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Patrick Byrne: Settling the score for the common person What can be said about the unorthodox Overstock.com CEO, Patrick Byrne? Not usually one for attributing personality traits to a person based on their name, nonetheless I looked up the origins of the surname Byrne. Maybe...

Earlier this week, a cloud-based bitcoin mining operation close by the Seattle, Washington area recently gave a local TV station a tour of their operations. The Komo news station was shown two warehouses filled with bitcoin mining rigs. Operator Dave Carlson told the news station...

Agreed Escrow, based in California, announced on March 11th that it has partnered up with GoCoin to become the first licensed internet escrow provider to accept customers paying with digital currencies through its website domain agreed.com. Agreed is licensed to operate as an...

For the avid supporters of bitcoin, the digital currency is the gateway to transactions of the future. On the flip side of the coin, the financial institutions do not really know, as of yet, how to deal with this new innovation. Morgan Stanley’s Gorman Speaks out Against...

Nouriel Roubini: BTC is a Ponzi Scheme Economist Nouriel Roubini declares bitcoin as a Ponzi scheme and says that it has a “lousy” store of value. Roubini, also know as the “Dr. Doom” of the business world, refutes the digital currency and took to his...

Exciting news for companies looking to start accepting Bitcoin! Blockchain has just released an app on the Google Play store that allows an easy and simple way for businesses to accept Bitcoin. The best part about it: it’s free. How to Set up Blockchain Merchant App Blockchain’s...

Jared Cohen: Digital Currencies are “Inevitable” Former technology advisor to Hillary Clinton and Director of Ideas at Google, Jared Cohen says bitcoin is here for the long run. Cohen told an audience at SXSW Interactive that: “I think it’s very obvious to all...

Florida man Pascal Reid was charged with alleged money laundering and engaging in an unlicensed money-servicing business back on February 6th. He was caught selling bitcoins during a police sting operation. Authority’s said 29-year-old Reid sold the bitcoins after the agent...

United States’ Congressman Jared Polis says that it would be the best course of action for the nation to outlaw the dollar bills. In a letter written to federal regulators on March 5th, he stated: “I urge the regulators to work together, act quickly, and prohibit this dangerous...

Winklevoss Twins Plan a Trip to Outer Space The Winklevoss brothers have decided to use their bitcoins to fly into outer space via Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Before you ask the question why, Tyler Winklevoss answers in a blog post, “Because Bitcoin and Sir Richa...