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February 2015

Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin Voucher Scheme Bitupcard Expands to 300 Shops in Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey Prepaid bitcoin voucher service Bitupcard is now available at an additional 270 retail locations across Turkey.The announcement, which follows on from the launch of a  pilot  scheme that saw $25,000-worth of bitcoin sold in 10 weeks, raises the number of retail locations offering over-the-counter bitcoin purchases in the country to…
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February 26, 2015
Bitcoin Business

Bitcoins and Factoids: a Symbiotic Relationship

Every time a new altcoin comes out, Bitcoin hoarders often have a knee-jerk reaction: “Who are these upstarts, and what is it going to do to my investment?”Their reaction is understandable. Some new cryptocurrencies present no fundamental innovation, and are clearly the offspring of sour…
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February 26, 2015
Bitcoin Business

3 Ways to Turn Bitcoins Into Gift Cards

3 Ways to Turn Bitcoins Into Gift Cards If only everything were available for purchase in Bitcoin.Oh, wait, it is.Anything from plane tickets to houses, sex toys to groceries, can be purchased just by using CheapAir or BitPremier , Purse or Magic (respectively). But you…
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February 26, 2015
Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin and Mainstream Media in 2015

Bitcoin and the media have not always been on the best of terms.  For one thing, mainstream media of the digital currency has not always been plentiful, and when the media does make time for bitcoin, it can sometimes be distorted or off the mark,…
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February 26, 2015
Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin Price: Two Potential Plays for Thursday

Yesterday’s action in the bitcoin price finished very much as it started. We got something of a decline throughout the Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning session, but as the US afternoon matured this decline corrected and we saw price rise towards the 239 region. However, from this…
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February 26, 2015
Bitcoin Business

Quantitative Easing and Bitcoin

Quantitative Easing and Bitcoin The European Central Bank has recently announced a 1.1 trillion Euro sovereign bond purchasing program. This action in broadly referred to as Quantitative Easing. It is a monetary policy brought into existence by the Bank of Japan on March 19th, 2001.…
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February 25, 2015
Bitcoin Business

WordPress CEO: We Haven’t Given Up on Bitcoin

Matt Mullenweg WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says his company hasn't given up on bitcoin, despite its disappearance from his platform's checkout page.Speaking to CoinDesk, Mullenweg, 31, said the decision to axe bitcoin came as a result of resource constraints during WordPress' push to streamline its five-year-old payments…
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February 25, 2015
Bitcoin Business

CoinJar Swipe Bitcoin Debit Cards Now Available

Coinjar Swipe Card Australian bitcoin services company CoinJar has opened up its debit card service CoinJar Swipe to the general public.The cards allow users to spend from their bitcoin accounts at over 820,000 retail terminals nationwide, as well as withdraw cash from bank ATMs.Notably, the new system…
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February 25, 2015

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