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50,000 Bitcoins are going to be auctioned in the coming weeks. Despite the fact that Ross Ulbricht is not scheduled to stand trial until after the holiday season, the US Marshal’s Service is going ahead with a second round of their Silk Road Bitcoin Auction. These Bitcoins that are currently being sold through the beginning […]

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Despite rumors, there seems to be no evidence that Mr. Robinson is actually old man Statler from the Muppet Show. Crime novelist and author Jeffrey Robinson has been making appearances lately to promote his new book “Bitcon, the Naked Truth”. He appears to be attempting to draw attention to himself and his book by attempting to stir up controversy in hopes of selling a few more books. He repeats the same comments and insults that many early bitcoin adopters may find offensive. The article is intended to clear up  some of the FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) he threw around during the interviews. Jeffrey was once respected as a expert on financial crimes and money laundering writing widely respected books on the topic. […]

Factom, a new system for leveraging the Bitcoin blockchain for use has released their much anticipated Whitepaper, today. The community has been talking about Bitcoin 2.0 smart contracts for years now; however, many have forgotten that a decentralized/distributed layer for “trust-able” information sources is a necessary prerequisite to smart contracts functioning the way idealists want them […]

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While all eyes have been on the Silk Road 2.0 and its alleged operator Blake Benthall this month, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced Monday that it will auction off 50,000 Bitcoin belonging to Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind of the original Silk Road, in December.

Tuesday, November 18, Bitcoin Magazine presents the live stream video broadcast of the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup at Geekdom. This event hosts two speakers working in the crypto field, followed by a series of 1-minute lightning talks. The main talks will start at 7:30pm (about 15 minutes per speaker) and will be followed by a set of 10 lightning talks. This months speakers are: TBA

 The U.S. Marshals Service said today that it will auction off another 50,000 bitcoins that were seized last fall from a computer belonging to Ross Ulbricht, the alleged owner of the online black-market bazaar, Silk Road. This is the second auction of bitcoins related to that arrest – in July, an auction of 30,000 bitcoins had a single winner, Tim Draper, founder and managing director… Read More

The bitcoin price saw a wild swing of nearly $100 this week, but it was grounded in strong support across exchanges.

 CryptoLabs, a new bitcoin technology development startup, is launching with their first device, a bitcoin hardware wallet that allows users to store buy, send, sell and receive the digital currency. Founded by Melanie Shapiro, a serial entrepreneur whose last company — Digbsy — was sold for a tidy sum, financed CryptoLabs and the development of its bitcoin “case”… Read More

The US Marshals are set to auction off 50,000 BTC next month in connection to the case against Ross Ulbricht.

Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the original Swedish Pirate Party, argues on TorrentFreak that Bitcoin circumvents every single financial regulation, and the government itself, as irrelevant and obsolete. He predicts that the establishment will fight back ruthlessly. “The copyright monopoly war wasn’t the war, it was the tutorial mission. The internet generation is using technology […]

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Noted bitcoin research firm Wedbush Securities has announced an undisclosed investment in Buttercoin.

Spanish bank Bankinter has made an investment in Coinffeine, a bitcoin startup working to develop a new distributed exchange platform.

Spanish bank Bankinter, through its venture capital arm, invested in Coinffeine, a Spanish startup that develops Bitcoin technology. With this investment of its Innovation Foundation, Bankinter becomes one of the first world’s banks to invest in the new cryptocurrency. Also read: Coinffeine: A P2P Alternative to Centralised Bitcoin Exchanges The Coinffeine team says about the […]

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Bitcoin, as a distributed and open source type of money, is destined for greatness. Like any young prodigy, its abilities can be foreseen and its potential visualized by those with a certain clairvoyance in these matters. Bitcoin is a tiger pup, stretching its limbs and jumping about. It poses no threat to its brothers and sisters, nor to any other animal in the kingdom. Bitcoin’s total market capitalization reaches only $6 billion with only $130 million in everyday transactions. Not quite the elephant in the room. But this is temporary – for even mighty heroes begin as toddlers, unable to effect any sort of change in the world. But as they grow, their skills and attributes become more pronounced. So […]

Coinarch is an online trading platform offering innovative trading solutions for bitcoin. The Coinarch team has used its 25 years’ experience in financial markets to bring industry‑leading productsto the bitcoin space. The current suite of Coinarch products is targeted at traders and bitcoin enthusiasts, with the products designed to be easy to understand and simple to use. Founded in March 2014 by Mark Hergott and Justin Tang, Coinarch has helped shape the bitcoin trading arena since its inception. It has achieved several firsts globally, notably the introduction of the Coinarch Maximiser – a bitcoin linked deposit product allowing users to earn high returns in flat markets. Coinarch CEO, Jeremy Glaros, said ‘we are proud of our offering and are thrilled […]

A weekend bitcoin hackathon at NYU's Leslie eLab showcased a new generation of apps, many written by bitcoin newcomers.

