Miguel Freitas Photo: Enrico Marone When mass political protests erupted throughout Brazil in June, Miguel Freitas did what countless others did: He followed the news on Twitter. Tweets revealed information he couldn’t get anywhere else, including the mainstream media. “Brazilian medi...
Well, though some people will argue otherwise, price is not the most important thing about Bitcoin. But given the interest and its volatility, it does deserve a place in this blog post. Speculators have predicted Bitcoin to go upto $100, 000; some say the maximum it can reach is $1300...
Green and his collaborators on the Zerocoin project initially hoped that Bitcoin users would upgrade their cryptocurrency’s protocol to include that trick. But they say they soon realized that the cryptocurrency’s core developers as well as the Bitcoin Foundation didn’t want to compli...
Lightspeed India has a post with ten predictions for Bitcoin in 2014 . It's a good read and I agree with many of them. But prediction number 7 is the one I am most interested in right now: 7. The use of Bitcoin will evolve beyond ‘store of value’ or ‘transactions’ The underlying Bitco...
New York City getting its first Bitcoin ATM Published time: January 13, 2014 21:39 Get short URL Reuters / Andy Clark Tags Currencies , Economy , Internet , Security , USA A Brooklyn native has taken the preliminary steps towards getting New York City its first Bitcoin ATM. The New Yo...
PayPal president David Marcus is trying to make nice with bitcoin, the digital currency that could ultimately become a big competitor to his company’s massively popular online payments service. Today, on Twitter, he said the folks at PayPal are in fact “believers” in bitcoin and that ...
Featured Video Close More Video Video: Rick Salutin Jan.7 Video: Hume: The Year of the Idea Video: Toronto Hydro says power outages almost at an end Video: High winds could slow Toronto's ice storm recovery Turning physical cash into digital coins has become easier than ever in Toront...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Digital currency is all the rage these days with Bitcoin at the forefront. It's controversial, a little complicated, and definitely picking up steam. Here's 11 things you may not have any idea about when it comes to the hottest coin...that'...
GoldMoney Group, which holds $1.4 billion worth of precious metals for customers, is setting up a new business specialising in “cold” storage of Bitcoin, an increasingly popular digital currency. Netagio will encrypt Bitcoins and store them on offline storage devices in secure vaults....
That isn’t to denigrate bitcoin (or PayPal, for that matter). As 2014 progresses, this will be where bitcoin developments get interesting, not the price movement. In fact, Lightspeed Venture’s Maninder Gulati thinks bitcoin will evolve beyond being just a store of value or payments sy...
BITCOIN IN THE PHILIPPINES. BuyBitcoin.ph wants to be the Philippines' place for Bitcoin exchanges. Graphic from BuyBitcoin Facebook MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Bitcoin enthusiasts will be pleased to know that a Philippine Bitcoin exchange, BuyBitcoin.ph, is now available for use...
The transaction is not run through a bank, or credit card company, or any single well-defined entity at all. Instead, it is distributed to every computer on the Internet that’s running the Bitcoin software. These computers check the public global record of transactions to confirm that...
2600's HOPE X conference accepts Bitcoin signups Cory Doctorow at 7:00 am Mon, Jan 13, 2014 Emmanuel Goldstein from 2600 magazine writes, "The HOPE X conference (July 18-20, New York City) is now accepting Bitcoin for preregistration. It's believed this is the first time in North Amer...
BitPay, the world’s largest payment processor for virtual currencies, announces a beta release of their bitcoin payroll API for employers, which allows their W-2 employees to receive a portion of their net pay in bitcoin. The Bitcoin Payroll API is designed for employers and payroll s...
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Slideshow Businesses Adopt Bitcoin View Full Caption LOWER EAST SIDE — When bar and standup comedy joint Old Man Hustle gets a little quiet, owner Mike Jarmuz likes to enlighten his customers on the virtues of Bitcoin . The Essex Street bar recently started accepting the digital curre...
PayPal president David Marcus is trying to make nice with bitcoin, the digital currency that could ultimately become a big competitor to his company’s massively popular online payments service. Today, on Twitter, he said the folks at PayPal are in fact “believers” in bitcoin and that ...
Asset-trading platform eToro today launched bitcoin trading for its three million registered users. With the launch, the platform hopes to target investors who are new to the cryptocurrency. Communications manager Nadav Avidan said: “If you want to invest in bitcoin and you’re not a c...
Una de las grandes tiendas genéricas del mundo, Overstock , anunció en diciembre pasado que en un futuro aceptaría pagos en Bitcoin . La espera no se hizo desear mucho, ya que a partir del 9 de enero comenzaron con lo prometido. Hasta el momento, el CEO de Overstock admitió que en el ...
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There are a surprising number of bitcoin ATMs currently on the market for entrepreneurs willing to make an investment. Companies like Robocoin and Lamassu are building and selling ATMs that can exchange government-backed currencies for bitcoin all over the world. While hardware and so...
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This is a tragic story. Anna Skelly came home from holiday with her husband to find her son dead on her bed after what looks to be a bad reaction to cocaine. Cocaine which he reportedly acquired from an online drug marketplace, financed by Bitcoin transactions. Now the Sydney mother i...
As we all watch the rise and fall of Bitcoin, we wonder as traders how can we short this tulip mania, or mega bubble. Since Bitcoin is not recognized by any real bank, you will not find Etrade or Ameritrade offering options on Bitcoin. So which brokers offer options on Bitcoin? and wh...
Miguel Freitas Photo: Enrico Marone When mass political protests erupted throughout Brazil in June, Miguel Freitas did what countless others did: He followed the news on Twitter. Tweets revealed information he couldn’t get anywhere else, including the mainstream media. “Brazilian medi...
When the manufacturer Lamassu showcased its bitcoin-generating machine at CES last week, it got a few press bites. This week, it's getting far more. That's because a Brooklyn man the New York Post names as Willard Ling has purchased one of the $5,000 machines . And he's allegedly in t...
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