Monday, February 9, 2015

MyCoin Reportedly Goes Bust, Loses Up to HK$3 billion Customer Funds


Hong Kong-based Bitcoin trading and investment outfit MyCoin.hk has entered sudden bankruptcy, reportedly losing customers up to HK$3 billion (US$386.9 million) in bitcoins.
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

What will it take for Bitcoin to gain mass acceptance? Time to vote


CoinTelegraph and Ziftr's competition to win BTC and ZiftrCOINs ends, and it's time to vote for a winner.
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4 Lessons to Learn From Ross Ulbricht's Trial


Ross Ulbricht – the man who 12 strangers recently deemed to be rightful property of the state – is set to spend the rest of his otherwise productive life in a cage. But if you're interested in the fut
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Survey: Lower-Income Populations Are More Likely to Adopt Bitcoin


The 2014 Survey of Bitcoin Polling, was released earlier this week by the Bitcoin Knowledge, Use, and Opinion (BitKOU) project. The report suggests that lower-income populations are more likely to ado
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‘Cheetahs’: Africa’s Young Minds Embrace Bitcoin (Op-Ed)


The key to Africa’s prosperity lies in the hands of its young entrepreneurs or “Cheetahs” who are increasingly turning to bitcoin to drive positive change across the continent.
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Friday, February 6, 2015

Decentralized Exchange Meets Decentralized Crowdfunding, Can it Succeed?


A decentralized exchanged called BitSquare has launched a campaign on the decentralized crowdfunding app Lighthouse. Its campaign is simultaneously an example of how powerful decentralized crowdfundin
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How Bitcoin Will Achieve Mass Acceptance: Brand Makeover (Op-Ed)


The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading.
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Bitcoin Daily Digest: Peter Todd on Centralization, Coinbase reaches NC, Ripple and Stellar Quarrel


Bitcoin Daily Digest about bitcoin friendly marijuana dispensers, ‘Bitcoin Credit-Checks’, Bitcoin performance 2014, Coinbase in North Carolina, gold and maybe bitcoin are only safe long term investme
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Ex-Credit Suisse CEO: Invest in Gold and Bitcoin Long-term, Not Fiat


In perhaps one of the more surprising interview statements from the banking industry, ex-CEO of UBS and Credit Suisse Oswald Gruebel has openly voiced his support for Bitcoin and distrust of fiat curr
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Forget Price, Here’s How Bitcoin Really Performed in 2014


Some of the folks at BitPay have just released the stats of 2014's Bitcoin performance – the numbers that get less fanfare than the price, but are no less indicative of the currency's prospects.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

How Bitcoin Will Achieve Mass Acceptance: Through Community (Op-Ed)


The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading.
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