Welcome back to another installment of BTC Weekly. I apologize for missing last weeks article. I was on vacation shredding deep powder in Colorado and didn’t have a chance to get an article up! So, this weeks will cover quite a bit of information! Googles I/O conference is scheduled for May of this year. It…
Google and Square both announced yesterday that they were in the process of creating new payment systems that would be able to accept Bitcoin. With their gamble on Google wallet not doing so great (I love it honestly… talk about EASY) they are starting a new project code named “Plaso”. Plaso is looking to compete…
The Black Market. The Dark Corner of the internet. The Silk Road. The Silk Road was the most popular ‘black market website’ run by the man Ross Ulbrict, a 30 year old from San Francisco. Ulbrict was arrested in October of 2013 and has been awaiting trial with charges of money laundering, hacking, conspiracy to…
Today is a good day for the Internet. The FCC actually seems to be doing the right thing. While it has been rumored for a couple days that on Thursday the FCC would be announcing that they plan to reclassify the Internet as a utility, today the FCC chairman Tom Wheeler wrote about his plan…
Google could be entering the wireless market as a carrier. What would this mean for the consumers? It would most likely be a good thing, but there could be issues too. Google has made some deals with Sprint and T-Mobile to help them test out the wireless market. These deals would allow Google to sell…
Friday marked a huge milestone for Coinbase where it has secured over $75 Million in funding from notable large investors like NYSE and USAA. With this funding they have said that they will be opening the first regulated Bitcoin exchange on US soil! Coinbase already operates in 19 other countries as a legitimate exchange and…
Oh Bitcoin you fickle beast. As the last few weeks have been a roller coaster of nothing but down. It looks like Bitcoin has finally rebounded a bit. Just enough to let the dust settle. After last weeks large dive in the market reaching as low as $173 on Coindesk’s ticker to rebounding a bit…
Welcome to the “Wild West” as they used to call it in the days where Bitcoin was taking $100+ swings in market price in the matter of an hour. Bitcoin in the last week has been one hell of a ride. From one week ago where price was hovering and struggling to stay near $300,…
Happy New Year to everyone! After taking a week off for the holidays I’m back in the saddle to get you all of your Bitcoin news. The last week has been pretty busy for the Bitcoin community so lets get into it! BitStamp is the 3rd largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. BitStamp took over…
Another week come and gone. As I type this up, another Bitcoin app seems to have made it into the Apple’s App Store on iTunes. Here to stay? Since the dawn of Bitcoin, Apple seems to have turned it’s back on the Bitcoin community. When they first started removing apps from the store. It was…