Latin for “Nighttime Sun,” Sol Noctis is the first series of real proof collectible coins denominated in bitcoins. The first coin of the series got the name of the Binary Eagle. It’s a pure silver coin of proof quality with a built-in 0.01 bitcoin (XBT) value that is set to attract coin collectors and bitcoin enthusiasts around the world. The Binary Eagle is a silver collectible coin minted of 1 oz .999 pure silver in proof quality with the face value of .01 BTC. Bitcoin, the world’s first digital currency, was launched in 2009 as a peer-to-peer payment system that allows users to send and receive payment without credit cards or bank accounts. As bitcoin’s popularity has grown and its […]

Dickson County Sheriff’s Office said they had to pay a ransom – $500 in Bitcoin – to regain access to thousands of their case files which has been encrypted by a computer virus, News Channel 5 Network reports. IT Director Detective Jeff McCliss said: “Every sort of document that you could develop in an investigation […]

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Inside Bitcoins is kicking off their inaugural Paris event on November 20-21, and we’re offering our readers 10% OFF with the discount code BMAG14! The conference, which will take place at Espaces Cap 15, will explore the growth of crypto currencies, FinTech, business trends, investment strategies, tools and much more. Don’t miss your opportunity to explore where the industry is today and what business opportunities and threats are in the horizon, with keynotes from Nicolas Cary, CEO, Blockchain.info, and Bernard Lietaer, Research Fellow, Advisor to Jetcoin Institution, Center for Sustainable Resources of the University of California at Berkeley, as well as two days of seminars by industry leaders. See the full roster of speakers here! Session Topics Include: Decentralized Technologies: […]

That is the dream job offer that has been published on Coinality by the French Bitcoin startup Brawker in order to highlight the benefits of its platform and Bitcoin. The startup enables  “sellers” to buy anything that is available on the internet with their bitcoins and sell them to “buyers” who order articles they designate […]

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This last year there have been a large amount of financial data breaches in various banks and retail chains. Visa CEO Charles Scharf recently spoke about changing the way the credit card networks send and receive transaction data. What Visa is going to do is use a token  system for transactions to close one more channels […]

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Press-Release: 16th Nov 2014 By: Techemy ltd For: General news distribution. With the explosion of interest in Bitcoin over the last 24 months, keywords, trademarks and domain names around bitcoin have become somewhat of a commodity. Techemy Ltd, a NZ based start-up, has secured a key domain name in the bitcoin space: Http://bitcoin.info Company co-founder and CEO, Fran Strajnar stated: “After having spent 11 months building a stable price index (BNC Price-Index via Bravenewcoin.com), we wanted to offer the world a clean website with a solid domain name for 1 reason: Accurate Price-Discovery (and related tools).” Price-Discovery is the economic concept of finding the value & price in a marketplace. This is a basic requirement for an emerging industry to […]

Exclusive coin is a true cryptocurrency for the new crypto economy that is currently emerging in the world. Born out of the frustration felt by its developer KingsCrown – known member of Bitcointalk and owner of http://fuk.io blog – when witnessing the rise and fall of countless other currencies. Developer wanted to show the world that such cryptocurrencies can indeed succeed, and would not succumb to the same problems others did. In order to achieve this Exclusive coin was ingeniously designed to resists the effects of the various dangers that exist for newborn cryptocurrencies before they grow and mature. An important factor that gives any currency its value is its ability to be used in a real market. That is […]

Following recent coverage of a potential exploit on services that rely on Amazon Wishlist for order fulfillment, Purse.io, a Bitcoin service that allows users to “buy” goods on Amazon using Bitcoin at a heavily discounted price, has clarified that this particular scam has long been dealt with for Purse users. Through the use of a […]

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