Bitcoin-Artikel in englischer Sprache

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Sir Richard Branson: Bitcoin “The Pioneer of a Global Currency”

http://newsbtc.com/2014/04/19/sir-richard-branson-bitcoin-pioneer-global-currency/

 

 

 

Federal Reserve : Bitcoin Is a Viable Alternative

http://www.cryptoarticles.com/crypto-news/2014/4/21/federal-reserve-bitcoin-is-a-viable-alternative

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London start-up to launch new market for Bitcoin

 

London-based Coinfloor is setting up an over-the-counter market for Bitcoin.

 

Mark Lamb, Coinfloor’s chief executive, said: “We’re seeing a lot of demand… Most of the Bitcoin liquidity is happening off books – it’s a similar problem to the equities market, where you see a lot of these orders happening on dark pools.”

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/london-startup-to-launch-new-market-for-bitcoin-9272520.html

 

 

Steady Hope for Bitcoin in the UK?

 

The British public has spoken, according to a survey released by YouGov, a UK-based the market research firm, which asked 2052 people about their opinions of Bitcoin. 

 

http://cointelegraph.com/post/steady_hope_for_bitcoin_in_the_uk#.U1Um61f3qvB 

 

[Der Artikel erhielt nachträglich einen optimistischeren Spin, um 15 Uhr hieß er noch "No Hope for Bitcoin in the UK"]

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_{There will be Bitcoin: oil and gas data provider accepts BTC -}

 

_{See more at: http://cointelegraph.com/post/there_will_be_bitcoin_oil_and_gas_data_provider_accepts_btc#.U1VDX2eKAUR}

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_{There will be Bitcoin: Oil and Gas Data Provider Accepts BTC}

 

@segeln: Interessant, fjvbit hatte ja mal die Idee, dass irgendwann der weltweite Ölhandel mit Bitcoins abgewickelt werden könnte.

Vielleicht ist das ein erster Schritt ...

 

 

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Der Pantera email Newsletter.

 

Pantera BitFlash

Bitcoin’s volume-weighted price on the Bitstamp exchange rose 23% over the last seven days, to $504 yesterday, with most of the gain April 14-17, as Chinese authorities were less restrictive than had been rumored.

 

Pantera Update: In order to be more timely and thorough, analysis and in-depth research previously published in the BitFlash Weekly Review will be published in Pantera White Papers, which will also appear on our website.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Amazon’s payments head commented on Bitcoin in a recent interview, saying “we have considered it”, but that his company does not have any plans to incorporate Bitcoin payments as of now. [re/code] Read Pantera’s summary and analysis of the competitive payments space in our March 10, 2014 BitFlash Weekly Review, which can be found here.

 

Facebook plans to build out a money transfer and remittance business. [FT]

 

Charlie Shrem was formally indicted for money laundering and other charges. He will face as long as 20 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge of conspiracy. [bloomberg]

 

Opinion – Four reasons why Bitcoin is a revolution. [bitcoin Blog]

 

Video – Why Bitcoin is the smart bet in tech investing. [bloomberg]

 

Video – Panelists talk about the impact of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies on the future of financial and political systems. [C-Span]

 

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Despite numerous exchange closures and regulatory uncertainty surrounding the supposed April 15th ban on Bitcoin, China’s first bitcoin ATM was installed today. [CNBC] China’s largest exchange, BTC China, is still operational and has yet to receive any notice from the PBOC regarding the rumored April 15th deadline to close their corporate bank account. [CNBC]

 

Bitcoin miners are on a global hunt for cheap electricity, setting up remotely-operated data centers in Iceland, the Austrian Alps, or small towns in Washington state and North Dakota. [bloomberg]

 

Singapore is the highest growth Bitcoin ATM market in the world, with Singapore currently the world leader in active Bitcoin ATMs. [TIA] Singapore’s government – the Monetary Authority of Singapore in particular – is taking an active engagement stance towards Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related companies. [MAS]

 

Defunct Bitcoin exchange MtGox has given up its plan to rebuild under bankruptcy protection and has asked a Tokyo court to allow it to be liquidated. [WSJ] MtGox founder Mark Karpeles recently refused to act on a FinCEN subpoena which ordered him to return to the United States for questioning. [Reuters]

 

Opinion – How I paid my bitcoin taxes. [Forbes]

 

Video – Bitcoin has a ‘great future’ in 2015. [CNBC]

 

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Despite rumors of bank account closures, Chinese Bitcoin exchanges Huobi and OKCoin resumed normal operations today. [CCN]

 

Credit Suisse, a leading global financial services company, has filed for a change to their “Money and Currency API” in order to implement “custom currencies.” [JCP] The documentation for the change references Bitcoin and other virtual methods of transferring value. [Oracle]

 

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Narayana Kocherlakota, speaking at North Dakota State University, said he is interested in Bitcoin as a technology. [Reuters]

 

On Friday May 16th, at the Bitcoin 2014 Conference in Amsterdam, Blockchain and the Bitcoin Foundation will host the first annual Blockchain Awards to celebrate innovation and excellence in the Bitcoin community. [blockchain]

