Bitcoin Central & Eastern European Conference

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The Bitcoin Central & Eastern European Conference will take place on September 11 and 12 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The aim of this conference is to address Bitcoin’s future and business opportunities. Speakers include and are not limited to Radoslav Albrecht, CEO & Founder of Bitbond, Stephan Tual, Head of Communications at Ethereum, Jesse Heaslip, CEO…

 
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The #1 Problem Bitcoin Will Solve by 2015

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Cryptocon is a cryptocurrency summit and barcamp being held in Sydney and Singapore this July. The event will play host to entrepreneurs, investors, enthusiasts and thought leaders in the digital currency space. The emphasis will be on regional leaders of this emerging technology. As an introduction to the event, and to promote awareness, Cryptocon recently…

 
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US Government Bans Professor for Mining Bitcoin with A Supercomputer

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This article was written by Ruben Alexander and Brian Cohen The NSF or National Science Foundation Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just posted on their website their March 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress (PDF with metadata create date of 5/27). This report contains a write-up on an “Administrative Investigation” by the OIG entitled “Government-wide…

 
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Brazil World Cup Gets Unique Bitcoin Bookies

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A unique Bitcoin betting service for the Brazilian World Cup 2014 has launched, with a unique approach for the gambling world: Bitcoin bookies. Bitkup, which offers home-grown sweepstakes for the tournament due to kick off in two weeks’ time, is setting itself apart from traditional services both in its structure and hard figures, while its…

 
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Satoshipoint Launch Party, ATM’s in the UK!

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As recently discussed, SatoshiPoint recently launched their first 2 ATM’s in London and the 1st ATM outside of London in the UK, located in Bristol. The launch party was graciously supplied by SatoshiPoint, drinks and food were freely available and of quite a quantity, needless to say, there were a few tipsy people by the end…

 
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Swarm Redefines Crowdfunding

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There has been a lot of talk in recent months regarding the role of cryptocurrency for the future of crowdfunding and equity creation. A new company is taking a different, and seemingly more widespread approach to cryptoequity and community funding of early stage projects and business ventures. This new platform, called Swarm, is co-founded by…

 
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Price of Bitcoin increases 30%: what happened during the past two weeks?

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The price of the world’s most famous cryptocurrency skyrocketed during the last two weeks. The price of Bitcoin went from less than $450, the value registered on 19th May, to a current value around $650. This means a growth of more than 30 percent, as you can see below thanks to Bitcoincharts.com. Bitcoincharts The surprising…

 
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Digital Currency Summit Planned for September in Andorra

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Bitcoin Magazine is proud to serve as a media partner for the upcoming Digital Currency Summit set to take place in Andorra in from September 17-19, 2014. The Digital Currency Summit will focus on the role of virtual currency for investors, politicians, banks and regulators. With a professional line-up of speakers and attendees the summit…

 
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Bitcoin entrepreneur Erik Voorhees charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced this Tuesday (3rd) that Erik Voorhees, founder of websites like the well-known SatoshiDICE, is being charged for publicly offering shares in two Bitcoin-related ventures without registering them.  Voorhees is known in the cryptocurrency community for being the founder of two famous platforms: SatoshiDICE and FeedZeBirds. While the…

 
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