Bitcoin-Artikel in englischer Sprache

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Bit-Curious? Bank of Canada Flirts with Bitcoin despite ‘New Risks’ to Status Quo

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112922/bit-curious-bank-of-canada-flirts-with-bitcoin-despite-new-risks-to-status-quo

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Bitcoin Volatility Problem Solved? Bringing Block Chain Benefits to Traditional Fiat Currency

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-volatility-problem-solved-bringing-block-chain-benefits-traditional-fiat-currency-1474485

 

One of the biggest obstacles to mainstream adoption for bitcoin is its price volatility. In the last month alone the value of one bitcoin has fluctuated by more than a third, falling from around $400 (£250) to $320, and then rising up again to $450. It's currently hovering back at around $400.

Such dramatic price swings make using bitcoin as a day-to-day currency infeasible for the vast majority of consumers, and means that merchants that do accept it convert payments received straight into traditional currency.

 

Bitcoin the 'salvation of the US'

In order to address the issue, Minor has developed BitReserve, a payments platform and wallet that eliminates the risk of bitcoin price swings for consumers by pegging the value of bitcoin holdings to a fiat currency such as dollars or euros.

Essentially what it does is bring all the best aspects of bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology to the world of fiat currencies.

 

 

 

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The aim is to reduce volatility to increase widespread adoption of bitcoin," Minor said. "Bitcoin should be the salvation of the US, not the bane.

 

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Linked-In, Sun Microsystems Founders Lead Big Bet On Bitcoin Innovation

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/11/17/linked-in-sun-microsystems-founders-lead-big-bet-on-bitcoin-innovation/

 

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Billionaire entrepreneurs who helped lead LinkedIn Corp.LNKD -3.54%, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc.GOOGL -1.34% and Yahoo Inc.YHOO -0.46% are among a group of investors who’ve contributed $21 million to an unorthodox bitcoin project that has no clear plan for turning a profit. Their bet: that the project’s A-list of cryptography experts and bitcoin coders will unleash a new wave of Internet disruption that decentralizes the entire economy.

Reuters

The company, known as Blockstream, aims to enhance bitcoin’s “blockchain” — the distributed, public ledger that is the defining technological feature — and turn it into a universal platform for multiple new applications that go far beyond the digital-currency payments for which bitcoin is best known.  The co-founders hope to turbo-charge the development of so-called Bitcoin 2.0 applications, which will allow people to engage in “trustless” transactions without having to pay fees to middlemen such as trustees, registrars and escrow managers.

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Bankinter invests in bitcoin startup; Wedbush pump-primes Buttercoin

http://finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26709

 

 

The venture capital arm of Spanish bank Bankinter has invested in a bitcoin startup that is developing an application for P2P transfer of fiat money to bitcoin - and vice versa - through consumer bank accounts.

Funded last June by four Spanish engineers, Coinffeine is developing a system that promises to combine a distributed exchange with existing financial infrastructure. The desktop application, described by the company as ‘like Bittorrent for your bitcoins’, will be launched the next January.

 

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The Future of the Bitcoin Ecosystem and “Trustless Trust” – Why I Invested in Blockstream

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141117154558-1213-the-future-of-the-bitcoin-ecosystem-and-trustless-trust-why-i-invested-in-blockstream

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US Marshals to Auction 50,000 Bitcoins Seized from Ross Ulbricht

 

http://www.coindesk.com/us-marshals-auction-50000-bitcoins-seized-ross-ulbricht/

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DailyDealy Becomes Largest Online Discount Store to Take Bitcoin

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112946/dailydealy-becomes-largest-online-discount-store-to-take-bitcoin

Canada-based DailyDealy is kind of like Groupon, but the deals aren’t city-specific and don’t require a threshold of buyers for the “deal” to go through. As of November 1, 2014 they have been accepting Bitcoin for all the products they offer: electronics, housewares, gadgetry, apparel and jewelry.

"We always want to deliver choice and convenience for our customers, and that includes the method they use to buy the products they love," said Ralph Idema, DailyDealy executive chairman and COO. "Bitcoin is becoming a preferred way for some people to transact and we want to accommodate those individuals. Adding Bitcoin as an accepted currency and method of payment is central to our strategy of being a leading edge company."

 

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Blockstream – Billionaire Entrepreneurs Betting Big on Bitcoin

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/blockstream-billionaire-entrepreneurs-betting-big-bitcoin/

 

 

The company’s investors read like a who is who list in technology. In addition to Reid Hoffman, they also include Vinod Khosla, Eric Schmidt, who is the chairman of Google and Jerry Yang, who founded Yahoo

 

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The Future of Bitcoin Trading

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112959/the-future-of-bitcoin-trading

While more traditional exchanges like Bitfinex and BTCe added some leverage in the 3x area along with the ability to enter short positions, startups like BTC.sx took it all the way to 10 times leverage even though they were still subject to the traditional forces of executing direct trades on other exchanges.

