Take a Walk Down Bitcoin Boulevard

By Ugene CheungNews

We often imagine a world where we can walk down the street and be able to pay using virtual currency everywhere we go. For a small suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio, this is becoming a reality. Located in the Cedar and Lee district and just ten minutes outside of downtown Cleveland is what will soon…

April 10, 2014

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Let’s Talk Libbitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

Bitcoin’s protocol is open source. So is its narrative. The story and the code evolve. We all contribute. Each pulls in a direction. Themes emerge: engage or disengage with regulators, build for anonymity or transparency, embrace or shun agorist beginnings. There is no one way, just individual frames-of-reference. Bitcoin is greater than the sum of…

April 10, 2014

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National Australia Bank shuts its doors to all clients connected to Bitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

The National Australia Bank (NAB), once the country’s most cryptocurrency-friendly institution, has decided to drop all Bitcoin support. According to the bank, all customers dealing with the digital coin will see their accounts close during the next month. The news was announced by an Australian trader connected to the platform LocalBitcoins.com, who revealed he got a…

April 10, 2014

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Money as a Competitive Good

By Ugene CheungNews

Bitcoin has re-introduced the idea of money as a competitive good. It has done so in a meaningful way. This idea has been conspicuously missing from the economic debate for too long. I, for one, am pleased to welcome it back. We’ve always had competitive ‘private’ monies, centrally managed and lacking global reach. A current…

April 10, 2014

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