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Microstrategy’s $250 Million Bitcoin Buy Consequential
2.9.2020
When a publicly owned company decides to invest about $250 million in an asset that was widely attacked more than a decade ago, it says a lot about how the world has changed. The reasons and the timing of Microstrategy’s bitcoin incursion could not have come at a better time for...
Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell
2.9.2020
On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and a week later explained it was also initiating a “governance council.” Despite the recent announcements, Bitcoin ABC has lost...
Ex-Prudential Securities CEO Calls Bitcoin a ‘Safe Haven’
17.8.2020
George Ball, who claimed himself as a Bitcoin and blockchain opponent, said that bitcoin or another cryptocurrency is “very attractive” both in the long term and short term
Former Prudential Financial CEO George Ball Says Now Time to Buy Bitcoin
17.8.2020
Former Prudential Financial CEO George Ball is advising wealthy investors to acquire bitcoin because it is the only asset that cannot be undermined by the government. Ball made the comments while discussing adjustments that investors need to make to their portfolios. Now CEO at Sander Morris...
The History, Present and Future of Central Banks, Feat. George Selgin
6.8.2020
The Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives gives an eye-opening, 200-year history of today’s most powerful economic institution
Rage Against the Economic Machine: The Best of the Breakdown July 2020
3.8.2020
A recap show on wealth inequality, stock markets and taking it back featuring Jill Carlson, Michael Krieger, Daniel Lacalle, George Gammon and more
Peter Schiff’s Bitcoin Hack Comment Invites Ridicule
16.7.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO, Peter Schiff’s comment suggesting Bitcoin might be the next target following a hack of multiple VIP Twitter accounts has been ridiculed by bitcoiners. Seemingly relishing the prospect of a bitcoin hack, Schiff a gold bug and a well-known bitcoin critic, signs off...
‘It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like the Greatest Economy of All Time,’ Feat. George Gammon
30.6.2020
The host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas
Jim Rogers Discusses Bitcoin as Money and Why Governments Will Stop Crypto
23.6.2020
Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has shared his view on bitcoin, its use as money, and governments’ response to the growing use of cryptocurrency. He predicts that central banks will not let uncontrolled money be used. Jim Rogers Talks Bitcoin...
Activists Document Police Misconduct Using Decentralized Protocol
23.6.2020
Built on the InterPlanetary File System and the Ethereum blockchain, the protocol lets anyo file police misconduct reports anonymously
Monero-for-Bail Project Sees Increased Demand During Protests
8.6.2020
An initiative that mines the privacy coin monero, donating cash for bail money, has seen an uptick in users since the protests started in Minnesota
Bitcoin Is a Way to Repair Economic Injustice: Author Isaiah Jackson
5.6.2020
There are no easy technological solutions to racial tensions, police brutality or economic insecurity. Still, bitcoin could help black Americans, says author Isaiah Jackson
Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
3.6.2020
Comments from a Minnesota official comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data
Coronavirus Impacts on Bitcoin (And the IRS’s Dumb Singularity)
1.3.2020
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine discuss coronavirus and its potential impacts or disruptions to the decentralized world of bitcoin. Plus a humorous look at the IRS's challenges as it lumps together bitcoin and... Ro-Bux?
BCH Latam: Creating a Viral Feedback Loop for Mass Adoption With Bitcoin Cash
14.2.2020
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with George Donnelly from the BCH Latam initiative about his plan to help the people of Latin America “achieve greater individual liberty and prosperity.” Donnelly explained the BCH Latam initiative aims to generate greater financial inclusion through...
Two Economists. Two Views on Bitcoin’s Ability to Disrupt Fiat Money
14.8.2019
“Half of the audience here is like, ‘I hope you die in a fire.’”
QuadrigaCX Has $21 Million in Assets and Owes $160 Million: EY Report
10.5.2019
QuadrigaCX owes creditors $160 million, but only has $21 million in assets, according to court-appointed monitor EY's latest report
Crypto Heresy: Question Blockstream on Twitter and You’ll Be Blocked
10.5.2019
Crypto Twitter (CT) is a grueling battleground between digital currency enthusiasts, company executives, maximalists, journalists, lawyers, and so-called thought leaders and luminaries. For instance, on May 8, reporter Larry Cermak posted data concerning Blockstream and its sidechain project...