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Bitcoin and Intrinsic Value: a Layman’s Response to Alan Greenspan
Matt Mihaly, a huge Bitcoin fan, responds to Alan Greenspan's comments that the currency has "no intrinsic value".
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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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Bitcoin Could be Regulated as a Commodity, Senate Banking Hearing Advised
Speakers suggested that bitcoin could be regulated as a commodity at a Senate Banking hearing today.
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US Senate Hearing: Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency
The Present and Future Impact of Virtual Currency hearing will take place today at the US Senate.
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Bitcoin Price Skyrockets as Senate Hearing Concludes
Bitcoin surpasses Western Union in daily transaction volume as the price reaches a new all time high.
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Senate Bitcoin Hearing Discusses Legitimacy and Challenges of Virtual Currencies
Don't bother running from regulation, said an agency director – because in the long term, there's nowhere to hide.
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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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Bitcoin Foundation Plays Down Silk Road Connection at Senate Hearing
Participants will reveal differing opinions on anonymity and Silk Road at a key Senate bitcoin hearing on Monday.
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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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