Bitcoin is not a currency, Bitcoin is a people's movement
Charmaine Li talks to Taavet Hinrikus from TransferWise about the Skype of money transfers. There is new an M&A market with pure Bitcoin deals. Economist Nouriel Roubini joins Thomas Friedman in not understanding Bitcoin and the block chain and use Twitter to communicate their frustrating of not getting it by bashing the technology. Goldman Sachs […]
Read MoreIreland is opening its first ATM but the local banks won’t give the operator a bank account (they know they are doomed – or least reduced to a part in the Hybrid Economy). Bitcoin is bigger than Western Union (when will it overtake Amex, Mastercard and VISA?). Overstock has never gotten so much promotion (and […]
Read MoreIn this issue: Bitcoin rallying after the Mt. Gox affair. Top digital currencies by social media presence. More and more mainstream business accepting Bitcoin. Auroracoin of Iceland now second largest altcoin. Japan should adopt Bitcoin nationwide before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Thomas Friedman from the New York Times is wrong again. Singapore becoming a Bitcoin […]
Read MoreThis spy photo from a Bitcoin test at the South African bank Standard shows that the traditional financial institutions are getting ready to move in on the Bitcoin market. This internal pilot is using the Switchless software made by a company in Singapore with offices in the U.S., UK and S.A. Where will that leave […]
Read MoreTech In Asia takes a look at how Bitcoin is treated in a few Asian countries. Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer virtual form of money created back in 2009, first caught our attention back in 2011 when Ruxum launched its Bitcoin exchange in Asia.But Bitcoin hype only reached fever pitch in the latter half of 2013 when […]
Read MoreSingapore-registered companies who buy and sell bitcoins or exchange the digital currency for other goods and services must pay taxes for these transactions, says the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Singapore’s tax authority. The government’s stance towards the volatile cryptocurrency, which once again soared above $1,000 in price, echoes countries like Germany, Norway, and […]
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