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US regulators, Bitcoin group discuss digital currency – Reuters India

US regulators, Bitcoin group discuss digital currencyReuters IndiaWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies met on Monday with an advocacy group for Bitcoin, a digital currency that has been under fire for its purported role i…


US regulators, Bitcoin group discuss digital currency
Reuters India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies met on Monday with an advocacy group for Bitcoin, a digital currency that has been under fire for its purported role in facilitating anonymous money transfers. Jennifer Shasky-Calvery ...

An expensive lesson against selling bitcoin on eBay – PandoDaily (blog)

An expensive lesson against selling bitcoin on eBayPandoDaily (blog)A common fear among bitcoin bears has been that the loosely regulated, somewhat anonymous digital currency would lead to an increase in fraud and other criminal activity. But amid regu…


An expensive lesson against selling bitcoin on eBay
PandoDaily (blog)
A common fear among bitcoin bears has been that the loosely regulated, somewhat anonymous digital currency would lead to an increase in fraud and other criminal activity. But amid regulators and law enforcement scrambling to prevent bad actors from ...

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Bitcoin’s Bid for Legitimacy – Bloomberg

Bitcoin’s Bid for Legitimacy
Bloomberg
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) –- Bitcoin Foundation Member Jim Harper and Convergex Chief Market Strategist Nock Colas discuss yesterday’s meeting between the Bitcoin Foundation and members of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement 


Bitcoin's Bid for Legitimacy
Bloomberg
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) –- Bitcoin Foundation Member Jim Harper and Convergex Chief Market Strategist Nock Colas discuss yesterday's meeting between the Bitcoin Foundation and members of the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement ...

The Rush to Bitcoin ASICs: Ravi Iyengar launches CoinTerra – AnandTech

AnandTechThe Rush to Bitcoin ASICs: Ravi Iyengar launches CoinTerraAnandTechBitcoin is a topic at AnandTech we have carefully steered away from due to the ever changing state of the market and the opinions of that market. For those that follow either J…


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The Rush to Bitcoin ASICs: Ravi Iyengar launches CoinTerra
AnandTech
Bitcoin is a topic at AnandTech we have carefully steered away from due to the ever changing state of the market and the opinions of that market. For those that follow either Jarred or I on twitter, you may have seen our various tweets regarding the ...
Chip veterans form new startup, will sell high-end Bitcoin miner for $14000Ars Technica
CoinTerra cuts price of TerraMiner IV bitcoin mining rigCoinDesk
CoinTerra announces highest-performance 2 terahash per second Bitcoin ASIC ...CIOL
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Federal Regulators Aren’t Ready To Crack Down On Bitcoin Because They Still … – Business Insider


Business Insider

Federal Regulators Aren’t Ready To Crack Down On Bitcoin Because They Still
Business Insider
Yesterday, law enforcement officials led by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement network met with representatives from the Bitcoin Foundation, a California-based group that serves as the unofficial custodian of the digital currency, 


Business Insider

Federal Regulators Aren't Ready To Crack Down On Bitcoin Because They Still ...
Business Insider
Yesterday, law enforcement officials led by the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement network met with representatives from the Bitcoin Foundation, a California-based group that serves as the unofficial custodian of the digital currency, ...

Bitcoin lobbyists meet US authorities amid growing focus on digital currency – The Guardian


The Guardian

Bitcoin lobbyists meet US authorities amid growing focus on digital currency
The Guardian
Representatives of Bitcoin‘s largest lobby group met federal law enforcement and financial agencies on Monday as the US authorities increased their scrutiny of the controversial digital currency. Patrick Murck, general counsel for the Bitcoin
Bitcoin May Not Be So Anonymous, After AllBusinessweek
Regulators, Bitcoin group discuss digital currencyReuters
Bitcoin lobbyists host meet-and-greet with Homeland Security and other The Verge
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Bitcoin lobbyists meet US authorities amid growing focus on digital currency
The Guardian
Representatives of Bitcoin's largest lobby group met federal law enforcement and financial agencies on Monday as the US authorities increased their scrutiny of the controversial digital currency. Patrick Murck, general counsel for the Bitcoin ...
Bitcoin May Not Be So Anonymous, After AllBusinessweek
Regulators, Bitcoin group discuss digital currencyReuters
Bitcoin lobbyists host meet-and-greet with Homeland Security and other ...The Verge
Forbes -Motherboard -Entrepreneur
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Chip veterans form new startup, will sell high-end Bitcoin miner for $14000 – Ars Technica


