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Business InsiderBYRON WIEN: Bitcoin Will Collapse In 2014Business Insider”In 2½ years the price of a Bitcoin has increased from $25 to $975,” says Wien. “The supply of bitcoins is fixed at 21 million with 11.5 million in circulation. Bitcoins lack gold’s position as a store of value over time. During the year Bitcoin’s …Byron Wien…

Is Bitcoin evil or just dumb?io9Bitcoin is a cryptographic currency — a form of digital money that is designed to be anonymous as it passes from hand to hand, just like cash. It requires no central banks, and is inherently limited because of the computationally-intensive way it is …

U. researchers develop Bitcoin prediction marketThe Daily PrincetonianThe value of the digital currency Bitcoin has soared in recent months, but can the technology also help make predictions? A research team led by Princeton faculty is designing a prediction market — in which parties predict the likelihood of future …

PhD Scientist Isaac Yonemoto hopes bitcoin will help him raise funds to work on 9DS, a cancer-fighting compound.

Wall Street Bitcoin Fans Try to Make Real Money From Virtual (1)BusinessweekAs director of trading at an exchange for Bitcoin, Silverman, 25, joined a bevy of Wall Street brokers, analysts hedge funds and other speculators taking a gamble on the new currency. They are drawn to Bitcoin’s soaring value — up about 50-fold the …

Los Angeles TimesAfter Zynga announcement, bitcoin price tops $1000Los Angeles Times”In response to Bitcoin’s rise in popularity around the world, Zynga, with help from BitPay, is testing expanded payment options for players to make in-game purchases using bitcoin,” the company said. Over the last four years, the currency has been …Target Corporation (TGT): Why Target…

San Francisco ChronicleWall Street Bitcoin Fans Try to Make Real Money From VirtualBloombergAs director of trading at an exchange for Bitcoin, Silverman, 25, joined a bevy of Wall Street brokers, analysts hedge funds and other speculators taking a gamble on the new currency. They are drawn to Bitcoin’s soaring value — up about 50-fold the…

Growing number of Michigan retailers accepting bitcoin digital currencyDetroit Free PressYou can buy a three-inch-thick corned beef sandwich at the Bronx Deli in Farmington Hills for $10.59, cash or credit card — and now, 0.01323 bitcoin. A small, but growing, number of Michigan retailers are accepting bitcoin, a digital currency that is …

CNBC.comBitcoin Is Not Anonymous And Is Always Taxable – Part 2ForbesBitcoin and cryptocurrencies are complicated. The first article gathered a good amount of interest and led to even more questions. It feels like bitcoin is the rabbit leading us further down into the rabbit-hole. Below we’re going to go through the …Buzzfeed COO: How I…

CNBC.comBuzzfeed COO: How I mined for bitcoinsCNBC.comOver the holidays, I spent many hours reading up on bitcoin, and I was struck by just how large the ecosystem and variety of players was. Putting aside the debate around bitcoin’s value, I think there is no debate that this is an intriguing and very …Bitcoin Is Not…

Bitcoin bounces back in China to top $1000Financial TimesBitcoin has bounced back in China, helping to push the virtual currency back above $1,000 a unit, as exchanges devise workaround solutions to the regulatory crackdown last month. When Chinese reg…

CoinDesk talks to TipperCoin’s Scott Li about micropayments, dogecoin and how social media can further bitcoin’s adoption worldwide.

Now Even Girl Scouts Are Accepting BitcoinMotherboard (blog)Bitcoin knows no boundaries. An entrepreneurial—and tech savvy—group of girl scouts has decided to accept Bitcoins as well as regular greenbacks at their pop-up coffee shop, according to a Twitter user who found a photo of it on Reddit. The little …

Bitcoin Tops $1000 Again as Zynga Accepts Virtual Currency (1)BusinessweekThe price of Bitcoin surpassed $1,000 again after Zynga Inc. (ZNGA:US) said it would start accepting the virtual currency for some of its online social games, citing wider use of the digital money. Bitcoins, which exist as software and aren’t …

Bitcoin Digital Wallet Blockchain Hits 1M UsersBloomberg6 (Bloomberg) — Nicholas Cary, CEO at Blockchain.info, discusses the rise of bitcoin and his company’s growth as an online wallet for the digital currency on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Please enable JavaScript to view the …1 Millionth Bitcoin Wallet Created on Blockchain.infoCoinDeskall 9 news articles »