 

Opinion – Only the ignorant live in fear of hyperinflation. [FT]

 

Video – The Bitcoin uprising. [CNBC]

 

Friday, April 18th, 2014

The Federal Elections Commission is about to decide how it will regulate Bitcoin donations in political campaigns. Similar to the strict rules regarding cash contributions, the likely ruling will force candidates to liquidate their Bitcoin funds into dollars within 10 days of receiving them. The FEC will make a final ruling on April 23rd. [FEC]

 

The attorney general of Texas, Greg Abbott, announced he will be accepting Bitcoin donations for his upcoming gubernatorial campaign. Abbott said, "The spirit of Bitcoin embodies the free market principles that make Texas a leader in innovation and entrepreneurship." [Dallas Morning News]

 

The latest theory to hit the newswire on who invented Bitcoin comes from "forensic linguists" who claim a former George Washington University law professor named Nick Szabo created the technology. Their evidence is based on comparing grammatical idiosyncrasies in the original paper on Bitcoin with Szabo's writing. [CBS News]

 

There will be a Dogecoin conference in San Francisco next week. [Dogecon SF]

 

Video: Watch the trailer for the new documentary The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, which makes its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City next week. [newsBTC]

 

Saturday, April 19th, 2014

The Texas Department of Banking released a memo on Bitcoin this week, establishing the regulatory guidelines for Bitcoin transactions and businesses. The Department's language is similar to the IRS ruling and treats Bitcoin like an investment product or property rather than a sovereign currency. [Texas.gov]

 

University of Florida Assistant Law Professor Omri Marian discusses the tax treatment of Bitcoin on CNBC. [CNBC]

 

Bitcoin regulation roundup: legislation, liquidation, and rumor mill. [Coin Desk]

 

Video: Wences Casares of Xapo talks to re/code about Bitcoin security protocols. [re/code]

 

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

VÍB Wealth Management – one of Iceland’s major financial organizations – is expected to hold an open educational session on Bitcoin this week. [ViB]

 

Sidechains are new blockchains which are backed by Bitcoin – potential alternative blockchains with different characteristics and purposes which take advantage of the scarcity and resilience guaranteed by the main Bitcoin blockchain. [TechCrunch]

 

As Bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, small businesses around the world have begun accepting the digital currency as a method of payment. [Coin Desk]

 

Monday, April 21st, 2014

CoSign Coin launched their multi-signature escrow service for Bitcoin transactions this week. Their platform utilizes the “multi-signature” feature of the Bitcoin protocol to perform basic escrow-like functions. For example, to send coins from one address to another, two out of three people on a contract have to sign the transaction for it to go through. [Coin Report]

 

A few start-ups are hoping to make London a global hub of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Part of their strategy is to launch over-the-counter Bitcoin markets so hedge funds and other institutions can start trading bitcoins. [Forex Minute]

 

Opinion: Bitcoin needs a marketing campaign if it is going to avoid becoming the Napster of digital payments. [CNBC]

 

Reuters takes an in-depth look at Mark Karpeles, the man who ran the MtGox Bitcoin exchange. [Reuters]

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The Bitcoin "Crisis" Explained and 5 Reasons It Can't Be Killed

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-phillip-nelson/the-smoke-has-cleared-aga_b_5179584.html

 

 

BitBeat: Bitcoin and Political Donations

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/21/bitbeat-bitcoin-and-political-donations/

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Bitcoin A Useful Innovation, But No Substitute For The Dollar

http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/04/bitcoin-vs-the-dollar/

 

 

Former US Consumer Finance Watchdog Voices Support for Bitcoin

http://www.coindesk.com/former-us-consumer-finance-watchdog-voices-supports-for-bitcoin/    (auch im video-Bereich)

 

 

Rik Willard on Bitcoin for Business: ‘Invest right now’

 See more at: http://cointelegraph.com/post/rik_willard_on_bitcoin_for_business_invest_right_now#.U1aTXmeKAUR

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The Emerging Payments Task Force Invites Regulators to Study Bitcoin

https://coinreport.net/emerging-payments-task-force/

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Largest VC Firm in the U.S. Backing Bitcoin

http://cryptocrimson.com/2014/04/largest-vc-firm-u-s-backing-bitcoin/

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Atlas ATS Announces Plan to be the First Regulated U.S. Bitcoin Exchange

The National Stock Exchange will help formulate rules to regulate Atlas.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11780526.htm

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FEC (Federal Election Commission) mulling bitcoin donations for political campaigns

See more at: http://www.pfhub.com/fec-federal-election-commission-mulling-bitcoin-donations-for-political-campaigns-587/#sthash.pS00HvzY.dpuf

 

 

 

 

Financial cyber threats in 2013. Part 2: malware

http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792331/Financial_cyber_threats_in_2013_Part_2_malware#24

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Fast.... "to da moon": 

 

