05 Jan 2014 / Economic Times – MUMBAI: Against the backdrop of RBI warning the public over highly speculative virtual currencies, a bitcoin traders’ body has sought clarity
Read more →05 Jan 2014 / Bloomberg – The price of Bitcoin surpassed $1,000 again on the Mt.Gox exchange, after Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) said it would start accepting the virtual currency for some of its online social games as the digital money becomes more widely used. Bitcoins, which exist
Read more →04 Jan 2014 / Motherboard – Bitcoin knows no boundaries. An entrepreneurial—and tech savvy—group of girl scouts has decided to accept Bitcoins as well as regular greenbacks at their pop-up coffee shop, according to a Twitter user who found a photo of it on Reddit. The little ladies have
Read more →04 Jan 2014 / Washington Post – The world’s first fully decentralized cryptographic financial network, Bitcoin, launched five years ago today. The years since then have been a wild ride. The currency’s value has risen from nothing to billions of dollars, and millions have been invested in
Read more →04 Jan 2014 / TechCrunch – Gaming giant Zynga has started to accept the cryptocurrency as a payment option for those buying tokens for virtual goods on the web versions of FarmVille 2, CastleVille, ChefVille, CoasterVille, Hidden Chronicles, Hidden Shadows and CityVille. It makes Zynga the first
Read more →03 Jan 2014 / Panama Post – Bitcoin is no longer insignificant. Initially derided by most as a gimmick, the current market value of all bitcoins in circulation is an estimated US$10 billion.[1] On Friday, November 29, 2013, the value of a single bitcoin peaked at $1137. To
Read more →03 Jan 2014 / The Spectator – Here’s a thought to kindle a lovely warm glow of smugness and schadenfreude as we enter a new year: you didn’t lose your fortune in the great bitcoin bubble of 2013. The reason I know you didn’t is because few
Read more →03 Jan 2014 / TechCrunch – The first shipping bitcoin ATM, Robocoin, is landing in Hong Kong and Taiwan as the company expands its reach this January. They are planning further releases in Europe, Canada, and the US but, given Asia’s clout in the BTC markets, this
Read more →03 Jan 2014 / Independent – New cultural phenomena are constantly vying for our attention. I find this exhausting, so I do my best to ignore most of them. But occasionally the sheer weight of opinion, conjecture and discussion forces me to set aside my prejudices and
Read more →02 Jan 2014 / Inman.com – In what may be a first for a traditional real estate firm, Manhattan-based brokerage Bond New York has announced it will now accept Bitcoin as payment for real estate transactions. “Bitcoin is a convenient and inexpensive way for our customers to
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