Tag Archives: Electronic money

Bitcoin Charity: Its Biggest-Ever Donation Was Stolen Money

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The head of a Bitcoin charity has admitted accepting a large anonymous donation even though he strongly suspected it was stolen during a raid on a cryptocurrency exchange. Dmitry Murashchik, who goes...

The Story Behind ‘Milk Road,’ The Little Girls’ Bitcoin Cookie Stand

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Last month, a Bitcoin-loving Redditor spotted a cookie and lemonade stand in San Francisco’s Noe Valley that accepted the virtual currency. After buying a Snickerdoodle for a fraction of a Bitcoin,...

Bitcoin Investors Seek ‘Safe Harbor’ Exceptions In Proposed ‘BitLicense’ Regulations

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Bitcoin’s reputation may have been bruised by its connection to the Silk Road black market and Monday’s indictment of Bitcoin Foundation vice chairman Charlie Shrem. But a panel of Bitcoin-focused...

NY ‘Silk Road’ bust arrests 2 Bitcoin operators

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2 Bitcoin exchangers arrested in 'Silk Road' drug prosecution are charged with conspiracy NEW YORK (AP) — The top executive of a Manhattan-based Bitcoin company and a Florida Bitcoin exchanger have...

This is the Typical Bitcoin Shopper

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When Overstock began accepting Bitcoins on Jan. 9, it immediately grossed $100,000 in Bitcoin orders, according to its CEO Patrick Byrne. As he told CBS affiliate KUTV in Salt Lake City, “I’ve been...

Who Will Tax Bitcoin And How?

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Will 2014 be the year we trade in our credit cards and abandon our wallets in favor of virtual currencies? If you follow the recent hype surrounding bitcoin, the trendiest of the new crop of digital...
    






Of Course A Book About Bitcoin Should Be Sold For Bitcoin

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Last spring, people were getting all excited about Bitcoin because its value surged from a movie ticket to a fancy dinner for two in response primarily to Cypriots freaked out that their money was...
    






Bitcoin Breaks Out, You Can Now Pay The IRS In Cryptocurrency

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As bitcoin moves away from being known only to the tech cognoscenti and becomes a real viable currency that is adopted broadly, more organizations arise that look to leverage all this attention and...