Jeff Garzik Announces Partnership to Launch Bitcoin Satellites into Space

 

http://www.coindesk.com/jeff-garzik-announces-partnership-launch-bitcoin-satellites-space/

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Oakland mayor candidate Bryan Parker sees bitcoin paying off

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Oakland-mayor-candidate-Bryan-Parker-sees-bitcoin-5422502.php

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Bitcoin Shows No Signs of Slowing Down or Giving in

http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/bitcoin-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-down-or-giving-in/

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US State Bank Supervisors to Discuss Bitcoin at Public Hearing

http://www.coindesk.com/us-state-bank-supervisors-discuss-bitcoin-public-hearing/?utm_source=CoinDesk+subscribers&utm_campaign=86262a635f-EMAIL_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74abb9e6ab-86262a635f-75505373

 

Investor Group Optimistic in Fight to Stop Mt. Gox Liquidation

http://www.coindesk.com/investor-group-optimistic-fight-mt-gox-liquidation/

 

 

In Ergänzung zu Nucoins Meldung von gestern:

 

Atlas ATS Finds Loophole in FinCEN Requirement, Partners with NSX

https://coinreport.net/atlas-ats-loophole-fincen-partners-nsx/

 Atlas ATS aims to be one of the best Bitcoin exchanges available to users

 

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State of Bitcoin Q1 2014 Report Shows Venture Capital Soaring

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-report-q1-2014/

 

Full report in PDF available in the article

 

 

Top 5 Bitcoin Breakthroughs Affecting Our Future

https://coinreport.net/top-5-bitcoin-breakthroughs-affecting-future/

 

 

Fill‘er Up: Bitcoin Fuel Dispenser Unveiled in Cincinnati -

See more at: http://cointelegraph.com/post/fill_er_up_bitcoin_fuel_dispenser_unveiled_in_cincinnati#.U1lpDmeKAUR

 

dazu:

Filling up? You can pay with Bitcoin thanks to this Cincinnati engineer

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/04/16/filling-up-you-can-pay-with-bitcoin-thanks-to-this.html?page=all

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Why the SaveGox Plan is Very Important to the Bitcoin Ecosystem

http://www.fentonreport.com/bitcoin/why-the-savegox-plan-is-very-important-to-the-bitcoin-ecosystem

 

 

 

Experts to CNBC: US Dollar, Not Bitcoin, is the Future Digital Currency

http://www.coindesk.com/experts-cnbc-usd-btc-future-digital-currency/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoinDesk+%28CoinDesk+-+The+Voice+of+Digital+Currency%29

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Neuestes Schreiben von Gox:

 

https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20140424_order.pdf

 

Menno, das zieht sich noch Jahre hin... Jedenfalls sind kurzfristig keine Veräußerungen von Gox-Coins zu erwarten....

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How bitcoin is moving money in Africa

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/25/ozy-bitcoin-africa-currency/8148853/

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Yahoo! Finance: Streamin' Garage Launches First Bitcoin Game Show

Live Online Game Show "Take My Bitcoins," Sponsored by Butterfly Labs, Will Give Away Thousands of Dollars per Week in Bitcoins

CoinDesk: Bitcoin Game Show Gives Away Nearly 20 BTC Since Launch

Back in March, live streaming company Streamin’ Garage announced the world’s first bitcoin-only game show, “Take My Bitcoins.”
Since then, the series has gone on to produce four episodes with between 18 and 19 BTC given away to participants to date.

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Wired: The World’s First Bitcoin Debit Card Is Almost Here

Bitcoin may be the future of digital money, but it has a big problem here in the United States: why use it to buy anything when millions of merchants already accept debit and credit cards?

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Is it Too Late to Get Involved in Bitcoin?

http://www.coindesk.com/late-get-involved-bitcoin/?utm_source=CoinDesk+subscribers&utm_campaign=40d3f5f3e5-EMAIL_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74abb9e6ab-40d3f5f3e5-75505373

 

 

Bitcoin Price Drops $40 Following Reports of New PBOC Warnings

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-drops-40-following-reports-new-pboc-warnings/?utm_source=CoinDesk+subscribers&utm_campaign=b6493e30a7-EMAIL_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74abb9e6ab-b6493e30a7-75505373

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How Kipochi is Taking Bitcoin into Africa
http://www.coindesk.com/kipochi-taking-bitcoin-africa/

Pelle Braendgaard: What we’re trying to do is, first of all, create a wallet that allows you to send and receive bitcoins. I think that most current wallets are just not very easy to use for your average user.
We do that by modeling it very much on how mobile money systems work in Africa. There, you can send money with your mobile number, if you send money to someone, a wallet gets created in the background and you can just access it. So, there’s no sign-up

 

[Weißer Ritter] OKCoin bidding for MtGox?
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/

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Orillia Fuels Belgium’s Bitcoin Innovation

http://cointelegraph.com/post/orillia_fuels_belgium_s_bitcoin_innovation#.U1u9qGeKAUR

[Nucoin]

BTC China Halts RMB Account Funding

http://www.coindesk.com/btc-china-halts-rmb-withdrawals/