Was Bitcoin’s spectacular surge in November 2013 the result of fraudulent market manipulation by a bot that serious traders are calling “Willy”?
Bitcoin’s Slick Willy: Insider Bots Behind the Bitcoin Bubble Bagholders Rejoice: Bitcoin Blows By $500 Mark Bitcoin is up 30% this week. It has broken the psychologically important US$500 mark that served as a resistance level for the last two months.
Bitcoin Adventures into Intellectual Property Bitcoin’s block chain has become well known for its use as a public ledger for digital currency transactions. By harnessing a decentralized network that is now more powerful than the top 500 supercomputers combined, it has removed the need for third parties like banks to verify online transactions, vastly reducing the costs of doing business. The extension of this technology has the potential to revolutionize the way people forms contracts, register domain names, and now, even prove ownership of intellectual property.
Google Glass Nods to Bitcoin Google Glass and Bitcoin, two technologies that have yet to achieve mainstream appeal in their individual capacities, have crossed paths in a new app called Nod to Pay, which allows Glass users to make payments instantly wherever Bitcoin is accepted.
IRS Denies Bitcoin Exalted Currency Status The IRS has issued its long-awaited stance on the tax treatment for virtual currencies like Bitcoin (IRS Notice 2014-21). In short, the taxpayer must treat Bitcoin as property for federal tax purposes. The effect of this decision on the viability of the virtual currency is unclear, and small businesses accepting Bitcoin, and their accountants, are scratching their heads as to how this classification will play itself out for daily transactions.