Take it from the misguided bitcoin criminals sitting behind bars: bitcoin isn’t anonymous. But the EU’s new legislation is all about curtailing criminals (mainly terrorists) who allegedly use bitcoin to funnel in funds under the radar. Meanwhile, JPMorgan kicked off its blockchain test, and that...
The European Commission isn’t warming up to bitcoin. Or prepaid cards, for that matter. The EU is proposing regulations to crack down on digital currency transaction rules, as well as for prepaid cards, Reuters reported. This is in efforts to curb anonymous payments that may...
Just when you thought the Silk Road case couldn’t possibly get any stranger than it already has been, the editorial gift that keeps on giving coughs up yet another weird detail. It seems former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges has managed to get himself arrested...
New Hampshire has decided it isn’t going to be bitcoin-friendly — at least when it comes to tax payments. Following a decision that came out of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the legislative body decided that it would not set the tone for the...
In any given week, you’re bound to find a story about bitcoin that makes it look promising, a story that makes it look bad, and a story that reminds us all that bitcoin is just plain off the wall. And that’s the week that was for...
The European Union said Monday (Jan. 25) that it plans to spend its resources monitoring digital currencies, like bitcoin, instead of formally regulating them, Reuters reported. Citing that the virtual currency market was “hyped,” the regulatory body said that there’s just not enough known about...
There are many points of debate about bitcoin. It’s dead. It’s not dead. It’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. It’s ridiculous to even think that it has a shot to be anything more than a fad that goes nowhere. But there’s one thing that...
It’s not uncommon for the words “bitcoin” and “laundering” to appear in the same news story. But what is a little more eye-catching is when a ring of 10 men have been nabbed by Dutch prosecutors on charges stemming from their alleged involvement in online drug deals...
If you Google the phrase: “How bitcoin could,” the search engine generates the following four things: If you notice options one, two and four, you notice there’s not a lot of faith in the Google search world about the future of the digital currency. But...
