It’s not very often that a government official, either past or present, immerses himself into the world of peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currencies. Most civil servants have the mindset that bitcoins, litecoin and other digital currencies will pose a threat to the status quo … [Read more...]

In the United States, there are some states that are open to the cryptocurrency industry, while other states are attempting to make it difficult for anyone who is interested in getting involved in virtual currencies. One might consider the state of California as a place where … [Read more...]

Canada has followed the route of many other Western nations in outlining the potential risks and threats to the financial system posed by the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency bitcoin. In order to circumvent any dangers by the cryptocurrency market, the Great White North … [Read more...]

Local news reports are informing the general public that Bolivia’s central bank – El Banco Central de Bolivia – has officially announced that it has banned any currency or coins that are not regulated by the government. This includes bitcoin as well as several other virtual … [Read more...]

After the collapse of one of the biggest bitcoin exchange websites, Mt. Gox, there were numerous calls for the Japanese government to install regulations and to become an active participant in ensuring consumers are protected. Although the government has investigated the matter, the … [Read more...]

Earlier this year, TigerDirect garnered headlines when it announced that it would become one of the major electronics retailers to accept the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency bitcoin. The adoption of bitcoin has been a success – it has reported bitcoin sales of $1 million – … [Read more...]

The peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin market is a behemoth. Each day, there are new announcements of bitcoin projects, companies adopting the virtual currency as a method of payment and bitcoin financial products hitting Wall Street. Venture capitalists are intrigued … [Read more...]

Not all of its locations, but the global hotel chain Holiday Inn will launch a pilot bitcoin program at its Brooklyn, New York venue. The announcement was made by Charlie Shrem, a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation and facing indictment charges relating to Silk Road, at the … [Read more...]

In recent years, those affiliated with the anti-government, anti-Federal Reserve and anti-fiat money crowd have turned to the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency bitcoin. For years, individuals and investors that were concerned with debt, deficits and a weak dollar turned to … [Read more...]

Bitcoin is here to stay, and it appears that business news publications and search engines are taking notice. Whether or not bitcoin survives as a virtual currency or as a revolutionary technology remains to be seen, but the major facet is that the digital currency will likely stay … [Read more...]

Expedia, the online travel website company, announced Wednesday in a news release that it will be expanding its payment options for customers. This means that users who wish to book a hotel room for their next vacation or business trip can do so using bitcoins. Expedia will become the … [Read more...]

Central bankers and several mainstream financial minds – Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Jamie Dimon – have surmised for quite some time now that peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currencies, predominantly bitcoins, will cease to exist because of what they say is due to a lack of … [Read more...]

Over the past century, governments all over the world have been involved in at least one-quarter of a billion deaths, according to various statistics from think-tanks and universities. This is defined as democide and governments in each corner of the globe have been complicit in wide … [Read more...]

Since the rise of the peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin’s value, miners have come up with very clever ways of extracting bitcoins: security video cameras, tapping into others’ electricity and using the computers of video game players. Bitcoin’s prevalence could very … [Read more...]

For the past several months, numerous central banks and governments have consistently published consumer alerts and investor advisories urging citizens to be cautious before they enter into the realm of peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currencies. These guidances have become quite … [Read more...]

Over the past year, central banks and governments have warned that citizens could participate in tax evasion schemes by utilizing the peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin. It is unclear if bitcoiners are doing so, but lawyers are now warning that bitcoin could be … [Read more...]

In December, when the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency bitcoin was reaching all-time highs, some economists (Professor Bitcorn) who lacked the capacity to make predictions or even describe what the cryptocurrency was, called for the utter demise of bitcoin and foresaw a … [Read more...]

Last week, it was announced that Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Metals was partnering up with BitPay in order to allow its clients to start purchasing gold and silver with bitcoin. The news went viral considering that Schiff has previously criticized bitcoin on numerous occasions and … [Read more...]

Dish Network announced this past Thursday that it will become the largest company to date to begin accepting bitcoin for payments. The satellite television company confirmed that it will begin to permit its customers to pay for their satellite services in digital currency by September … [Read more...]