Yesterday, I attended (and apparently partially disrupted) the Bitcoin Law: Regulatory and Transactions Symposium at the New York Law School yesterday morning. See pics below, and make no mistake about it… the world is putting serious intellectual capital into the bitcoin economy now. There’s no t …
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From the book blurb Imagine a scenario where you cross this powerful virtual currency with a Gamer, Banker, Politician and a Terrorist. The result is GOD IS A GAMER – the world’s first Bitcoin Thriller. A thriller which moves from Washington’s Congress to Delhi’s finance ministry, the beaches of Goa …
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Nefarious things happen in the darknet. Flickr user: Martin Gommel The federal judge overseeing the Silk Road case against Ross Ulbricht has been subject to a death threat, and apparently she had her private information exposed on a “Hidden Wiki” website accessible only via Tor-equipped browsers. Th …
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Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century tells us that the rate of return for capital exceeds the rate of economic growth. Putting aside the many problems of the book, this, in itself, is not very controversial. It’s an expected result when you have a shortage of capital compared to the labor pr …
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Bitcoin was supposed to be a frictionless digital currency that required no banks or intermediaries. Yet a raft of bitcoin thefts at exchanges like Mt. Gox is raising the question of whether the sophisticated currency still needs the same sort …
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An investor alert from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) titled “Bitcoin: More Than A Bit Risky” paints the currency as a shady and troubled speculative vehicle ultimately doomed to fail. For example: Bitcoin use is limited to …
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