BloomNation – Disrupting the Flower Industry

Businesses that accept Bitcoin are blooming up everywhere. Sometimes it can irk me that some businesses accept Bitcoin but do nothing to promote it; however, this is not the case for the co-founders of the budding flower marketplace, BloomNation.com. I spoke with two of the co-founders, Farbod Shoraka & David Daneshgar; unfortunately their other co-founder,…

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Bitcoin 2014 Roundup

Well I attended Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam and it was a blast. I met lots of people who I’ve been emailing/skyping with over the last six months so that’s always fun. The conference had a few keynote talks for all and all the rest was broken out into four parallel tracks, which is always annoying…

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Inside Bitcoins Conference Heads to Asia

As Bitcoin is becoming a household name around the world, the Inside Bitcoins Conference series is hosting conferences around the world with the next stop in Hong Kong on June 24-25. Mediabistro issued the following press release: Inside Bitcoins Conference Heads to Hong Kong to Demystify the Myths and Spur Wider Adoption of Bitcoin Across Asia…

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All About AirBitz With Paul Puey

Don’t you wish there was a resource that knew all the businesses that accept Bitcoins in your area? WelI I had a chance to talk to Paul Puey, the CEO/ Co-Founder of Airbitz, a Bitcoin wallet and business directory that does just that. Their web-based business directory went online on Mar 17. The iOS app…

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Bitcoin Shows Off

Movements succeed with numbers. Many people must partake to create the change we want to see. Bitcoin has come a long way since its introduction in 2009, and we are currently in mainstream media almost daily. Both the American and Canadian Senates are investigating our beloved virtual currency. However, we still have a long way…

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Weekly Round Up: Bitcoin embassies in Europe, Bank of Canada’s anti-crypto stance and a special partnership

Let’s remember the biggest news of the past week with Bitcoin Examiner’s latest weekly round up. Artist releases Bitcoin song while China forces media to ignore summit Zhang Zhang clearly does not share the same vision as the Chinese financial authorities when it comes to Bitcoin. The Chinese musician recently released a new very special song…

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