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Former head of US regulator advising top Bitcoin companies
October 29th, 2014
A former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been appointed to the advisory board of the two major Bitcoin companies. Arthur Levitt, who served as chair of the SEC between 1993 and 2001, will advise Bitpay ...
CoinCorner Now Accepts Debit and Credit Cards for Bitcoin Purchases
October 24th, 2014
British bitcoin exchange CoinCorner now allows clients to purchase bitcoin and some altcoins with debit and credit cards. The feature went live yesterday, making CoinCorner one of very few places in the British Isles to accept direct card payments ...
Coinfloor to launch bitcoin fund and trade in broader range of currencies
October 20th, 2014
Coinfloor, the London-based bitcoin exchange, is opening up to a wider range of currencies, according to the FT. It will also raise money from its investors to launch a bitcoin fund next month, taking the company’s value up to ...
Interview with St. Louis Fed Vice President on Bitcoin
October 9th, 2014
Dr David Andolfatto, who is Vice President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has been one of the most forward-looking people at central banks around the world when it comes to crypto-currencies. Here he speaks with Max Rangeley, Editor ...
Bitcoin on PayPal
September 24th, 2014
PayPal announced a monumental partnership that will likely play a large part in the adoption of bitcoin throughout the world. The company has partnered with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin to provide bitcoin support to the millions of PayPal users. ...
UK’S FIRST BITCOIN FESTIVAL BLOCKSTOCK STARTS ON FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
September 10th, 2014
BlockStock, the UK’s first Bitcoin festival, starts on Friday 12th September, in Shoreditch, to raise awareness of bitcoin as a digital currency. The ten-day festival is a celebration of Bitcoin as well as a series of events, activities, special ...
Dominica to Be the First Bitcoin Nation
September 1st, 2014
Dominica is set to be the first nation to adopt Bitcoin following a successful collaboration between island officials, Coinapult, Aspen Assurance, Bitcoin Beauties and the College Cryptocurrency Network, who have partnered to deliver the project, officially titled The Bit ...
Digital vs. Virtual Currencies
August 25th, 2014
There’s a lot of misunderstanding around the terms “virtual” and “digital,” and people often mistakenly use them interchangeably. The reality is that virtual currencies are a type of digital currency, meaning that all virtual currencies are digital, but the ...
How Money is Made
August 20th, 2014
Last month, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) announced the establishment of their own development bank, which would reduce their dependence on the Western-dominated, dollar-focused World Bank and International Monetary Fund. These economies will benefit ...
Bitcoins to be taxed like shares
August 20th, 2014
BITCOIN and other crypto-currency investors will have to pay capital gains tax on the sale of these assets, according to new guidance by the Australian Taxation Office. People in possession of bitcoins don’t need to declare it to the ...