So CNBC came out with this little bitcoin documentary...

Let's watch and "discuss amongst ourselves..."

Briefly Bitcoin - 4/11/14: China, a bitcoin debit card & more

Your quick, select guide of bitcoin interest since the last time I posted this

China, it's not me, it's YOU (image: Irismightlikepink)

* Anyone else sick of China yet? I know I am. They're worse than that flake you tried to date in undergrad: Do you like us or not already?!? First bitcoin is banned, then it isn't. At this point, we really don't care - and wish the exchanges would stop (over)reacting to every little vacillation of the Chinese government. Your food and Wall is great, China, but we're just not that into you anymore.




* Please be real: A bitcoin-fueled debit card said to work with 90% of US ATMs? Just what we need to get the bitcoin millionaires to goose liquidity in the bitcoin economy.

Fiat: You now have my permission...to die

* An investor group wants to buy the tarnished Mt. Gox exchange for a symbolic 1 BTC. I'm not even sure "I'd buy that for a dollar!"


* Just a personal note here: With bitcoin hovering in the $400 price range, I'm all over this buying opportunity. If you believe in the long-term prospects of bitcoin, even just as a payment processing protocol, you should be, too (in my non-investment grade, unqualified opinion). We're just four months into 2014 and we've already seen tens of millions of investment dollars poured into bitcoin companies to make the cryptocurrency more accessible. As a wise man once said, "Now is not the time for fear..."


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Briefly Bitcoin: 4/1/14 -

Your select guide of bitcoin interest since the last time I posted this

photo: Square.com

* Square now takes bitcoin. Yet another blow struck for small businesses everywhere!



* Ever wanted to support your favorite Twitter personality but didn't know how? There's a (Coinbase) app for that: Bitfluence. Feel free to send a "test payment" to your favorite blog/Twitter account...


* Coinbase announced the arrival of its app store. Although the offerings are a bit sparse at launch, current offerings include a handy trading app for the bitcoin paranoid and a Reddit BitTip one.













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Briefly Bitcoin - 3/29/14: Circle, WA Landslide relief & more

Your select guide of bitcoin interest since the last time I posted this

* Looks like bitcoin is coming full Circle. The mysterious, well-funded bitcoin-focused financial company has teased a bitcoin exchange-like service and wallet. Now in beta, good luck getting to test it out: It's by invite only.


* As a proud native Seattleite/Washingtonian, it hurt to hear about the landslide victims in the northern city of Darrington, WA. For you generous bitcoiners out there, they are ready to accept your donations and support in BTC.

They need your assistance; every mBTC helps (photo: KOMONews.com)

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Briefly Bitcoin - 2/16/14: Mt. Gox Knocked, House of Cards & more

Your select guide of bitcoin interest since the last time I posted this

* Finally, the general public does what I've been saying to do for months: Ignore Mt. Gox. After their PR meltdown last weekend in halting all withdrawals, it's time to ring the death knell for the one-time bitcoin exchange bellwether turned blight on the industry.

It's been real, Mt. Gox...

* More knocks on Gox: The Washington Post takes a swing at the much maligned bitcoin exchange, and why its demise is a good thing for bitcoin.


* New York is preparing to move forward with issuing "BitLicenses" for bitcoin-based businesses. The degree of regulation is yet to be seen, although this is a step toward legitimizing bitcoin in government's eyes.


* Very small but still significant as bitcoin gets (sigh - yet another unfavorable) mentioned in the second episode of the hottest show on "TV," Netflix's "House of Cards."




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