Re: Official weekly virtual currency news thread

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virtual currency news for
Saturday 10/26/2013 - Friday 11/01/2013

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Saturday-Monday 10/26-28/2013

Tech at Night: Bitcoin goes offshore. New, narrow reforms of NSA and 
FISA proposed.
http://www.redstate.com/2013/10/26/tech-at-night-bitcoin-goes-offshore-new-narrow-reforms-of-nsa-and-fisa-proposed/

Canada to get world's first Bitcoin ATM next week
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57609425-1/canada-to-get-worlds-first-bitcoin-atm-next-week/

Would You Use a Bitcoin ATM?
http://gizmodo.com/would-you-use-a-bitcoin-atm-1452632778

INFOGRAPHIC: Bitcoin mining by country, by operating system
http://www.mining.com/infographic-bitcoin-mining-by-country-by-operating-system-97257/

Beatcoin Is A Music Jukebox Hack Powered By Bitcoin Micropayments
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/27/beatcoin-is-a-music-jukebox-hack-powered-by-bitcoin-micropayments/

Bitcoin Clampdown: Major Exchange Enforces User Checks
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100775839

Why Vancouver got the world’s first Bitcoin ATM
http://www.cantechletter.com/2013/10/vancouver-got-worlds-first-bitcoin-atm1027/

Cashless World Will Have Many Rewards and Some Scary Risks
http://www.arabnews.com/news/469088

Norwegian student Kristoffer Koch buys $27 in bitcoin in 2009, now he 
owns an apartment
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/money/money-matters/norwegian-student-kristoffer-koch-buys-27-in-bitcoin-in-2009-now-he-owns-an-apartment/story-fni0ctkz-1226748159679

Crowdfunding platform Pozible now lets you pledge with Bitcoin
http://thenextweb.com/au/2013/10/28/crowdfunding-platform-pozible-now-lets-you-pledge-with-bitcoin/

The Future Of Bitcoin Will Depend On Upcoming Startups, Regulatory 
Issues And China
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/28/the-future-of-bitcoin-will-depend-on-upcoming-startups-regulatory-issues-and-china/

WikiLeaks launches site for Edward Snowden's legal defense
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/28/5039196/wikileaks-launches-site-for-edward-snowdens-legal-defense-free-snowden

World's first bitcoin ATM goes online tomorrow
http://www.selfserviceworld.com/article/221945/World-s-first-bitcoin-ATM-goes-online-tomorrow

Top 10 in Law Blogs: Regulating Bitcoin, Calling Your Boss a Clown, 
Demonstrating Leadership
http://kevin.lexblog.com/2013/10/28/top-10-in-law-blogs-regulating-bitcoin-calling-your-boss-a-clown-demonstrating-leadership/

New UK Bitcoin exchange will bar US customers
Bitcoin high-frequency trading exchange – bans US customers
http://www.forexlive.com/blog/2013/10/29/coinfloor-high-frequency-trading-bitcoin-exchange-29-october-2013/

BTC China beats Mt. Gox and Bitstamp to become the world’s No. 1 bitcoin 
exchange

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Tuesday 10/29/2013

Coinfloor Is A New UK-Based Bitcoin Exchange Backed By Passion Capital 
And Transferwise Founder Taavet Hinrikus
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/29/coinfloor/
http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=25367

How To Sell Bitcoin—Legally
http://readwrite.com/2013/10/29/bitcoin-atm-money-services-regulation#awesm=~omkh59RMBEATDT

BitPay Processes $1 Million Bitcoin Merchant Transaction
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7811/bitpay-processes-1-million-bitcoin-merchant-transaction/

Take a Tour of Robocoin, the World’s First Bitcoin ATM
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/10/bitcoin_atm_gallery/all

Chamath Palihapitiya Owns $5 Million In Bitcoins, Wants To Own $10-$15 
Million
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/29/chamath-palihapitiya-owns-5-million-in-bitcoins-wants-to-own-10-15-million/

The Chinese Are In Love With Bitcoin And It's Driving The Digital 
Currency's Prices Into The Stratosphere
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-and-bitcoin-2013-10

5 Things You Didn't Know About Business in Modern China
http://www.businessinsider.com/5-things-about-business-in-china-2013-10

Comment: How a digital currency could transform Africa
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17f05fe2-3d93-11e3-9928-00144feab7de.html

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Wednesday 10/30/2013

Bitcoin’s Radical Days Are Over. Here’s How to Take It Mainstream
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/10/bitcoin/

Elray Gaming Begins Beta Testing of Bitcoin Casino, Explores Binary 
Options
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/elray-gaming-begins-beta-testing-of-bitcoin-casino-explores-binary-options-2013-10-30

Bitcoin companies to Western Union face increasingly strict regulatory 
environment
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/10/30/bitcoin-companies-to-western-union-face-increasingly-strict-regulatory-environment/

Millions of Dollars in Product to Be Purchased With Barter Currency
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131030-912826.html?dsk=y

Bitcoin Starts Move To Mainstream
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/10/bitcoin-starts-move-mainstream

Bitcoin Weekly 2013 October 30: World’s first Bitcoin ATM in Canada, FBI 
finally got DPR’s BTC booty, London-based Coinfloor launches
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/10/30/bitcoin-weekly-2013-october-30-worlds-first-bitcoin-atm-in-canada-fbi-finally-got-dprs-btc-booty-london-based-coinfloor-launches/