Futures & Socialized Loss

 

This brought us to the next phase of trading where the concept of Futures was first implemented within the Bitcoin space. The movement started with the Chinese exchange 796 offering positions with up to 20 times leverage. Like a traditional future, it was just as easy to go long or short with all the volume being handled without actually hitting the Blockchain.

However, the problem that had to be resolved first was Counterparty Risk and the idea of “Profitable Accounts Socialized Loss” was born. This idea has now been adopted across other Futures Exchanges like OKCoin and BitVC is definitely an interesting solution to the problem.

If traders were not aware of how it works, they found out this week as the winners were taxed to cover the losses suffered by the exchanges during margin calls of positions that went bust. By only needing to put 5% on margin, the days that Bitcoin moves over 10% can be devastating. The outcomes of socializations to profits were: BitVC (Huobi) - 46.1%, 796 - 25.01%, OKCoin - 5.15% on their Futures contracts expiring at the end of last week.

While there are advantages to these exchanges, like only putting up 5% of your bitcoins to be under control by a third party and also being able to open an account in minutes without any hassle, the possibility of having to give up some profits should also be taken into consideration; especially when the object of the game is spread trading, arbitrage or hedging your current position at more traditional exchanges.

Of course, as volume on these exchanges increases and the expectation of Bitcoin’s volatility comes down over time, these socialized losses should not spike to these levels.

 

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EBay CEO ‘Very Open’ to Bitcoin, will ‘Likely’ follow PayPal

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112976/ebay-ceo-very-open-to-bitcoin-will-likely-follow-PayPal

 

Both eBay and PayPal are open to [bitcoin]—PayPal is experimenting with it—and through our relationship we’re likely to do the same. I am very open to it.”

 

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Amsterdam Aims to Become Bitcoin Capital of the World

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112977/amsterdam-aims-to-become-bitcoin-capital-of-the-world

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5 Tips for Successful Bitcoin Trading

Essential information you should know before placing your first trade

https://medium.com/@BTCsx/5-mistakes-every-new-bitcoin-trader-makes-d1cc2a2f3736

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Bitcoin might fail but the blockchain is here to stay

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/24/bitcoin-myspace-cryptocurrency-blockchain

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NCR Exec: Merchant Response to Bitcoin Outshined Apple Pay

http://www.coindesk.com/ncr-bitcoin-alternative-payment-method/

Bitcoin has been the most well-received alternative payment method that NCR Silver has added to its point-of-sale (POS) platform, according to product manager Reggie Kimble.

Speaking to CoinDesk about his company's new partnership with bitcoin merchant processor BitPay, Kimble suggested that the addition of bitcoin payments has so far garnered more attention than integrations for options such as Apple Pay and PayPal.

Kimble said:

"When you look at our past alternative payment methods, I would say this has probably been the most well-received in terms of people commenting and people reaching out proactively to ask questions about the offering."

 

 

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American Red Cross To Accept Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay

BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, is supporting the American Red Cross by helping the organization accept bitcoin donations through a BitPay hosted webpage. BitPay will be processing the bitcoin donations without any fees, so the Red Cross will receive 100 percent of the bitcoin donations made using BitPay’s webpage.

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American Red Cross To Accept Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay

 

BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, is supporting the American Red Cross by helping the organization accept bitcoin donations through a BitPay hosted webpage. BitPay will be processing the bitcoin donations without any fees, so the Red Cross will receive 100 percent of the bitcoin donations made using BitPay’s webpage.

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Pure Gold: Citibank Report says Bitcoin is 'Fiat Currency'

http://cointelegraph.com/news/113004/pure-gold-citibank-report-says-bitcoin-is-fiat-currency

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CBS DFW
 
States Differ On Need For Bitcoin Oversight

Michael Cargill teaches a concealed handguns safety class at his Austin firearms store while the online version of the business initiates FBI background checks on out-of-state buyers paying in bitcoin.

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World News
 
Free bitcoin for students: how will they spend it?

Students are receiving $100 of free bitcoin to try and spur acceptance of the cryptocurrency. Will it succeed? WHAT happens when you hand college students free cash? That's the question behind an experiment playing out in Cambridge,...
 

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Wallstreet Daily
 
Bitcoin Accepted Into the Mainstream

We are a country that embraces technology. And a currency that is easy to trade and can be transacted 24/7 in any location, perfectly suits those ideals.

