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Fresh off of Twitter:
1/ Announcement: @BitcoinTrust and our bitcoin trading desk will be forming a syndicate to bid in the US Marshals #bitcoin auction…
— Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) November 18, 2014
2/ Details to come shortly. Stay tuned!
— Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) November 18, 2014
In a continued attempt to compartmentalise Bitcoin, David Woo, the global rates head at Bank of America Merrill Lynch appeared on an episode of "Bloomberg Surveillance" where he espoused the use of Bitcoin the payment system while writing off bitcoin the unit of account as something one should not invest in. Continue reading
The latest episode in a documentary series produced by The Drum titled "The Day Before Tomorrow" looks at Bitcoin and discusses it with various people such as Jeremy Liew, Joel Raziel and Chris Popple. While the episode is typical of what you might expect from an outlet that knows little to nothing about Bitcoin, the interview with Chris Popple is a little interesting. Chris Popple is the Managing Director of Digital at The Royal Bank of Scotland and in regard to Bitcoin he states: Continue reading
Story was retracted by source
The Irish Independent reports that one of the suspects arrested in the Irish contribution to Operation Onymous is related to Dublin Footballer Paul Mannion. Neil Mannion along with Richard O'Connor, who is not known to have a sibling of great athletic merit, are charged with possession of ecstasy with intent to sell or supply. Continue reading
Mark Thomas Williams, better known as Professor Bitcorn and for claiming that bitcoin would crash to $10 by mid 2014, last month appeared at the World Bank Conference in Washington, D.C where he outlined his top ten risks associated with Bitcoin. The PDF is available here or read the 10 threats below. Continue reading
Having rubbed shoulders with the likes of Bono at last week's Web Summit, Gavin Andresen spoke briefly with CNBC. Continue reading
You should save the "Gavin is trying to impress evil institutional investors" mud-slinging for when I get around to laying out the argument for increasing the block size, because that would be closer to the truth.
Gavin Andresen, October 09, 2013, from Bitcointalk
This article will be updated as more information is found.
As reported earlier today, the alleged operator of the Silk Road 2.0 Blake Benthall aka defcon aka veteran has been arrested, but who is Blake Benthall? Following the virtual breadcrumbs left behind, we're able to gain some insight into this individual. Continue reading
Vessenes's Bitcoin Foundation maintains a notoriety for many questionable actions and behaviors. There is even a candidate running for the foundation's board on the platform of dissolution. Due to the oversights of Vessenes's Bitcoin Foundation, #bitcoin-assets recently formed its own foundation for the preservation of the Bitcoin reference implementation. Continue reading
This is a copy of the AMA held by Patrick Murck on the 5th November, 2014 and provided in an easier to read format. Continue reading