Archive for the politics Category

28 Aug 2014 / Reuters – Bitcoin is catching on at U.S. online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency that just a few years ago was virtually unknown but is now showing some staying power. Though sales paid for in bitcoin so

26 Aug 2014 / Newsweek – On Sunday, at 6 p.m. ET, poker players around the world will log onto a gaming site with the curious name of SealsWithClubs to bet not with the dollar, euro or pound, but with bitcoin – increasingly the currency of choice

09 Aug 2014 / CNBC – Andrew Hemingway was introduced to bitcoin four years ago while working as a tech entrepreneur. At 32, he is now the Republican candidate for governor of New Hampshire—the youngest gubernatorial candidate in state history—and the first to accept bitcoin donations. In

05 Aug 2014 / Beta Kit – Calgary’s Redfall Technologies Inc. (a.k.a Vogogo) has raised $8.5 million in funding for its Bitcoin risk management services. The company raised the money from Cormark Securities Inc., Salman Partners Inc., Clarus Securities Inc., Beacon Securities Limited and Canaccord Genuity Corp. Vogogo provides comprehensive risk

04 Aug 2014 / Leap Rate – A distinct dichotomy has emerged among Bitcoin proponents, one which appears to place the pioneers of what has, for the first time ever, emerged as a potential alternative to sovereign currency. This dichotomy places virtual currency proponents in two camps,

30 July 2014 / The Globe and Mail: By Geoff Gordon – The media’s insatiable desire to sensationalize stories has resulted in a lot of misinformation around bitcoin. For business owners who aren’t properly educated, this misinformation – understandably – leaves them with inaccurate opinions, and the

29 July 2014 / BetaBeat – Rep. Jared Polis, the “Gamer Congressman,” has been a big advocate for Bitcoin on Capitol Hill. He’s taken BTC for campaign donation, lampooned his colleagues for speaking out against Bitcoin, and invited fellow congressmen to give Bitcoin a shot. Now, he’s helping

29 July 2014 / dnaInfo – LAKEVIEW — The city’s first bitcoin ATM debuted in Lakeview over the weekend at Cassava Bread. Bitcoin is a type of currency and online payment system that’s been around since 2009. People and businesses can make transactions directly to one another

22 July 2014 / India Times (Economic Times) BANGALORE: After major setbacks, Bitcoin users in the country are trying to revive the crypto currency feted by geeks as the future of money and reviled by regulators as the currency of the underworld. Among them is Mohit Kalra,

21 July 2014 / Forex Minute:  by Ricardo Esteves – As Bitcoin becomes popular enough to deserve attention from world governments and payments in Bitcoin get accepted even by the largest companies in the world, its rapid ascension may be signaling a role more important than just