Bitcoin in the Beltway Conference to Make Waves in Washington D.C.

By Ugene CheungNews

May 2014 Contact: M.K. Lords Email: mksilent.h@gmail.com Website: bitcoinnotbombs.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bitcoin in the Beltway Conference to Make Waves in Washington D.C. (Washington, D.C.) This year has seen a rise in the amount of Bitcoin conferences, but one in particular is priding itself on featuring the most radical movers and shakers in the Bitcoin…

May 30, 2014

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Time is Running Out for Mark Williams Prediction of a $10 Bitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

If there is a villain to bitcoin, Mark Williams would likely be named. He infamously made the prediction, in December 2013, when he declared bitcoin was not an innovation but a “smoke and mirrors deception”. At the time, bitcoin was still trading near $1,000.00. He went on to predict that by mid-year 2014 the price of…

May 30, 2014

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DISH starts accepting Bitcoin and claims to be the largest crypto-friendly company so far

By Ugene CheungNews

The well-known brand DISH has just turned into the first subscription model pay-TV provider to accept Bitcoin, thanks to a partnership with Coinbase.  Watching premium television programs and paying the bill with digital money is now possible, as the American direct-broadcast satellite service provider recently partnered with the payment processor Coinbase. DISH will be using the platform’s…

May 30, 2014

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My 2 Cents for Your 2 Cents: Cryptiv Empowering Content Creators

By Ugene CheungNews

There’s a simple reason as to why strippers in the USA get more tips than strippers in Canada: the dollar bill. Canadian strippers miss out on gain because throwing coins is impractical, and giving up a fiver is too much. This doesn’t just stop in the strip club. The USA generally has a richer tipping…

May 29, 2014

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MIT’s Bitcoin Expo and the Students Behind It

By Ugene CheungNews

MIT’s students have made the news again. Dan Elitzer, president and founder of MIT’s Bitcoin Club, and Jeremy Rubin, a sophomore in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, have organized the MIT Bitcoin Expo which will be held this Saturday, May 3rd at MIT’s Compton Laboratories Building 26-100. The talks start at 12:00pm and will feature…

May 29, 2014

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“The Willy Report” blames bots for Bitcoin’s volatility and the end of Mt. Gox

By Ugene CheungNews

A single-page blog called “The Willy Report” (removed in the meantime) has recently denounced an alleged plot to manipulate the price of Bitcoin through the use of bots. According to the report, authored by a cryptocurrency trader who claims to have analyzed several trading logs starting from November 2013, a bot named Willy is the one…

May 29, 2014

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Why Crypto-investing is Better Than Normal Investing

By Ugene CheungNews

So far, the crypto-space has had some major home runs, some fizzles, and fair number of outright scams. For folks who’ve been in any successful project for any considerable amount of time, the overall returns have been massive. This is because, once a few issues are ironed out, the crypto-world offers possibilities that are far…

May 29, 2014

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Euro Pacific Precious Metals Embraces Bitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

Long-time Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is embracing the future of cryptocurrency as a valuable form of payment. Late last year Schiff made his skepticism known when comparing the value of bitcoin to gold. He was very outspoken towards this view, but this news makes it seems that his outlook may have changed and is now…

May 28, 2014

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Lamar Wilson and Lafe Taylor talk PheevaWallet, Potluck Capitalism, and Building Community with Bitcoin

By Ugene CheungNews

This article first appeared at Bitcoin Not Bombs. When I went to the Texas Bitcoin Conference a couple months ago, I met Lafe Taylor and Lamar Wilson of Love Will LLC. I learned that they had designed a hot wallet that iPhone users could access by joining a co-op. By getting an enterprise license and…

May 28, 2014

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Investment without Banking

By Ugene CheungNews

Imagine, for a moment, you were a new member of China’s growing middle class, and looking to invest your savings. You’ll soon discover that without political connections, your investment opportunities are limited to a filtered selection of domestic companies; lucrative companies are listed elsewhere, and only available to foreigners, state officials, and their friends. If…

May 28, 2014

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