Product NewsMar. 26, 2013
Why Bitcoins Are Just Like Gold
Plenty of people still have a difficult time wrapping their heads around what bitcoin is or why it even has value, especially as the virtual cryptocurrency continues to scale record heights. How...
Product NewsMar. 26, 2013
Bookie offers 9/4 on bitcoin value hitting $500 by year end
Bookmaker Paddy Power is seeking to cash in on the bitcoin publicity wave, offering odds of just 9/4 on the virtual currency being worth more than $500 a pop by the end of the year.
Product NewsMar. 25, 2013
World`s first bitcoin ATM is announced first location Cyprus
Upon examination of the marketplace and many discussions with Justin O’Connell (TDV Newsletter & Gold Silver Bitcoin), as well as another key strategic partner of ours, I have decided to move...
Product NewsMar. 20, 2013
When Governments Take Your Money, Bitcoin Looks Really Good
The tiny island of Cyprus became the center of the financial universe over the weekend, after its leaders, facing financial collapse and pressure from EU authorities, announced a plan that would...
Product NewsMar. 15, 2013
How Cryptocurrencies Could Upend Banks' Monetary Role
I recently had a fascinating chat with the economist Peter Šurda to discuss how nonpolitical cryptocurrencies like bitcoin could alter the future of fractional reserve banking. Peter is also a...
Core Development Update #3
Looking back on what has happened since my last update, the big news was the 0.8 release. If you are using bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt and you haven’t upgraded yet, you should: the new release is much...
Meet Bitcoin, the World’s Best Performing Currency
The best performing currency this year? No it’s not the Seychellois rupee (+8.07%), Paraguay’s guarani (+5.24%) or Brazil’s real (+4.45%). It’s bitcoin, the online, open source currency, which has...
Bitcoin Bytes Back
Stocks up. Gold down. Bitcoin…waaay up. The S&P 500 busted through the 1,500 mark this morning. Stocks haven’t been this expensive since 2007…right before they got a whole lot cheaper…for a...
Product NewsFeb. 28, 2013
Bitcoin virtual currency reaches all-time high price
The value of virtual currency Bitcoin has reached an all-time high, trading at more than $33 (£22). Its appreciation - up from just $2 in November 2011 - has been attributed to increased trust in...
Product NewsFeb. 26, 2013
Internet Archive Paying Employees in Bitcoin, Asking for Donations
The Internet Archive, one of the most widely known nonprofit organizations in the internet community, has just announced that they intend to start paying a portion of their employees’ salaries in...