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Breaking with long-set expectations, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has decided not to issue guidance on bitcoin.

In Silbert's crystal ball, the cryptocurrency will be accepted by every e-commerce website and force money-transfer giants like Western Union and MoneyGram to close up shop

 During the height of the 2013 Bitcoin bubble, Litecoin soared, crossing the $40 mark late in the year. Since then, mostly tracking Bitcoin, Litecoin’s value has faded. Today, you can buy a Litecoin for just under $9. That cryptocurrencies are dealing with post-bubble excesses is hardly news. What’s more interesting is that Litecoin, which largely followed Bitcoin’s price… Read More

 During the height of the 2013 Bitcoin bubble, Litecoin soared, crossing the $40 mark late in the year. Since then, mostly tracking Bitcoin, Litecoin’s value has faded. Today, you can buy a Litecoin for just under $9. That cryptocurrencies are dealing with post-bubble excesses is hardly news. What’s more interesting is that Litecoin, which largely followed Bitcoin’s price… Read More

Bitcoiners around the world, not just in America, are eagerly awaiting more news about the Silk Road Bitcoin Auction currently coming to a close. Official bidding on the Silk Road bitcoins ended last Friday, June 27th. Over the course of 12 hours, 63 bids were collected on the nearly 30,000 bitcoins being auctioned in blocks […]

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Industrial bitcoin miner MegaBigPower is seeking to aggressively expand its operations through a new franchise program.

Bitcoin prices are up more than 5% as it appears sales of the government's Bitcoin stash produced some bullish results.

The U.S. Marshals service has not yet released the official results. But Barry Silbert, whose SecondMarket put together a syndicate of 42 bidders, just said they were all outbid.

The auction was unlikely to have gone any other way, given that we are talking about a collection of wealthy Bitcoin bulls getting the chance to bid each-other up in a totally controlled environment. Still, assuming the nearly 30,000 coins the government was auctioning go for a premium, it'll make for some good headlines. 

Prices are now at $632. Here's the chart:

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A Deloitte University Press report says bitcoin has long-term potential, but its advantages are being clouded by sensational reporting.

Wine and governing the Internet do not mix. Last week, France expressed its vehement opposition to the creation of new “.wine” and “.vin” web domains, threatening to derail important Internet policy discussions as well as U.S.-EU trade talks, if it does not get its way. France would be wise to change course before it plays into the hands of Russia, China, Iran, and other countries that seek to cripple the free and open Internet.

A newly-surfaced patent filing from MasterCard seeks to incorporate bitcoin as a payment method.

This is the second part of the three part series involving bitcoin and the world of digital currencies as an informal method to gauge where you might be in the new quickly evolving world. If you missed the beginner level quiz, you may refer to it here: This intermediate level quiz is geared more towards the investment side of bitcoin. Once the reader understands the principles for each of the questions and answers below, one might feel more comfortable owning bitcoin and setting one’s expectations correctly. Many wise investors have purchased a small quantity of bitcoin as a means of understanding it better. This is likely a better strategy than Warren Buffett’s explanation of what bitcoin is to a national […]

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Beware all ye who wonder down these paths where brainwallet.org and other brainwallets may lie. Many a person has stated warning from afar, such as tech wizard Jeff Garzik who shouted “No!” firm warning raised, and such as Robin Hood (of the Digital Age), where our tale lies today. The term ‘brainwallet’ has been in the Bitcoin space for a while; the first I heard about it was last summer (2013). Being a cautious person myself, and not a coder, I waited patiently whilst others experimented with this new thing, brainwallet.org. Brainwallets are Bitcoin wallets generated uniquely from a passphrase that the users keeps in his mind so that it is required and sufficient to move the funds. ~Filippo.io Soon I heard about people […]

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Mastercard spent $299 Million on capital expenditure in 2013, and I intend to conservatively assume that Visa, with its larger payment processing network, spent at least a similar amount. In the year 2013, MasterCard and Visa together processed a combined $7.4 trillion in purchases.  Combining these figures with those of American Express and Discover, the […]

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45 registered bidders participated in the USMS event, with 63 bids received over the course of the auction.

The appearances at the North American Bitcoin Conference will be the Chinese exchange CEOs' first in the US.

CoinDesk has added two exchanges, LakeBTC and Huobi, to its US dollar and Chinese yuan Bitcoin Price Indexes, respectively.

Getting started with Bitcoin mining can be a daunting task for many people. In fact, at this moment in time, the Bitcoin mining portion of the population is so minuscule even compared to other niche groups. Bitcoin mining is so much more than an investment opportunity for those that believe in the longevity of the Bitcoin […]

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At 0.75 BTC, the AntMiner S3 claims to deliver up to 478GH/s while consuming 366W of electricity.

Something stubborn and senseless stands between us and a golden 'Age of Abundance'. Surprisingly, it's not gun lovers, Koch brothers, or Honey Boo Boo's mother. While working on my next book, I stumbled across some powerful ways to solve America’s Prosperity Paradox, which keeps every citizen from basking in Botoxed bliss, like a Bravo housewife.  It's within our grasp to eliminate debt, end income inequality, and fuel free enterprise.  But like Rocky or Karate Kid, abundance requires a training montage and at least one sequel. So today, we start with five brutal truths about money, technology, and prosperity. In Part Two (next week), I’ll cover six ways to end the Prosperity Paradox.  Hint: It’ll require a dash of Disney magic and a financial innovation so radical, that'll make Bitcoin seem like paying with Parmesan.

