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Bitcoin a Fool’s Gold Standard

I cannot judge whether Bitcoin represents a technological breakthrough, but I am
confident that the pseudo-currency’s popularity shows widespread economic amnesia.
If Bitcoin ever became a real currency, it would …Dealbook 

Why is this Las Vegas developer selling his $7.85 million mansion for Bitcoin?

The largest transaction ever completed in Bitcoin, the virtual currency that
approximates cash on the internet, was for $1 million worth of computer hardware.
That’s impressive for a currency that’s only been around …The Verge
 ByAdrianne Jeffries 

2 Las Vegas Casinos Take Bitcoin, But Not for Gambling

Two Las Vegas casinos, the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino
have announced they are accepting bitcoins, but don't expect to use them at the craps
tables. Bitcoin will only be accepted at …Mashable · ByTodd Wasserman 

CoinBet® Launches a "Game Changing" Bitcoin Processing Online Casino, SportsBook,
& Poker Site

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era of gaming begins as CoinBet ®
launches its new online gambling site and wins the race to become the 1 st fully licensed
gaming operator to bring legal online …New Jersey Online

Bitcoin is being accepted at casinos and universities

THE DIGITAL CURRENCY Bitcoin received further endorsement when two Las Vegas
casinos and a UK university announced that they will begin accepting it. Reuters
reported that sister hotels The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino and The D Las Vegas
…The Inquirer 

TM FX: Bitcoin Targets Giants Visa to JPMorgan With Low Costs

A lower-cost virtual currency-driven payment system could take business from
companies like Western Union that specialize in foreign remittances, as well as
Visa and MasterCard Inc. Banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup and
Bank of America

New Database Provides Access To Bitcoin Startups

Bitcoin has a long way to go to gain widespread acceptance, but the venture capital
market for Bitcoin entrepreneurs appears to be thriving. On the heels of Philadelphia
Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser …Value Walk 

Bitcoin degrees don’t solve the accountability problem

Cumbria University is to allow some students to pay their tuition fees in bitcoin the digital currency hitherto more associated with drugs and guns. But target students
probably don’t already have ready… The authors …theconversation.com 

10 facts you need to know about Bitcoin

Transactions are fast, secure and anonymous ... whether is a way of long term savings
a way to get access to money as in Africa (not everyone can have a bank account and
a credit card), a way to make some money …VOXXI 

	Bitcoin: Marc Andreessen Explains It All For You TIME - For example, with Bitcoin, the huge hack that recently stole 70 million consumers' credit card information from the Target department store chain would ...
	Bitcoin No Bargain as 47% of Investors Go Bearish in Poll Bloomberg - Almost half of international investors are bearish on Bitcoin, the most prominent of a group of virtual currencies that have enthralled entrepreneurs in ...
	Bitcoin is not just digital currency. It's Napster for finance. Fortune -     In the next year, Bitcoin will start its transformation from a mere currency into an entire open-source, decentralized exchange for everything from ...
	Bitcoin Vs. Bank Of Finland: Cryptocurrencies Ruled As ... International Business Times - The digital currency bitcoin is no more, according to Finland it is now a digital commodity instead. “Considering the definition of an official currency as ...
	Data Center Knowledge As Bitcoin Infrastructure Booms, Mining Heads to the Data Center Data Center Knowledge - This custom piping system supports a liquid immersion cooling system powering a Bitcoin mining data center in Hong Kong. It's one example of ...
	Siliconrepublic.com Bitcoin prices fluctuate in rangebound trade NASDAQ - Investing.com - Bitcoin prices swung between small gains and losses in rangebound trade on Tuesday, as demand for the virtual currency remained ...
	Bitcoin and Poker: Zynga's Best Friends TheStreet.com - "Zynga (ZNGA) Tests Bitcoin in FarmVille 2 and Other Games." "The social game developer is using popular Bitcoin service provider Bitpay for its test.
	WPCS Updates Bitcoin Platform Rollout Plan MarketWatch - Divya Thakur, BTX Chief Technology Officer stated that, "BTX is the first trading platform to enable Bitcoin traders and investors to access market data ...
	Bitcoin Almost Becomes Physical NumisMaster.com - Automatic Teller Machines or ATMs through which Bitcoins can be processed have been installed in both of these countries. Germany accepts bitcoins ...
	Bitcoin: The World's Most Dangerous Currency? ValueWalk - Bitcoin has gotten a lot of attention lately, not just from investors, but also from regulators in multiple countries around the globe. Regulators in Europe ...
	BLOGS
	Bitcoin Triggers Buzz, Controversy... And Now, Startups - Digits - WSJ Digits (Sven Grundberg) - Bitcoin has triggered a wave of warnings from central bankers since the online currency started gaining, well, currency late last year. Now, it's also ...
	British university accepts course fees in Bitcoin — Tech News and ... Gigaom (David Meyer) - The University of Cumbria is inviting those who want to join two of its sustainability courses, which deal in part with complementary currencies, to pay ...
	Las Vegas casinos start accepting Bitcoin — RT USA - RT.com RT - Daily news (RT) - Two gambling casinos in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada will become the first establishments of their kind to accept Bitcoin as currency starting later ...
	A Bitcoin Transaction Has Been Made From North Korea The Next Web (Kaylene Hong) - It's said that Bitcoin crosses all borders, and nowhere could this point be better proved than in the all-reclusive North Korea.
	Korean Bitcoin startup nabs $400K from Silicon Valley investors ... VentureBeat (Nathan MIllard, BeSuccess) - Korbit, a Korean Bitcoin startup, has raised $400,000 (about 420 Bitcoins at today's price) from an array of Silicon Valley investors. It has never ...
	Apple launches eyewear and a TV, Bitcoin finally flops: |These are ... VentureBeat (J. O'Dell) - The study, conducted by Voucher Cloud, shows that Americans predict the rise of Apple gadgetry, the fall of Bitcoin, a total Nokia comeback, and …
	Las Vegas Casinos Bitcoin - Business Insider Tech (Agence France Presse) - They'll be processing the transactions through BiyPay.
	Jim Rickards Blog: Caution in the World of Bitcoin Jim Rickards Blog (N/A) - Bitcoin is an interesting phenomenon. I've actually read a number of the technical papers, a number of legal briefs on them. I'm not anti-bitcoin or [a] ...
	The NBA's Sacramento Kings Soon To Accept Bitcoin: Is It The ... Collective-Evolution (Mark DeNicola) - As of March 1st, fans of the Sacramento Kings – a team in the National Basketball Association – will have the opportunity to purchase both tickets and ...
	[International Giveaway] Win One Bitcoin From Handy Apps And ... Android Police - Android News, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets » Contests / Giveaways (Cameron Summerson) - Here at AP, we usually team up with partners to give away Android devices, accessories, or other related items. Every once in a while, though, ...
	WEB
	eBay to allow Bitcoin sales in 'virtual currency' category - CNET Mobile cnet.com - It seemed like it was only a matter of time before e-commerce giant eBay and its payment platform PayPal addressed the sale and use of Bitcoin on its ...
	Vegas casinos now accepting cybercurrency Bitcoin - Yahoo News yahoo.com - From Yahoo News: LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is getting one more novelty. Starting this week, patrons will be able to use the online currency ...