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Bitcoin enters Maine campaigns without official go-ahead from election regulators

On January 26, 2014 / companies, finance, politics

26 Jan 2014 / Morning Sentinel – AUGUSTA — In a first for Maine, two 2014 political campaigns have decided to accept Bitcoin, a digital currency, absent official word from election watchdogs at the state and federal levels. The candidates — Republican Eric Brakey, a state senate

More Canadian businesses accepting Bitcoin digital currency, despite reservations

On January 26, 2014 / companies, exchange, finance, politics

26 Jan 2014 / Calgary Herald – MONTREAL – Will that be cash, credit card or Bitcoin? A small number of Canadian businesses now accept Bitcoin, the digital currency that made its debut five years ago, and has been gaining momentum ever since. Among the retailers is

North American Bitcoin Conference Miami – Photos Day 1

On January 25, 2014 / companies, exchange, finance, mining, politics

25 Jan 2014 / coinchomp.com – Here’s photos from the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. These photos are from coinchomp.com. Visit their website for a live blog feed from the conference.

Bitcoin In 2014 – The 3 Critical Factors

On January 25, 2014 / companies, exchange, finance, politics

25 Jan 2014 / Zerohedge – In the last year Bitcoin has gone ‘viral’. As ConvergEx’s Nick Colas notes, a lot has happened in 2013: Price appreciation, yes, from $20 to +$800 – the result of this online “Currency” going from science project to mainstream topic. Volatility

WikiLeaks Party bankrolled by bitcoin donors

On January 24, 2014 / companies, finance, politics

24 Jan 2014 – The Australian – THE Australian WikiLeaks Party has taken thousands of dollars in donations via the global crypto-currency bitcoin since it registered in July last year but has no way of finding out where the transactions originated. The party hierarchy, which The Australian

Bitcoin Backed by Sberbank’s Gref as Russia Plans Curbs

On January 24, 2014 / companies, finance, politics

24 Jan 2014 / Bloomberg – Advocates of Bitcoin gained support from OAO Sberbank (SBER) chief Herman Gref, who’s urging the Kremlin to stop Russian lawmakers from curbing the use of virtual currencies in a bill designed to cut funding for terrorists. “It’s a very interesting global

Bitcoin’s next frontiers: ATMs and Capitol Hill

On January 24, 2014 / companies, exchange, finance, politics

24 Jan 2014 / Washington Post – Vancouver, B.C. — The small monolith sits at the back wall of a downtown coffee shop. Canadians are a demure people, not known to shriek or hop, but they approach the Bitcoin ATM with the spooked wonder of those apes

The Winklevoss Twins Will Headline New York State’s Bitcoin Hearings

On January 23, 2014 / companies, finance, politics

23 Jan 2014 / Business Insider – The Winklevoss Twins will headline the first of two days of hearings on digital currencies convened by the New York Department of Financial Services. The twins’ Bitcoin Trust, an ETF fund that would track the price of Bitcoin-related securities, is

Koenig Solutions offers training course in Bitcoins

On January 22, 2014 / companies, exchange, finance, mining, politics

22 Jakoenign 2014 / India Times – NEW DELHI: IT training firm Koenig Solutions today announced the launch of its training course on Bitcoins, the digital currency. Designed as a four day programme, the course will be offered from all Koenig centres in India.

Bitcoin Targets Payments Business of Giants Visa to JPMorgan

On January 22, 2014 / companies, finance, politics

22 Jan 2014 / Bloomberg – Entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Wall Street say they don’t care much for Bitcoin as a currency to supplant the U.S. dollar. As a payment technology they could use to undercut Visa Inc. (V), Western Union Co. (WU) or Citigroup Inc.

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