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Car dealership sells Tesla Model S for bitcoin

Lamborghini of Newport Beach announces that they’ve sold a used Tesla Model S for bitcoin. According to the Launch ticker, the price was 91 BTC.

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Merrill Lynch / BofA release report on bitcoin

MerrillLynch / Bank of America have released a report on bitcoin. Key points from their intro: Tamper-proof, limited supply and divisibility – “We believe Bitcoin can become a major means of payment for e-commerce and may emerge as a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers. As a medium of exchange, Bitcoin has clear potential […]

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Etsy and WordPress.com now accept bitcoin

Two more household names are now accepting bitcoin. WordPress.com, the engine behind millions of websites, now accepts bitcoin as payment for hosting fees. According to a blog post by Andy Skelton on the WordPress blog, “At WordPress.com, our mission is making publishing democratic — accessible and easy for anyone, anywhere. And while anyone can start […]

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Forbes: The tricky business of taxing bitcoin

“While the Federal Reserve gave tacit approval, stating ‘virtual currencies like bitcoin have legitimate uses and should not be banned,’ the IRS has not yet issued tax guidance. Despite the lack of guidance, income from bitcoin transactions must be reported.” Read more. Via Forbes – link

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Bitcoin: From joke to “I don’t know”

Joel Weisenthal in Business Insider writes “I’m changing my mind about Bitcoin. I used to think it was a joke or at best a currency for clowns. Now, I no longer think that. Now, I don’t know what its future is.” Thoughtful article and worth a read: http://www.businessinsider.com/im-changing-my-mind-about-bitcoin-2013-12#ixzz2mGbX5PWV

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Hi Mom, Send Bitcoin

On today’s ESPN College Gameday. Apparently, taking dirty laundry home is now passe. Update: It looks like the stunt netted the student over 22 BTC (over USD$22,000 currently) according to The Verge. Update 2: The image used in the story on The Verge is a possible scam. According to this thread on Reddit, the QR code […]

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Bitcoin Black Friday: How to use virtual currency to buy real gifts

“As holiday deal-hunters pack the stores on Black Friday, a new breed of tech-savvy shopper will be at home, anonymously buying gifts with bitcoin. Yes, the digital currency, the price of which broke above $1,000 for the first time on Wednesday, can be spent on many things besides black market drugs and other contraband, with which it’s been notoriously […]

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The Future of Money video series

“Having raised over $37,000 on Kickstarter to make a TV show about the future of money, Heather Schlegel knows a thing or two about both social and financial value. ‘I ate my own dogfood,’ she explained why she used Kickstarter – which she intriguingly describes as an ‘ATM to tap our social capital’ –  to finance a pilot for […]

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Bitcoin primer

If you’re just getting up to speed on all of the buzz that has cranked up around Bitcoin in particular (or cryptocurrency in general), Timothy B. Lee over at The Washington Post has put together a solid primer called “12 questions about Bitcoin you were too embarrassed to ask.” In it, Lee covers answers to […]

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