Coined: A Documentary about Cryptocurrencies is Fundraising on Kickstarter
Money is changing. With the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, traditional notions of currency changed forever, expanding to include a digital, community-driven monetary system known as cryptocurrency. Since Bitcoin’s inception, new cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin are created each month…
KLIPPT: Bitcoin/Colored Coin IPOs Get Started with a Hair Cut
There is a little bit of a feeling of ‘hurry up and wait’ about Bitcoin. On the one hand, it’s a revolutionary technology with huge potential as a currency, an asset, and as a decentralized method to do all…
Drugs, Scams, and Terrorism: Bringing Balance to Bitcoin Reporting
In recent days there have been a slew of articles published reporting how the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has listed Bitcoin as one threat area that they are seeking submissions to research in preparation for future possible terrorist attacks….
If Gox lost 750,000 Bitcoins, Where’d They Go?
I’m going to say it. Something doesn’t seem right with the story we’re getting. Who the hell runs a half-billion dollar business and doesn’t have accounting procedures in place good enough to notice the loss of nearly ALL ASSETS. According…
Challenges Prove the Vitality of Bitcoin
And yet another article likens Bitcoin to the Wild West. Not just the Wild West, really, but the Wild Wild West, a campy sixties TV show featuring two secret service agents traveling the west post-Civil War and fighting baddies…
The Wild West of Bitcoin According to Joseph Cafariello
Jeffrey Cafariello sure can spin a gripping yarn. In a recent piece for Wealth Daily, he paints a picture of the Wild West of Bitcoin. In his vision, every Bitcoin trader is a steely-eyed gunslinger facing off with hackers. At…
Bitcoin Media Roundup: Tulip Crazes and Ponzi Schemes
In the last year, Bitcoin has started to become a somewhat popular thing to write about in the general media. It is interesting to peruse the mainstream media in order to find useful information about what is happening in the…
Verso Cards Brings Swiss Banking to Bitcoin
As more and more people get into Bitcoin, the question of how to hold and use them securely is going to be one of the real make-or-break issues surrounding Bitcoin. The new cryptocurrency is not something that you can hold…
9 Reasons the Middle Class is in Trouble and 5 Ways Bitcoin Will Help
On February 5, Barrack Obama signed a farm bill further cutting food stamps for the nation’s most vulnerable. Five years ago, the nation suffered an unnecessary financial shock that sent not only the country’s, but the world’s economy reeling. If…
The Need for a Disruptive Force Like Bitcoin
National Security Agency (NSA) documents taken by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News reveal that the British spy unit known as the Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group (JTRIG) developed and deployed offensive strategies that included hacking…