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Western Union CEO: 'First-World' Bitcoin Not Ready for Global Use
Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek critiqued bitcoin today, suggesting it is currently ill-equipped for cross-border payments.
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Bitcoin's Growing Role in US Politics
With US midterm elections approaching, bitcoin's role in campaign donations will bring it further into the political spotlight.
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A Taxonomy of Bitcoin Mixing Services for Policymakers
As policymakers come to terms with bitcoin, privacy-enhancing protocols seek to maintain fungibility and user-defined privacy.
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Seeing Through Regulation, Banking on Bitcoin, and a Sheer Art Attack
John Law discusses revolution in regulation, putting competition back into banking and shares his outlandish bitcoin art ideas.
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Why Regulation Could Help Bitcoin
Many believe regulation would ruin bitcoin, but are there ways in which it could aid cryptocurrency?
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What the UK's Tax Reversal Means for Bitcoin
Indeed, getting the bitcoin community to agree what regulation is welcome will likely be a challenge all in itself.
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How Bitcoin is Changing Everything
Bitcoin isn’t just challenging business models, it's challenging entire generations of established political and economic theory.
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How to Increase Public Confidence in Bitcoin Exchanges
There are ways to prove an exchange has the asset holdings it claims, but implementation will be a challenge.
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Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Isn't a Currency But Underlying Tech Holds Promise
The report, ‘All About Bitcoin’, cites bitcoin’s advantages and shortcomings – backed by statements from critics and supporters alike.
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Cryptocurrencies are ‘Inevitable’, Says Google’s Jared Cohen
The search giant's Director of Ideas believes cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
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