Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

More Bitcoin Busts
More Bitcoin Busts
November 07, 2014  |  News

On Thursday (Nov. 6), U.S. federal officials trumpeted that they had shut down a Web site that used Bitcoin transactions to try and hide $8...

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Bitcoin Platforms Being Reclassified As Money Transmitters
Bitcoin Platforms Being Reclassified As Money Transmitters
October 30, 2014  |  Mobile

In a potentially significant ruling from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Bitcoin platforms are being reclassified as money transmitters. “FinCEN cited its 2011 amendments,...

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Death Threats, Fraudsters and Lawsuits
Death Threats, Fraudsters and Lawsuits
October 24, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 46   Ok, so even the Coinbase CEO used the word bubble, saying that bitcoin is in a “rebuilding” period after...

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Bitcoin Processor Takes In Big VC Cash
Bitcoin Processor Takes In Big VC Cash
October 21, 2014  |  News

The Bitcoin payments processor that was created by former Visa and Cybersource people, Bitnet, has pulled in $14.5 million in funding, including from a new...

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Bitcoin’s Still Bumpy
Bitcoin’s Still Bumpy
October 17, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Follow 528 Cryptocurrencies here: http://coinmarketcap.com/ . Bitcoin Tracker | Week 45    Another week, another bitcoin scandal. This week it’s...

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Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?
Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?
October 17, 2014  |  Apple Pay

So here’s the good news: Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen thinks Apple, as a tech company, will do “extraordinarily well” over the long term and...

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