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.

Death Threats, Fraudsters and Lawsuits

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

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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

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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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NY Backs Off (A Bit) On Bitcoin Licensing
NY Backs Off (A Bit) On Bitcoin Licensing
October 16, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Financial services providers in New York will need a BitLicense — but that won’t include software developers, bitcoin miners, and individual cryptocurrency users, the Wall...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 44
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 44
October 10, 2014  |  Bitcoin

The big bitcoin crash of 2014. That was last weekend and this week. Economist David Evans wrote a piece that put it in context. After...

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