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PayPal, eBay May Soon Start Accepting Bitcoin

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Tweet The digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has enjoyed an explosive rise into the mainstream of late. What was once considered by most to be an obscure, technically-complex financial invention used only by ideologues on the fringes of society has now gained … Continue reading

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RIAA Engages in Fearmongering Against Bitcoin

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Tweet The Recording Industry Association of America is wildly out of touch with its own consumer base. Recent advances in digital technology have benefited the music industry, as 2012 saw the sector reporting its first increase in sales since 1999. … Continue reading

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Ron Paul on Stossel: ‘Bitcoin Offers Competition’ Against the Fed

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Tweet Last night, John Stossel dedicated an episode of his show on Fox Business to exposing the flaws of the Federal Reserve System. Just a few years ago, virtually no news programs would have aired content critical of the Fed. … Continue reading

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Silk Road is down. Let a thousand markets bloom.

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Tweet There was a time when Napster cornered the market on file sharing. Then the Feds took it down, and a thousand file sharing sites bloomed. There was a time when Liberty Dollar cornered the market on transactable silver. Then … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Users Under Investigation by New York State Regulators

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Tweet Bitcoin, the hot new untraceable, anonymous, and uncontrollable cryptocurrency, has predictably and recently sustained harsh criticism by statist government officials from around the world. Meanwhile, its undeniable success as a financial product has thrust it into the mainstream, as … Continue reading

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Thailand: World’s First Bitcoin Ban

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Tweet A team of Bitcoin regulation beggars went to Thailand and spent weeks seeking legitimacy from the Thai government. In response Thailand’s Foreign Exchange Administration and Policy Department banned the digital currency “due to lack of existing applicable laws, capital … Continue reading

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Silver Circle Taking Bitcoin at PorcFest X

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Tweet Two Lanterns Media is headed back to Lancaster, New Hampshire for the tenth annual Porcupine Freedom Festival, dubbed PorcFest X. Last year we debuted the first test-screening of our film, Silver Circle. This year the film is done, the … Continue reading

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“WAKE UP! Bit Coin is an Alien Invasion!”

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Tweet This week I received the most delicious piece a conspiracy ranting from an anonymous source. I just don’t think I can improve it in the slightest, even if I corrected the spelling. So I’m just going to republish it … Continue reading

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“C’mon, George! I thought we were friends.”

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Tweet The greatest compliment that can be given to a project like Silver Circle is to see it actually begin to enter the culture. There’s a colloquialism in the film that I’ve caught myself using, and now I’m hearing other people … Continue reading

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Bitcoin is going mainstream

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Tweet I came across this video about the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany where Bitcoin is not just an internet currency, but it’s become a thriving part the local economy. Nadim Chebli owns a record shop and recalls the first … Continue reading

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