Bitcoin: The Wilderness Years
So, the government has come for Bitcoin. There are hints, if not real information, about why the government is choosing this moment to go after Mt. Gox. First, there is the wild price surge during the Cypress financial crisis last…
BitCoin News Rounup: May 13, 2013
Just a quick post today. GigaOM has announced that they, in conjunction with Ribbit Capital, are doing a Bitcoin meetup in San Jose. I, unfortunately, am way to far away to take advantage, but there is sure to be a…
Are We Just Blowing Bitcoin Bubbles Edition
Investing Insider has an interesting article in which the talk about Jaron Lukasiewicz’s entrepreneurial experiences. He is preparing a launch of his trading platform, Coinsetter, this year. According to the article, Jaron sees Bitcoin’s rise as partly a response to the…
BitCoin News Roundup: May 8 2013
Scouring the internet for snippets of news about Bitcoin over the last few days has revealed an interesting trend. Much of the traditional media focuses on a few things in their articles: Bitcoin is technical and mysterious, and it is…
News RoundUp – May 7 2013
Here is some of the most recent Bitcoin news gleaned from various points of the internet: In New York, a condo in the Trump SoHo luxury hotel is being offered for 1.9 million bitcoin. No other currency accepted. The sale…
The Future of Bitcoin
Bitcoins have been in the news here and there over the last few years. My first introduction to them was in a segment on NPR’s Planet Money a year or so ago. I thought about testing the waters at that…