Good morning and welcome to the biggest economic week of the summer. Here's what you need to know.

BNP Paribas To Pay Record Fine. The $8.9 billion penalty will be the most paid by any European bank. The French firm is accused of violating U.S. sanctions. Bloomberg reported its dollar trading ban won't begin until 2015. 

Blackstone Is Making A Hedge Fund. It will be designed to handle "large, risky bets," the Wall Street Journal's Rob Copeland reported. "In one way, Blackstone's model resembles SAC Capital Advisors LP, the fund led by Steven A. Cohen," he writes. "Blackstone's trading teams will pitch their best ideas to a group including new hire Parag Pande, formerly of closed hedge-fund firm Ziff Brothers Investments, risk officer Gideon Berger and Mr. Hill. If it likes the ideas, Blackstone will give the team additional cash to piggyback on the trades or use the ideas in other firm products."

GM Is Readying Payouts For Crash Victims' Families. The automaker has hired a compensation expert to determine how much will be required to settle with families who lost loved ones in crashes allegedly linked to faulty ignition switches. The New York Times says the total amount is likely to end up in the billions.  

Goldman Sachs Lifted Its 2014 UK GDP Estimate To 3.4%. At one point it was as low as 2.7%, citing the "persistent" strength of the country's various economic indicators this year. But it also brought forward its rate hike estimate, suggesting the Bank of England will lift rates to 1% by the end of next year. Mortgage approvals hit an 11-month low as tighter lending standards took hold. 

Argentina May Miss A Payment Today. It will get a 30-day grace period though, and bonds are trading at levels suggesting investors believe a deal will be reached with debt-holding hold-outs. From WSJ: "Gorky Urquieta, co-head of emerging-market debt at Neuberger Berman, holds a variety of Argentine bonds in his portfolio and says any potential selloffs could offer buying opportunities. He says he expects the country to miss the interest payment on Monday but ultimately settle with holdout creditors before a default. 'I like the fact that Argentina is under the gun,' Mr. Urquieta said. 'That's going to make them come to the table.'"

European inflation goes nowhere. Data for June showed core inflation climbed to just 0.8% from 0.7%. We are still at a four-year low. 

We get three datapoints today. First is Chicago PMI at 9:45 a.m.. Consensus is for a decrease to 64.0, versus 65.5 in May. Next is pending home sales at 10 a.m., with consensus for a 1% increase. Finally, we get the Dallas Fed's manufacturing survey at 10:30 a.m. — it's the last of the regional Fed manufacturing surveys for June.

Bitcoin Prices Surge. The cryptocurrency is seeing a nearly 5% pop this morning to $625 as users await the results of the U.S. Marshals auction held Friday.  

Global M&A Activity Hits An 11-year High. The $1.75 trillion-worth of deals is the most ever through the first half of the year. "Companies have strategic imperatives to do deals, they have the cash to do deals, and they can borrow additional cash at record-low rates," said Frank Aquila, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. "It really is a bit of a perfect storm when it comes to dealmaking."

Markets are flat. Asian indexes were mostly higher. European stocks were marginally higher. U.S. futures were doing nothing.

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Barry Silbert de SecondMarket dévoile les résultat de l’enchère mise en place par SecondMarket et le fonds Bitcoin Investment Trust pour enchérir sur les bitcoins saisis de Silk Road. Barry Silbert, le directeur général de SecondMarket et le fondateur du fond Bitcoin Trust Investment, a annoncé ce samedi dans un tweet, les résultats de l’enchère […]

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Chinese exchange Huobi introduces margin trading and interest-bearing accounts with its new internationally focused brands BitVC and Yubibao.

Chinese exchange Huobi introduces margin trading and interest-bearing accounts with its new internationally focused brands BitVC and Yubibao.

Just a couple of minutes ago the Bitcoin price started to move upwards. As you can see from the Bitcoin price chart to the right, the price has taken a leap from around 595 USD per Bitcoin to reaching a high of 618 USD, and then stabilizing at around 613 USD per BTC. That’s a […]

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A new report from the Government Accountability Office is highly critical of the current approach by federal agencies towards Bitcoin. After analyzing all the current operations and interagency working groups, the report concludes that federal agencies have failed to take action to protect ordinary Bitcoin consumers from scams, thefts and hacks. The report concludes that […]

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El gobernador de California, Jerry Brown, firmó el pasado sábado la ley AB-129 por la que se permite el uso de monedas no emitidas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos, nombrando específicamente las critpomonedas. A partir de este momento todo comercio o negocio que quiera aceptar Bitcoin como forma de pago, no debe refugiarse en […]

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Après plus de quatre mois sans exposition médiatique, Mark Karpelès revient sur les raisons qui ont causé la faillite de ce qui fut la plus grande plateforme d’échange bitcoin.  Dans un entretien avec un reporter du Wall Street Journal à Tokyo, le directeur général de la plateforme d’échange déchue MtGox parle des problèmes de management […]

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Businesses really have all the proof they need that bitcoin is enough of a mainstream phenomena to consider offering the currency as a payment alternative.