Should Google Launch Its Own Currency?
The short answer to the question is: probably not. Phil Pearlman, executive director of StockTwits and a partner at Social Leverage, wrote a blog post in April speculating on the meteoric rise of...
View ArticleBitcoin’s Success Gives Virtual Currencies Room to Grow
To many people, bitcoin — the peer-to-peer virtual currency that functions without the oversight of a central regulator — seems to be a harbinger of a futuristic, overly-digital tomorrow. However,...
View ArticleBitcoin Black Friday: Alternative Shopping
Digital currency Bitcoin isn’t going to be left in the cold on the biggest shopping day of the year. Bitcoin has created a website called “Bitcoin Black Friday,” where more than 400 retailers are...
View ArticleApple Yanks Bitcoin App Blockchain From App Store
Blockchain, an iOS app that allows users to transmit and receive bitcoins, has been removed from Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store. Although Blockchain has been available in the App Store for two years,...
View ArticleWPCS International: Why This Bitcoin Stock Is Rising
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamjdecamp/ Bitcoin is the first Internet payment system in which transactions either happen with no fees or very low fees (down to fractions of pennies). In...
View ArticleBitcoin as Property: Did the IRS Get It Right?
Source: Thinkstock The market doesn’t have to fully accept something in order for it to be taxable — at least, that’s the position that the Internal Revenue Service appears to have taken in relation...
View ArticleBitcoin: All You Need to Know as Virtual Money Gets Real
Maybe you dismissed digital currency after all the strange headlines. Perhaps from the start Bitcoin seemed too complex and you skimmed past the topic. But as congressmen use bitcoin ATMs on Capitol...
View ArticleWhy Apple Is Welcoming Bitcoin Back to iOS
Source: Blockchain.info Apple is making moves to change its policy on Bitcoin, the popular digital currency, by allowing several related apps, including the most popular Bitcoin wallet, back into the...
View ArticleThe Rise of the CryptoMarket: How Illicit Drugs Are Sold Online
Source: Thinkstock If you were concerned about the company your children are keeping and that they might be gaining access to illegal drugs through social networks in the neighborhood or at school, you...
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