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Bitcoin: What you need to know about the controversial digital currency

All About Bitcoin. Micky Malka, founder and general partner of Ribbit Capital, Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of SecondMarket, and Adam Draper, founder of Boost, give an introduction to bitcoin investing at Thomson Reuters' Venture Alpha West 2013 conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 9, 2013. The panel is moderated by Lawrence Aragon, digital editor of the Reuters Deals Group.

Bitcoin video: What you need to know about the controversial digital currency

Watch a bitcoin discussion featuring Micky Malka of Ribbit Capital, Barry Silbert of SecondMarket, and Adam Draper of Boost at Thomson Reuters’ Venture Alpha West 2013 conference.

Private equity firms look to pick up pieces at UK's Co-op

Private equity firms are circling UK mutual The Co-operative Group, hoping the food-to-funerals group will be forced into selling off parts of its business as it battles to contain a scandal engulfing its banking arm, sister news service Reuters reported.

J&J chooses two bidders for diagnostics sale negotiations

Carlyle Group LP and a consortium of Danaher Corp and Blackstone Group LP have advanced to the final stage of negotiations for Johnson & Johnson’s diagnostics unit, according to people familiar with the matter, sister news service Reuters reported.

Venture Alpha West keynote video: Venky Ganesan of Menlo Ventures

Roark Capital to buy CKE Restaurants from Apollo

Private equity firm Roark Capital Group has clinched a deal to acquire Apollo Global Management-based restaurant group CKE Inc, the parent of the Hardees and Carl’s Jr fast food chains, sister news service Reuters reported.

Want Some Time with Reid Hoffman? Just Ask Him

This post was originally published on Nov. 02, 2010. We are republishing it today in light of the great interest in Reid Hoffman’s Oct. 15 blog post about how he convinced Greylock Partners to invest in LinkedIn.

Canvas Venture Fund looks to add a fourth partner

The fund formerly known as Morgenthaler Ventures wants to add a partner to help invest its new $175 million early-stage venture fund.

VC smackdown over dueling ‘Office Space’ videos

Battery Ventures’ Roger Lee plays a perfect straight man

Student entrepreneurs: You can win a free ticket to our VC conference -- Updated

We want help five students working on startups by getting them in front of venture capitalists at our Venture Alpha West conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 8-9. Send us a 300-word essay explaining why your startup is awesome. The five winners will get free passes to Venture Alpha West.