Monday, December 29, 2014

Correction: Christmas Price Prediction Contest Winners (Please Read)


A few days ago we announced the winners of CoinTelegraph’s Christmas Price Prediction contest sponsored by Virtex and EgoPay. It has since come to our attention, however, that those named as winners d
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Hyprkey: Almost Unhackable Authentication


A company based out of New York City called HyprKey aims to accomplish a three-factor level of security that credit cards, Apple Pay, CurrentC and Bitcoin haven’t.
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The Federal Reserve Publishes Another Paper on Bitcoin


The Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, D.C. has issued a report entitled Bitcoin: Technical Background and Data Analysis. The recently released report, dated October 7, is a technical analysis of Bit
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Ecuador Officially Launches Its Own E-Money System


Banco Central del Ecuador (BCE) announced it has officially entered into the first phase of the establishment of its own electronic cash system, asking citizens over 18 years old to open an account us
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Coinbase Is Tracking How Users Spend Their Bitcoins


Coinbase has recently been demonstrating why consumer regulation is such a problem.
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Future Alert: Wealth Sharing May Become the New File Sharing


Here’s a breakdown of the main points of the full piece, written by redditor aliensyntax.
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Weekend Roundup: Remittance Innovation for Philippines, Tor Attacked, Coinffeine’s Decentralized Exchange


Bitcoin Weekend Roundup from CoinTelegraph.
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Russian Ministry Questions Proposed ‘Quasi-Money’ Ban


Politicians rarely think about the long-term implications of policy proposals and nowhere is this more evident than in the Russian Federation.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Epicenter Bitcoin Ep. 58: Vitalik Buterin on Proof-of-Stake and the Future of Crypto-Economics


In the latest episode of Epicenter Bitcoin, our guest was a man who needs little introduction in this community, Vitalik Buterin. We were very excited to finally have him on the show and go deep in so
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Bitcoin Review 2014 Part II: VC Investment and Regulatory Environment


CoinTelegraph continues its Bitcoin Review 2014 with the second of three installments, this one covering VC investment and the international regulatory environment. The aim of the review is to provide
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‘Bitcoin Was the Real Winner’ at the First Annual Bitcoin Bowl


The buzz from the entire Bitcoin community united across the world was amazing to see, as the first major, national Bitcoin-sponsored event came to an end last night.
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Bitcoin Could Help US Protect Against Rising Card Fraud


Most people have no idea how insecure their credit and debit cards are. Scary Fact: A child with an old-style VCR can use it to obtain the information stored on a bank card's magnetic strip. It is tha
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