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4 Career Fields Bitcoin Could Replace

The concept of bitcoin-type electronic money may ultimately disrupt industries the same way as email already has.

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Exante's Bitcoin Fund Reports YTD Performance of 4,847%

The 2013 YTD performance statistics for The Bitcoin Fund released by Exante reveal a 4,847% return.

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Bitcoin: here to stay but not immune from terrible ideas

If you want to say when bitcoin got big, you could do a lot worse than picking this week.

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Bitcoin Faces Regulatory Push in Senate Banking Committee Hearing

Yesterday's banking subcommittee hearing in the Senate included many suggestions that bitcoin should be regulated.

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Balanced Regulation Could Help the Good in Bitcoin Overcome the Bad

Crime is giving bitcoin a bad name. Could regulation help bitcoin fulfil its potential?

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Whether or Not Bitcoin Needs it, Regulators are Going to Regulate

What are members of the bitcoin community trying to achieve with the bitcoin hearings today?

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Why China is Leading the Global Rise of Bitcoin

Insiders offer a view of bitcoin in China: world's largest exchange, rampant mining, and a population ready to invest.

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Bitcoin Price Hits $500, a 50x Increase in Just 12 Months

Those bitcoins that passed $300? They were a bargain — the value of 1 BTC has now passed $500.

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US has Already Ceded Dominance in Bitcoin Trading

Less than 2% of worldwide bitcoin trading and real-time market making occurs within US jurisdiction.

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Lock Up Your Lucre, the Best Democracy Bitcoins Can Buy, and Liquid Asset Conversion

John Law advises keeping your bitcoin safe, ponders bitcoin funding for political parties and recommends drinking wine (responsibly).

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