Jon Southurst

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Jon Southurst is a business-tech and economic development writer who discovered bitcoin in early 2012. His work has appeared in numerous blogs, UN development appeals, and Canadian & Australian newspapers. Based in Tokyo for a decade, Jon is a regular at bitcoin meetups in Japan and likes to write about any topic that straddles technology and world-altering economics.

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E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Says Bitcoin Acceptance Likely
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Bitcoin Derivatives Trading Platform Coinarch Expands into China
Derivatives-focused bitcoin trading platform Coinarch is making a push into the Chinese market, with the launch of dedicated local branding.
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Parkt Opens Its Parking Rewards System to Bitcoin Users
Parking rewards startup Parkt now offers users the choice of cashing out local area loyalty points in bitcoin, as well as parking discounts.
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Bitcoin Foundation Candidates Voice Concerns Over Low Voter Registration
Voter engagement in the ongoing Bitcoin Foundation board elections is too low, some candidates have claimed, due to lack of information.
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Bitcoin ATM Selling Gold and Silver Goes Live in Singapore
A Singapore company has created a way for customers to buy gold and silver directly from a Lamassu bitcoin ATM.
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BitX Expands Bitcoin Buying Service to Indonesia
BitX is expanding into the world's second-fastest growing economy, Indonesia, bringing a fixed-price bitcoin exchange to its 252 million inhabitants.
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Hong Kong's MyCoin Disappears With Up To $387 Million, Reports Claim
Hong Kong bitcoin exchange MyCoin has shut its doors, taking with it as much as HK$3bn ($386.9m) in investor funds, reports say.
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CoinJar Redesigns iOS Wallet App for More Social Experience
CoinJar's updated mobile app is simple to use and allows faster payments to all addresses, plus fiat currency transfers between CoinJar accounts.
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Australian Bitcoin Exchange Claims Exemption from 10% Government Tax
Bitcoin exchange Coin Loft says it has beaten Australia's tax imposition on bitcoin trades with a private ruling from the government.
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IBM's Richard Gendal Brown: Bitcoin is Opening Minds
IBM's Richard Gendal Brown talks about why bitcoin is expanding the collective brainpower of its participants and what that might lead to.
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