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At Least 54 Bitcoin Clones Have Been Created Since April

At Least 54 Bitcoin Clones Have Been Created Since April

02 Dec 2013 / Business Insider – At least 54 different digital currencies have been created in the past seven months. That’s according to CoinWik.org, a Wiki site tracking digital currencies. The most recent is Asicoin, born on Sept. 11. It’s advertised as a coin designed just

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Bitcoin’s $13.50 To $1,200 Eleven Month Climb—Now Taxes

Bitcoin's $13.50 To $1,200 Eleven Month Climb---Now Taxes

02 Dec 2013 / Forbes – Even if you weren’t intrigued by other aspects of the rock star digital currency, it’s hard to argue with over 5,000% appreciation in less than a year. The Wall Street Journal asked Should You Invest in Bitcoin? and printed a WSJ special

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A College Kid Made Over $24,000 Yesterday Just By Waving This Sign On ESPN

A College Kid Made Over $24,000 Yesterday Just By Waving This Sign On ESPN

01 Dec 2013 / Business Insider – A college student quickly made over $24,000 just by waving this sign on TV. Here’s the deal: Yesterday on ESPN’s “College GameDay” (an ESPN college football show that’s filmed at a different college campus each week) some student held the

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Today’s Strange Bitcoin Idea, The Gold Backed Bitcoin

Today's Strange Bitcoin Idea, The Gold Backed Bitcoin

01 Dec 2013 / Forbes – This particular idea rather has me scratching me head as I can see a small publicity value to this idea and no other practical one at all. The idea being to produce physical bitcoins that are partially gold. That sounds like

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Waiting for bitcoin to get boring

Waiting for bitcoin to get boring

01 Dec 2013 / Reuters – Something of a milestone was reached very early in the morning of Friday, November 29, a time when most Americans were either sleeping off their Thanksgiving excesses or out seeking Black Friday bargains. At the end of Wednesday, the price of

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‘Bitcoin’ becoming a bit too big; regulators scramble for norms

'Bitcoin' becoming a bit too big; regulators scramble for norms

01 Dec 2013 / Economic Times – NEW DELHI: As Bitcoin becomes more popular day by day, regulators are getting worried about potential money laundering risks associated with this digital currency and its possible misuse by fraudsters to lure gullible investors into ‘e-ponzi’ schemes. Adding to the

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Vicco to consider paying police chief in Bitcoin

Vicco to consider paying police chief in Bitcoin

30 Nov 2013 / Logan Banner – VICCO – The city commission in Vicco is set to consider whether to begin paying the police chief’s salary in the virtual currency Bitcoin. Chief Tony Vaughn made the request during the commission’s regular meeting last week, explaining under his

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Bitcoin campaign donations have regulators scratching heads

Bitcoin campaign donations have regulators scratching heads

30 Nov 2013 / LA Times – WASHINGTON — On the website for Jim Fulner’s U.S. Senate campaign, 34 letters and numbers appear in a string above the “Donate Now!” button. They are the code for his campaign’s bitcoin wallet, where holders of the so-called digital currency

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Bitcoin payments with a simple tap? Multi-purpose nio Card gets added functionality

Bitcoin payments with a simple tap? Multi-purpose nio Card gets added functionality

Nov 29 2013 / GigaOM – Bitcoin may be riding high, but spending it is still hardly an intuitive process. A new device called the nio Card, currently in Kickstarter mode, may provide an answer by allowing contactless Bitcoin payments — and because it has built-in NFC,

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Bitcoin bubbles but will it burst?

Bitcoin bubbles but will it burst?

Nov 29 2013 / RT – After more than quadrupling in one month, many question whether bubble trouble is looming for bitcoin. Like it or loathe it, bitcoin is an entity of extremes. Not merely its value oscillations but also the vehemence with which its acolytes support

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