Tag: bitcoin
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#MorningMonarchy: May 3, 2016
Spying billboards, man machine and militarizing the moon + this day in history w/first spam emails and our song of the day by Africaine 808 on your Morning Monarchy for May 3, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode252 – Carbon Schemes, Simple Sabotage, Recruitment Resistance
The EU emissions trading scheme is a multi-billion dollar fraud; the CIA teaches us how to sabotage government; and the UK Army is having trouble finding new recruits for the war machine.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode207 – Bitcoin Bypass, Biden Truth, Anarchapulco
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode207 – Bitcoin Bypass, Biden Truth, Anarchapulco Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Venezuelans Turn to Bitcoins to Bypass Socialist Currency Controls NWNW Flashback: Bitcoin Stories Since…
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Secret Recordings Show #GoldmanSachs and #TheFed In Bed
As the Fed’s secrets are revealed, will the world turn to #Bitcoin? from cointelegraph.com: Today secret tapes of correspondence from Goldman Sachs and the Federal Reserve were released. The truth is not pretty and it may be even more shocking than you think. Observers of the Fed have long known that it is extremely secretive.…
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California Removes Ban on Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Other Alternative Currencies
from pcworld.com: A new California law removes a ban on using currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is intended to accommodate the growing use of alternative payment methods such as bitcoin. The law, signed by state Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday, is likely to boost confidence around bitcoin, as regulators and tax authorities worldwide…
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U.S. Government to Study Bitcoin as Possible Terrorist Threat
from techspot.com: The US Department of Defense is investigating whether Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are a potential terrorist threat, according to an IBTimes report. The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), a division within DOD that identifies and develops counter terrorism abilities and investigates irregular warfare and evolving threats, has listed Bitcoin among its…
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Biometric Bitcoin ATM’s Rolled Out in Australia
from biometricupdate.om: A biometric bitcoin ATM has been unveiled at a mall in Sydney, Australia. This is the first of many to be rolled out across the country, and it uses a combination of biometrics to register and verify user identities. According to a report in The Guardian, the ATM – deployed by Australia Bitcoin…
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28-Year-Old CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead After Possible Suicide
from wearechange.org: According to Tech in Asia, Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange platform First Meta’s 28 year old CEO Autumn Radtke committed suicide. Reasons are currently unknown. [UPDATE: Tech in Asia has updated the article to emphasize that suicide is only suggested and not certain] First Meta is a Singaporean start up company that runs a exchange…
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Mt. Gox Seeks Court Protection After $500 Million Bitcoin Loss
from japantimes.com: The troubled Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan Friday, with its chief executive saying it had lost nearly $500 million worth of the digital currency in a possible theft. Mark Karpeles (pictured), who has not been seen in public for several days, re-emerged to tell a press conference that…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode183 – New Crimean War, Mt. Gox Crumbles, Twitter Predictor
#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode183 – New Crimean War, Mt. Gox Crumbles, Twitter Predictor
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World’s largest bitcoin broker goes offline
from NHK World: The website of a major Bitcoin exchange in Tokyo say they have halted all dealings as a security measure. The announcement came after the exchange went offline on Tuesday. MtGox was considered one of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges, boasting more than 1.1 million accounts in and outside Japan. Company officials suspended…
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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Goes Dark in Blow to Virtual Currency
from ndtv.com: Mt. Gox, once the world’s biggest bitcoin exchange, abruptly stopped trading on Tuesday and its chief executive said the business was at “a turning point,” sparking concerns about the future of the unregulated virtual currency.
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Japan-Based Bitcoin Exchange Glitch Unsettles World
from online.wsj.com: Prices of bitcoin have recently fluctuated on factors ranging from government regulation to the virtual currency’s acceptance by real-world retailers. Now add another driver: perceived technical glitches. A leading bitcoin exchange Monday blamed a long-unresolved technical issue for its decision to abruptly halt customer withdrawals last week. Prices of bitcoin were sent reeling…
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Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charged With Laundering $1 Million Through Silk Road
from wired.com: The CEO of Bitcoin exchanger BitInstant has been arrested and charged with money laundering over allegations that he and another man sold more than $1 million in Bitcoins to buyers and sellers of drugs on the underground drug site Silk Road. Charlie Shrem (pictured), 24, who ran BitInstant out of New York, is…
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New World Next Week: Episode176 – New World Next Year 2014
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode176 – New World Next Year 2014 Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Pilato’s 2013 Story: The End of Money ‘What is Bitcoin’ Among Top US Google Searches in…