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Thursday, February 12, 2015

New EU Tax Law Could Double Tax Bitcoin and Log Location Data

A reclassification of how Value Added Tax (VAT) is to be applied in the EU could force merchants to log user’s location, and make the user pay VAT twice. In particular, this could mean that from Janua

Good News for Overstock: Utah Considers Bitcoin Payment for State Services

A resolution put before state lawmakers in Utah could see the Beehive state legitimize Bitcoin as a le-gal payment method.

Andreas Antonopoulos Debates Greece's 'Rock Star' Minister of Finance

It was almost a year ago – MtGox had just collapsed and Newsweek pointed to Dorian Nakamoto as Bitcoin's creator – that Andreas Antonopoulos come onto the Australian radio show Late Night Live to deba

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Why BitMesh Could Become the Uber of ISPs

Take for instance BitMesh, which is asking: Why not take the sharing economy to purchasing Internet? Most people don't use up their entire data plans. People work from 9 to 5 during the day or go on v

5 Reasons Why I'd Still Use $5 Bitcoins (Op-Ed)

Admittedly, I will lose a lot of purchasing power if the price of a bitcoin falls to US$5. Hell, I've already lost money in Bitcoin – I didn't really get interested in it until the fall of 2013. Yeah,

The first Anniversary Auction

We are delighted announce what is a rather significant event for us. Today, February 11, CT is celebrating one year since it was founded.

First Birthday contest

We are delighted announce what is a rather significant event for us. Today, February 11, CT is celebrating one year since it was founded.

Daily Digest: Coinbase Drops Tipping, LocalBitcoin’s New Competitor, Dominica 'Bit Drop' Party Shelved

Coinbase expands to further European countries and announces shutting down its tipping button, BitQuick planning to ‘kill LocalBitcoins,' Bitnet partnering with UATP to enable Bitcoin payments for 260

Bitquants Announces Global Virtual Crypto Trading Workshop

Amid growing interest in Bitcoin trading among individuals and corporations around the world a Canadian trading firm, Bitquants, is offering a global crypto trading workshop.

’90% of All the Cryptocurrencies Today Should Cease to Exist Within the Next 24 months’

While practical Bitcoin applications continue to gather speed in the developing world, a Canada-based businessman has been quietly working on an alternative he says addresses many of the current chall

Bitreserve Adds Swiss Franc, Three Physical Commodities

Bitreserve's Halsey Minor had some interesting comments comparing Bitcoin and Netscape, but his company is chugging right along, today it is adding more stores of value for its users.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

“What will it take for Bitcoin to gain mass acceptance?” - Time to announce a winner

It's time to announce the winner of the 2015 CoinTelegraph and Ziftr competition for the best answer to the question of “what will it take for Bitcoin to gain mass acceptance?”