcoin mining function?
http://bitcoinist.net/exclusive-interview-jihan-wu-bitmain-s7-block-size-debate/

A hot and power thirsty addition to a critical part of your network hardware... in return for some penny shavings.

This thing is going to catch on like wildfire...

Some bitcoinist journo was typing fast...it's there if you look at it...fixed for you
BTW, 21inc supported by Intel and 120mil in seed money is allegedly working on the same type of device.
It might work...or not, but it certainly IS news.

The only room I see for combo type devices is in the heating realm: water heaters, in floor radiant heating with water, quiet rigs that make sense as space heaters... and only when the chip wars calm down a bit, probably post halving. And even then, it's not really a combo device it's just a heater, which has a net running cost < than just burning electricity directly.

All guaranteed to be the bane of landlords everywhere who include electric with the rent...

In response to bull thread: If Vivek Ramaswamy was a stock, I would short it-he peaked too early.
Check out the stock they are talking about-AXON-first day price $31, now $13.41.
Prediction: it is going to $1.
"Conjuring drugs from thin air ?" what a bunch of baloney.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/09/09/the-30-year-old-ceo-conjuring-drug-companies-from-thin-air/
I don't know why this guy was there in BITCOIN bullish news.
i don't think that bitcoin would be affected either way.

Super important news for bitcoin.
For those who like to read written transcripts of both Day1 and current Day2 and NOT watch videos:
Scaling bitcoin 2015 conference...In words
http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/

presentations and slides:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xrnpadhhee26482/AAD1UYgVDXgYByGe4FnqIWBka?dl=0

live streaming (when available):
https://scalingbitcoin.org/montreal2015/live#papers

tl dr!!! ;D :D
anything scary in there?

yes, they are talking about us (miners) all the time... even as we post ;)