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Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (28 September – 5 October), we saw a huge drop in the bitcoin price, Bill Gates praising Bitcoin technology, a cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase, and more. Keep scrolling for this week’s […]

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Sunday trade brought the Bitcoin price below $300 across the BTC/USD exchanges. Price dropped to $275 at Bitstamp before climbing back above $300. Additional downside may still possible, but there is strong evidence that the bottom may have been struck. Confirmation of a bottom will be covered in CCN’s daily analysis articles during the coming […]

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 $300, it’s the new $400. Yesterday’s selloff managed to push the price of bitcoin below the $300 mark this morning, around two weeks after the cryptocurrency fell below its prior $400 floor. Here’s a screenshot from BitcoinAverage from earlier today: A chart of the decline: (In the ensuing bit, bitcoin has managed to re-crest the $300 level, a price range that it has… Read More

People in the bitcoin space share their views on Silk Road's alleged mastermind, Ross Ulbricht.

In a step to decentralize the state’s authority to give a stamp of approval on love, David and Joyce Mondrous have gotten married on the blockchain. How did David get married on the blockchain? Those who attended the wedding were shown a QR code that linked to the transaction where the data associated with the wedding was stored. Any bitcoin transaction can store information.  In David’s case, he stored information related to his wedding, which I am actively looking into. Jeffrey Tucker officiated (he would probably say unofficiated) the wedding ceremony which had a few attendies watching via Skype including David’s mother. Jeffrey said something which made everyone in the room teary eyed: “Love is the one thing that makes […]

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Venture capitalist Tim Draper talks to CoinDesk about the potential of digital currencies despite current banking issues.

Bitcoin is booming, but not every enthusiast knows that the cryptocurrency has roots in a radical, futurist philosophy that started to bloom in the California of the 80s. Hal Finney, a Bitcoin pioneer and the first person to ever receive a Bitcoin transaction, was cryonically preserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation on August 28, […]

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In a new interview, Greenpeace tells CoinDesk how the bitcoin community's values inspired it to begin accepting bitcoin donations.

Paul Krugman is back at war with Bitcoin, declaring it a libertarian long con. But the Nobel winner, who has often been so right, is the same guy who said the internet would have no more impact than the fax machine. Keep that in mind when he declares Bitcoin dead and buried. As for the current price volatility of the new currency, well, that's another matter.

Isn’t that amazing that as different as we are (or think we are), we all know that gold is more than the metal that has good conductivity and can be used to fill tooth cavities? The fairytales about the pirate treasures that we were told as children seem to have

On Friday Finland Bitcoin startup, Bittiraha announced additional deployments to their Bittimaatti Bitcoin ATM network. Spanning five cities, Bittimaatti ATMs serve 1.8 of Finland’s 5.5 million citizens. Since announcing interest at finding new locations five months ago, Finnish Bitcoin ATM network Bittimaatti announced their sixth installation before the weekend began. Bittimaatti ATMs accept Euros and […]

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In his self-described call to arms, Monero core developer elucidates his thoughts on the Bitcoin community’s “Delusions of Grandeur.” Our hubris led us down the path of infighting; inflated self-efficacy fueled the belief banksters would just disappear. After the brief scolding, our Bitcoin Napoleon reveals his plans for our salvation – and world domination. Also […]

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There are plenty of Bitcoin casinos and sportsbooks available online these days, but it can be difficult to cut through all the bologna and figure out which gambling sites are the real deal. At BitcoinGamblingGuide, bettors are able to find everything they need to know about the Bitcoin gambling industry. Whether you’re looking to place […]

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As many in the Bitcoin community already know, OpenBazaar is a completely open marketplace that directly connects customers to merchants. Users can buy and sell practically anything imaginable without any censorship or regulations. Furthermore, due to the market’s decentralisation, OpenBazaar can never be shut down by a central authority the way Silk Road was shut down. While […]

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Earlier today, Andrew Aude, a Stanford Computer Science student, posted to twitter with pictures of Facebook Messenger’s new P2P “FB Payments” functionality. Aude and other commentators likened Facebook’s new payment system to SquareCash or Venmo. FB Payments has been in the making for a long time and has recently been revamped by Facebook’s hire of David Marcus, […]

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More European banks are becoming associated with Bitcoin. While short-term investors see the dollar price drop on Bitcoin, and panic sell in droves, Bitcoin gains another major international deal signing in Europe. 247Exchange.com, based out of Belize, has secured an agreement with Sofort Banking, providing Bitcoin purchasing access to over 22,000 European bank branches throughout the […]

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