Tech Should Make It Easier To Escape Government Control, Says Startup 
Veteran Balaji Srinivasan
http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/30/tech-should-make-it-easier-to-escape-the

First Bitcoin ATM Installed in Vancouver Coffee Shop
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/bitcoin-atm-conducts-10000-worth-transactions-day/story?id=20730762

World’s first Bitcoin ATM sees 81 exchanges, $10,000 in transactions 
during first day
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/world-bitcoin-atm-sees-81-exchanges-10000-transactions/

Bitcoin Pursues the Mainstream
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/technology/bitcoin-pursues-the-mainstream.html

Jeremy Allaire Launches Circle Internet Financial With $9 Million Series 
A from Jim Breyer, Accel Partners & General Catalyst
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeremy-allaire-launches-circle-internet-030200586.html


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Thursday 10/31/2013

HSBC man is first in line as bitcoin ATM racks up $10K on inaugural 
outing
http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=25375

Why The Deep Web Has Washington Worried   (Good article)
http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/31/the-deep-web-has-washington-worried/

What Western Union's 3Q Earnings Means For The Future Of Bitcoin
http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/13581462-alicia-cruz/2363162-what-western-unions-3q-earnings-means-for-the-future-of-bitcoin

Four things you should know about… Bitcoins
http://www.thegridto.com/city/local-news/four-things-you-should-know-about-bitcoins/

DarkWallet Aims To Be The Anarchist's Bitcoin App Of Choice
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/31/darkwallet-aims-to-be-the-anarchists-bitcoin-app-of-choice/

Bitcoin continues to try to move into mainstream
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2013/10/bitcoin-going-mainstream.html

NSA leaker Snowden lands job at Russian website
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101159650

Dollars to Digits: What is The Future of Money?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-falzone/dollars-to-digits-what-is_b_4181810.html

For Those Who Like Their Bitcoins Anti-State, the "Dark Wallet" from 
Cody "3D-printed weapons" Wilson
http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/31/for-those-who-like-their-bitcoins-anti-s

3D-printed gun maker Cody Wilson is raising $50,000 for an anarchist 
Bitcoin wallet
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/31/5051116/3d-printed-gun-maker-cody-wilson-crowdfunding-dark-wallet

What an ATM Machine Says About the Future of Bitcoin
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/10/31/first_bitcoin_atm_only_one_of_its_kind_launches_in_vancouver.html

Bookies offer odds on Bitcoin ATM in the UK
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/218102195/scat/d805653303cbbba8

Thoughts on Coinfloor
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2013/10/31/thoughts-on-coinfloor

Is The Bitcoin Legitimate? Or Is The World's First Digital Currency A 
Risky Investment?
http://www.ibtimes.com/bitcoin-legitimate-or-worlds-first-digital-currency-risky-investment-1450570

Why Are People So Excited About A Bitcoin ATM?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/31/why-are-people-so-excited-about-a-bitcoin-atm/

Co-founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57610354-38/liberty-reserve-co-founder-pleads-guilty-to-money-laundering/

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Friday 11/01/2013

Jesse Kline: Behold the power of Bitcoin
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/11/01/jesse-kline-behold-the-power-of-bitcoin/

Dutch gang arrested after TorRAT bitcoin scheme
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2013/Nov/1/dutch-gang-arrested-after-torrat-bitcoin-scheme.html

China Should Issue Gold Bullion Coins That Aren't As Practical In The 
U.S.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanlewis/2013/11/01/china-should-issue-gold-bullion-coins-that-arent-as-practical-in-the-u-s/

The Daily Startup: Brightcove Founder’s Bitcoin Startup Scores Largest 
E-Currency Funding Yet
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/11/01/the-daily-startup-brightcove-founders-bitcoin-startup-scores-largest-e-currency-funding-yet/

The Bitcoin travellers: round the world using online currency only
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/nov/01/bitcoin-currency-for-travellers

Cash Settles 'Second Life' Users Virtual Money Suit
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/01/62567.htm

Viva la 'bitcoin' revolucion!
http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=8442

Is the Bitcoin Legal?
http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=31482

Currency 2.0: Trust Has Been Verified
http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/11/currency-2-0-trust-has-been-verified/

Devangshu Datta: Bitcoin becomes real
http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/devangshu-datta-bitcoin-becomes-real-113110101070_1.html

New Plugin Allows Developers to Turn iOS Devices Into Bitcoin Mining 
Bots
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/01/new-plugin-allows-developers-to-turn-ios-devices-into-bitcoin-mining-bots/

Indians should help digital currency eclipse the empires of rupee and 
dollar
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-02/edit-page/43593572_1_digital-currency-satoshi-nakamoto-money-supply

Bitcoins Mired In Debate Over Legitimacy
http://socialtimes.com/bitcoins-mired-in-debate-over-legitimacy_b137362

Defense Distributed Is Now Entering The Bitcoin Game With Dark Wallet
http://www.webpronews.com/defense-distributed-is-now-entering-the-bitcoin-game-with-dark-wallet-2013-11

 From Utah to Singapore - one couple's Bitcoin odyssey
http://business.asiaone.com/news/utah-singapore-one-couples-bitcoin-odyssey

Dark Wallet Will Make Bitcoin Accessible For All — Except the Feds
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/11/01/2335214/dark-wallet-will-make-bitcoin-accessible-for-all-except-the-feds

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