So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the institutional and retail markets have yielded to Bitcoin and accepted it as a viable commodity.

Indeed, whether you like it or not, both Wall Street and Main Street are working to make Bitcoins easier to trade and use for payments.

And new technologies in both spheres are emerging as a result.

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Bitcoin Price Goes up on #BitcoinBlackFriday

 

Despite a steady drop in the Bitcoin price following the beginning of #BitcoinBlackFriday around the world, the Bitcoin price seems to be on an uptrend as the day draws to a close. The low from earlier today was ~$358, and the Bitcoin price has quickly jumped to ~$381 on Bitstamp. The site bitcoinblackfriday.com has had an undeniably large effect on the development of Bitcoin Black Friday each and every year.

 

 

The Bitcoin Embassy in Amsterdam Will Open on December 12th

 

The Bitcoin Embassy in Amsterdam will open its doors to the public on December 12th. If you are planning on attending this grand opening, or are simply interested in finding out more information about the project, make sure to check out their website.

 

 

Spanish Treasury Says Bitcoin Gambling Websites Need to Obtain Licensing; Implies Bitcoin Treated as Money

 

The Spanish Treasury has responded to an inquiry regarding Bitcoin gambling from law firm Abanlex. The lawyers asked for clarification on several key points from the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), which is a government body accountable to the State Secretary of the Treasury. The State Secretary of the Treasury is the governmental authority “which regulates, authorises, supervises, controls and, if necessary, penalises gambling activities in Spanish State.”

 

Bitcoin is the True Paypal

 

Ken Miller is the COO of Gem, a simple and secure Bitcoin platform for developers, and he is one of the original employees at PayPal. In a thoughtful article on TechCrunch, he outlines some possible features and consequences of the forthcoming integration of Bitcoin payment with Paypal (whose announcement was immediately followed by a rise in the price of Bitcoin), and some interesting similarities and differences between the two.

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Investopedia

 

Liquidity Of Bitcoins

 

The concept of liquidity has many facets to it. One way of defining liquidity is the ability of an asset to be converted into cash readily on demand. Another way of looking at it is when any asset can be bought or sold at its fair price. Liquidity thus means that there aren’t discounts or premiums attached to it during buy or sell and it’s easy to enter and exit the asset. It is believed as more of an item is bought and sold, the chances of charging premiums or giving discounts lower and such an asset usually trades around ‘what it is worth’.

 

 

 

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Cointelegraph
 
Bitcoin Black Friday: Participation Rising ‘As People Discover They Can Save Money Using Bitcoin’


Black Friday becomes an ever more popular event with early Christmas shoppers each year, especially during the last decade.

Americans traditionally venture out from their homes in vast numbers on this day, to trample over each other in jam-packed stores just to save $20 on a Crock-Pot or an electric razor. The number of injures, both serious and life threatening, not counting those caused by traffic accidents, reaches new heights each year.

The internet is changing the dynamics of holiday shopping all over the world, also affecting Black Friday. The problem for merchants is discount rates. Brick-and-mortar stores take in a great deal of cash, but online merchants get stuck accepting bank plastic, which comes with a fee. This problem opens a wide door for merchants to expand their payment options to include Bitcoin Black Friday, the brainchild of Jon Holmquist.

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Free bitcoin for students: how will they spend it?

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429972.400-free-bitcoin-for-students-how-will-they-spend-it.html

 

Artikel in renommierter Wissenschaftszeitschrift über die MIT-Bitcoin-Aktion - hier wird mal ein anderes Publikum adressiert.

 

Auszug zu einer originellen Idee, die im Rahmen der Aktion entstand:

 

"Sam Udotong, who studies aerospace engineering, plans to launch a start-up in the next two weeks sparked by the campus's influx of bitcoins. His Fireflies app will let students request or carry out tasks for each other on campus in return for bitcoins, like picking up a meal from the cafeteria on a cold night. In August, Fireflies won the$1500 Awesome Award from a competition hosted by the MIT Bitcoin Project."

 

"Sam Udotong, Student der Luftfahrttechnik, plant in den nächsten zwei Wochen ein Start-Up zu gründen, das von der Bitcoin-Aktion seines Campus inspiriert wurde. Seine Fireflies-App ("Glühwürmchen") wird es Studenten ermöglichen, Aufgaben für andere auf dem Campus gegen Bitcoins anzufragen oder auszuführen, z.B. in einer kalten Nacht eine Mahlzeit von der Cafeteria abzuholen. Im August gewann Fireflies bereits den mit $ 1.500 dotierten "Donnerwetter!"-Preis bei einem Wettbewerb im Rahmen des MIT Bitcoin-Projekts.

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