Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven By Paul Ford March 28, 2013 6:00 AM EDT One of the oddest bits of news to emerge from the economic collapse of Cyprus is a corresponding rise in the value of Bitcoin, the Internet’s favorite, media-friendly, anarchist crypto-currency...
In an Emotional World, Singapore Is Comfortably Numb By Bruce Einhorn, Sharon Chen November 20, 2012 0:13 PM EST Thanks to Singapore’s strength in finance, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and other industries, its economy almost doubled in 10 years. That makes the country of 5.3 million...
Bitcoin: Making Online Gambling Legal in the U.S.? By Caroline Winter January 03, 2013 6:37 PM EST Michael Hajduk had sunk one year and about $20,000 into developing his online poker site, Infiniti Poker, when the U.S. online gambling market imploded. On April 15, 2011, a day now know...
Dollar-Less Iranians Discover Virtual Currency By Max Raskin November 29, 2012 7:42 PM EST Under sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies, dollars are hard to come by in Iran. The rial fell from 20,160 against the greenback on the street market in August to 36,500 rials to the dol...
