Google, Facebook et al: If You Really Cared About Freedom and Privacy [Time Machine]

By Ugene CheungNews

This post was published on bitcoinmagazine.com on June 8th, 2013 The past few days we have seen shocking revelations from the sphere of digital communications. The Guardian published a leaked top-secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over the metadata (caller, receiver, time, location, duration) of all phone calls made through Verizon’s networks (and not…

June 5, 2014

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Brazil World Cup Gets Unique Bitcoin Bookies

By Ugene CheungNews

A unique Bitcoin betting service for the Brazilian World Cup 2014 has launched, with a unique approach for the gambling world: Bitcoin bookies. Bitkup, which offers home-grown sweepstakes for the tournament due to kick off in two weeks’ time, is setting itself apart from traditional services both in its structure and hard figures, while its…

June 5, 2014

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Satoshipoint Launch Party, ATM’s in the UK!

By Ugene CheungNews

As recently discussed, SatoshiPoint recently launched their first 2 ATM’s in London and the 1st ATM outside of London in the UK, located in Bristol. The launch party was graciously supplied by SatoshiPoint, drinks and food were freely available and of quite a quantity, needless to say, there were a few tipsy people by the end…

June 5, 2014

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Swarm Redefines Crowdfunding

By Ugene CheungNews

There has been a lot of talk in recent months regarding the role of cryptocurrency for the future of crowdfunding and equity creation. A new company is taking a different, and seemingly more widespread approach to cryptoequity and community funding of early stage projects and business ventures. This new platform, called Swarm, is co-founded by…

June 5, 2014

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Price of Bitcoin increases 30%: what happened during the past two weeks?

By Ugene CheungNews

The price of the world’s most famous cryptocurrency skyrocketed during the last two weeks. The price of Bitcoin went from less than $450, the value registered on 19th May, to a current value around $650. This means a growth of more than 30 percent, as you can see below thanks to Bitcoincharts.com. Bitcoincharts The surprising…

June 5, 2014

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Digital Currency Summit Planned for September in Andorra

By Ugene CheungNews

Bitcoin Magazine is proud to serve as a media partner for the upcoming Digital Currency Summit set to take place in Andorra in from September 17-19, 2014. The Digital Currency Summit will focus on the role of virtual currency for investors, politicians, banks and regulators. With a professional line-up of speakers and attendees the summit…

June 5, 2014

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