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Chip veterans form new startup, will sell high-end Bitcoin miner for $14000
Ars Technica
On Tuesday, a new Bitcoin startup called CoinTerra announced that it raised $1.5 million in venture capital. This likely puts the company in a position to dominate the Bitcoin hardware market—assuming it can come through on its promises. Earlier this
The Rush to Bitcoin ASICs: Ravi Iyengar launches CoinTerraAnandTech
CoinTerra cuts price of TerraMiner IV bitcoin mining rigCoinDesk
CoinTerra Announces Highest-Performance 2 Terahash per Second Bitcoin PR Newswire UK (press release)
Bright Side of News* (blog)
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Chip veterans form new startup, will sell high-end Bitcoin miner for $14000
Ars Technica
On Tuesday, a new Bitcoin startup called CoinTerra announced that it raised $1.5 million in venture capital. This likely puts the company in a position to dominate the Bitcoin hardware market—assuming it can come through on its promises. Earlier this ...
The Rush to Bitcoin ASICs: Ravi Iyengar launches CoinTerraAnandTech
CoinTerra cuts price of TerraMiner IV bitcoin mining rigCoinDesk
CoinTerra Announces Highest-Performance 2 Terahash per Second Bitcoin ...PR Newswire UK (press release)
Bright Side of News* (blog)
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What happened at the US regulators’ bitcoin meeting?

Yesterday Bitcoin Foundation had a meeting with US government representatives, which was very productive and encouraging for both Bitcoin industry and US currency market.

Yesterday Bitcoin Foundation had a meeting with US government representatives, which was very productive and encouraging for both Bitcoin industry and US currency market.

Bitcoin Volatility – The 4 perspectives

Bitcoin exchange rate volatility affects everybody who uses Bitcoin as a currency or trades it as an asset. Hoewever, the available material about Bitcoin volatility is limited. Therefore it’s time for some investigation. The results are somewhat counter-intuitive. That makes the whole topic even more worthwile. 1. What is Bitcoin volatility For any traded currency or asset, volatility is a measure for the dispersion of value changes around the average change. Changes in value are usually looked at on a day to day basis. Value changes are measured as relative or percentage changes. That’s because only relative changes are comparable between different assets and over time. To give an example: if the Bitcoin price goes from USD 100 to USD […]

The post Bitcoin Volatility – The 4 perspectives appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

Bitcoin exchange rate volatility affects everybody who uses Bitcoin as a currency or trades it as an asset. Hoewever, the available material about Bitcoin volatility is limited. Therefore it’s time for some investigation. The results are somewhat counter-intuitive. That makes the whole topic even more worthwile. 1. What is Bitcoin volatility For any traded currency or asset, volatility is a measure for the dispersion of value changes around the average change. Changes in value are usually looked at on a day to day basis. Value changes are measured as relative or percentage changes. That’s because only relative changes are comparable between different assets and over time. To give an example: if the Bitcoin price goes from USD 100 to USD […]

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Cointerra Planning to Release 2 Petahashes of Mining Power by December

The mining company Cointerra has announced its official launch today, offering what may be the most advanced Bitcoin mining hardware currently on the market. The company’s signature miner, the 2-TH/s TerraMiner IV, is seeing its price reduced from $15,750 to $14,000, or a mere $7 per GH/s – ten percent less than what appears to be its main competition, the Butterfly Labs Monarch at $7.8 GH/s. Large-scale and industrial buyers will also be interested in its batch chip sales, offering the 10 TerraHash package for $57,400 ($5.74 per GH/s) and the 25 TerraHash package for $139,750 ($5.59 per GH/s), although it is important to stress that these are chips and not full devices, and for small-scale buyers the company is […]

The post Cointerra Planning to Release 2 Petahashes of Mining Power by December appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

The mining company Cointerra has announced its official launch today, offering what may be the most advanced Bitcoin mining hardware currently on the market. The company’s signature miner, the 2-TH/s TerraMiner IV, is seeing its price reduced from $15,750 to $14,000, or a mere $7 per GH/s – ten percent less than what appears to be its main competition, the Butterfly Labs Monarch at $7.8 GH/s. Large-scale and industrial buyers will also be interested in its batch chip sales, offering the 10 TerraHash package for $57,400 ($5.74 per GH/s) and the 25 TerraHash package for $139,750 ($5.59 per GH/s), although it is important to stress that these are chips and not full devices, and for small-scale buyers the company is […]

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Bitcoin Foundation Meets With US Feds Over Legality of Cryptocurrency – DailyTech


DailyTech

Bitcoin Foundation Meets With US Feds Over Legality of Cryptocurrency
DailyTech
Bitcoin — a cryptography based digital currency, or “cryptocurrency” for short — has had its fair share of ups and downs, but today is the most used digital currency. A Bitcoin trades for around $120 USD at current rates and offers secure, nation


DailyTech

Bitcoin Foundation Meets With US Feds Over Legality of Cryptocurrency
DailyTech
Bitcoin -- a cryptography based digital currency, or "cryptocurrency" for short -- has had its fair share of ups and downs, but today is the most used digital currency. A Bitcoin trades for around $120 USD at current rates and offers secure, nation ...

