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The reclusive California engineer again denies inventing Bitcoin, this time in a depressing statement that reveals that he can’t find steady work nor afford internet service

As policymakers come to terms with bitcoin, privacy-enhancing protocols seek to maintain fungibility and user-defined privacy.

One Dutch official is saying international cooperation, not a bitcoin ban, is needed to deter digital currency crime.

China has halted QR code transactions in a move that, though not affecting bitcoin directly, has long-term implications.

BOOST is a series of Bitcoin parties taking place across Asia. The first event was held in Hong Kong earlier this month. It was so well received that the BOOST crew decided to take the idea regional: Bitcoin parties – Asia wide. The idea is to provide a fun and informal atmosphere to promote and educate. The focus is on the benefits of Bitcoin and related technologies for consumers and merchants. Newcomers are helped to set-up wallets, get some bitcoin and spend them immediately (at max. within 10 minutes) at the party. After all, doing is better than explaining. The event is sponsored by Anson Zeall’s CoinPip: Asia’s regional payment processor. Local enthusiasts, Jehan Chu and Leonhard A Weese also […]

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The Bundesbank's Carl-Ludwig Thiele has issued his second warning on the digital currency this year.

The modern workplace is all about productivity. What can we get done now, and how can we plan for the success of future business endeavors? Luckily, thanks to many innovative SaaS (software-as-a-service) platforms like Slack, Dropbox, Evernote, and most recently Glip, key members of all businesses have began taking efficiency and collaboration to the next level. Additionally, in what is another first in the Bitcoin community, Glip is planning to accept Bitcoin as payment for their SaaS platform, which is focused on team productivity. Glip is a conversation platform built for teams and businesses that contains built-in productivity tools to keep everyone apprised and connected. The SaaS platform also integrates document sharing, task management, shared calendars and universal search capabilities […]

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The Mexican border town of Tijuana will see two bitcoin ATMs launch today – with an interesting altcoin twist.

The Mexican border town of Tijuana will see two bitcoin ATMs launch today – with an interesting altcoin twist.

CEX.IO and company CIO Jeffrey Smith believe that mining equipment should be sold at a fair market price. Currently in beta stages, CEX.IO is one of the first commodity exchanges, allowing users to trade mining facilities and fully maintained GHashes (Gigahash). The company has a unique approach to trading, and through this approach provides a way to trade on the increase or decrease in GHashes, while those mining facilities mine bitcoins for the user. The company’s commodity-based model enables Bitcoin users to receive profit from trading GHashes, while also generating revenue from the mining power while they trade. According to CEX.IO, there is no waiting when trading GHS (gigahashes per second), because all mining equipment is purchased from trusted partners […]

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The second biggest e-commerce website in the Philippines is now accepting bitcoin for its discount vouchers and coupons.

The man Newsweek claims created Bitcoin says his prospects have been hurt by the report, and that he had to cancel internet service last year due to financial hardship.

The latest CoinDesk survey aims to gauge the success bitcoin has brought to members of its merchant ecosystem.

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Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the man identified by Newsweek as the creator of Bitcoin, has issued a formal statement denying any involvement with the crypto-currency, saying "I have no knowledge of nor have I ever worked on cryptography, peer-to-peer systems or alternative currencies." -- TechCrunch

Silicon Valley VC Marc Andreessen took to Twitter over the weekend to address a problem he sees brewing in the startup community -- the development of social sites that encourage anonymous voyeurism and negative behavior. "I think as designers, investors, commentators, we need to seriously ask ourselves whether some of these systems are legitimate and worthy… from an ethical and moral point of view." -- Re/Code

The European Union will freeze the assets of and impose travel bans on 21 officials from Russia and Ukraine -- a response to Crimea's declaration of independence and application to join Russia following a referrendeum vote there this weekend. -- Reuters

With Selection Sunday over, the NCAA Tournament bracket is now set -- and patiently awaiting your employees' attention this week. Let the March Madness distractions commence! -- ESPN

Nakamoto has stated via his lawyer, that he "did not create, invent or otherwise work on bitcoin".

Top bitcoin exchange Bitstamp received $10m from hedge fund Pantera Capital Management last year, Bloomberg has claimed.

While Newsweek continues to stand by its claim that Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto is the founder of Bitcoin, the man at the center of the allegation has decided to lawyer up. Despite having already denied his involvement, Nakamoto has now shared a personal...

THIS week's Free exchange column looks at some of the monetary economics of Bitcoin. One of the funny (and telling) things about Bitcoin is that its basic technical details are sufficiently complicated that every piece on the subject must begin with some sort of explainer. For that, let me direct you to a companion piece to the Free exchange, which looks at Bitcoin as a technological platform.Bitcoin is really quite ingenious and elegant, but it has all sorts of basic flaws that make it an unlikely candidate for world domination. The Free exchange focuses on one in particular: limited supply.The currency’s “money supply” will eventually be capped at 21m units. To Bitcoin’s libertarian disciples, that is a neat way to preclude the inflationary central-bank meddling to which most currencies are prone. Yet modern central banks favour low but positive inflation for good reason. In the real world wages are “sticky”: firms find it difficult to cut their employees’ pay. A modicum of inflation greases the system by, in effect, cutting the wages of workers whose pay cheques fail to keep pace with inflation. If the money supply grows too slowly, then prices fall and workers with sticky wages become more costly. Unemployment tends to rise as a result. If employed workers hoard cash in expectation of further price reductions, the downturn gathers momentum.Bitcoin’s money supply is ...

The drama around Bitcoin and its alleged creator fails to die, very much in line with the roller coaster ride the crypto-currency has been going through over past year. Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto who was called the creator of Bitcoin by Newsweek earlier this month, has now issued a statement through his lawyer that denies his involvement in creating the digital currency. Reuters Blogger Felix Salmon… Read More

Presenters at the annual Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu recently said ocean water containing dissolved radionuclides from Fukushima?s crippled nuclear reactors has reached the west coast of North America. However, levels of radioactivity are so low by the time they leave Japan that there is no concern whatsoever that radioactivity from Fukushima could ever harm America.

An Indonesia-based bitcoin company will launch an open, full trading exchange as the local economy continues to boom.