Cable TV Joins Digital Currency Network, DISH Network to Accept Bitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

Bitcoin, a digital currency once described by critics as unusable, unreliable and even a scam, has defied those remarks as it becomes accepted by a company maintaining over 14 million subscribers and employing 34,000 workers. DISH executive vice president and chief operating officer, Bernie Han, said beginning in July the satellite TV company will accept…

July 18, 2014

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Online Education Meets Bitcoin with Skilljar

By Ugene CheungNews

Skilljar (www.skilljar.com), a Seattle-based online courseware platform, announced today that instructors using its course platform are now accepting payments in Bitcoin. Skilljar is used by online education instructors to deliver classes directly from their own websites, with topics ranging from yoga to computer programming.   Bitcoin Comes to Online Courseware Instructors on Skilljar’s platform are automatically…

July 18, 2014

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New York releases draft for unique and innovative BitLicense

By Ugene CheungNews

The New York Department of Financial Services (NY-DFS) is changing the way the American authorities see cryptocurrency: the department released this Thursday (18th) a draft that shows how the state’s BitLicenses will look like. The most surprising – or maybe not – point informs that anyone using a New York-sanctioned Bitcoin or cryptocurrency service will…

July 18, 2014

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Bitcoin Explained to the Retired Folks

By Ugene CheungNews

This article is intended as an introduction to the concepts of bitcoin that might be of interest to those people that are retired. The reader is expected to have only basic internet web browsing and email knowledge.  The questions and answers are given in “layman” terms. What is Bitcoin ? Bitcoin is a new kind of…

July 18, 2014

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Bitcoin Megaphone and Anonymous Affiliates

By Ugene CheungNews

A little while back I reported on a fascinating project I had been following. I have continued to follow this project with interest. As the world’s first Bitcoin-powered pay-per-character publishing platform, Bitcoin Megaphone peaked my interest. Truly innovative and original ideas in the space can be difficult to come by, even with so much happening.…

July 18, 2014

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