Cointerra Expects to Deliver 2 PH/s of ASICs in December

Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. Today Cointerra released more information on their ASIC bitcoin miner product line, as well as a more competitive pricing on the 2 TH/s miner. Cointerra is led by Ravi Iyengar, who was lead CPU Architect at Samsung Corporation prior to founding Cointerra. He has recruited a robust team of specialists and advisors including their most recent announcement of Timo Hanke as their Lead Cryptographer, who brings with him 15 years of research experience in computer algebra and number theory. Application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) are specialized chips that perform bitcoin mining calculations and have been rapidly changing the mining landscape. Disclosed in Cointerra’s announcement is that they will be producing 2 PH/s (2,000 TH/s) worth of chips; at 500 GH/s per chip this amounts to 4,000 ASIC chips in their first run. Considering the current network hash rate is approximately 500 TH/s this amounts to 4x the current network speed, though they do not…

The post Cointerra Expects to Deliver 2 PH/s of ASICs in December appeared first on The Genesis Block.

Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. Today Cointerra released more information on their ASIC bitcoin miner product line, as well as a more competitive pricing on the 2 TH/s miner. Cointerra is led by Ravi Iyengar, who was lead CPU Architect at Samsung Corporation prior to founding Cointerra. He has recruited a robust team of specialists and advisors including their most recent announcement of Timo Hanke as their Lead Cryptographer, who brings with him 15 years of research experience in computer algebra and number theory. Application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) are specialized chips that perform bitcoin mining calculations and have been rapidly changing the mining landscape. Disclosed in Cointerra’s announcement is that they will be producing 2 PH/s (2,000 TH/s) worth of chips; at 500 GH/s per chip this amounts to 4,000 ASIC chips in their first run. Considering the current network hash rate is approximately 500 TH/s this amounts to 4x the current network speed, though they do not…

The post Cointerra Expects to Deliver 2 PH/s of ASICs in December appeared first on The Genesis Block.

US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin – InfoWorld

US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin
InfoWorld
Bitcoin critics have raised questions about the ability to anonymously use the online currency and launder money through the service. The agenda of Monday’s meeting, with the Bitcoin Foundation and agencies including the U.S. Federal Bureau of 


US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin
InfoWorld
Bitcoin critics have raised questions about the ability to anonymously use the online currency and launder money through the service. The agenda of Monday's meeting, with the Bitcoin Foundation and agencies including the U.S. Federal Bureau of ...

Sure, You Can Steal Bitcoins. But Good Luck Laundering Them – Wired

Sure, You Can Steal Bitcoins. But Good Luck Laundering Them
Wired
In April 2012, the web site Betcoin lost 3,171 Bitcoins when someone hacked into three separate computers to rob the online gambling destination. With just a few mouse clicks, the thief made off with a load of digital currency that’s now worth close to


Sure, You Can Steal Bitcoins. But Good Luck Laundering Them
Wired
In April 2012, the web site Betcoin lost 3,171 Bitcoins when someone hacked into three separate computers to rob the online gambling destination. With just a few mouse clicks, the thief made off with a load of digital currency that's now worth close to ...

Bitcoin chairman, fresh from fed phalynx, tells entrepreneurs: Don’t wait – Upstart

Bitcoin chairman, fresh from fed phalynx, tells entrepreneurs: Don’t wait
Upstart
Fresh from his meeting with the Federal Reserve, the FBI, the Secret Service and other high level government organizations, Bitcoin Foundation chairman Peter Vessenes called us to talk about what the meeting meant to entrepreneurs. The short


Bitcoin chairman, fresh from fed phalynx, tells entrepreneurs: Don't wait
Upstart
Fresh from his meeting with the Federal Reserve, the FBI, the Secret Service and other high level government organizations, Bitcoin Foundation chairman Peter Vessenes called us to talk about what the meeting meant to entrepreneurs. The short ...