What would happen if Bitcoin was accepted on a global scale? No doubt, this is a question that has popped into every crypto-lover’s minds at one point or another, but we likely think of it for a few seconds or a few minutes and figure, “It’s just not going to happen” before we move on to our daily tasks and our minds become flooded with other things.

But seriously… What would happen? What if every country, large and small, rich and poor, suddenly stood up and declared Bitcoin completely and fully legal, and everyone was entitled to use it however they pleased? It all sounds fantastic at first… A dream scenario practically, and yet, one can’t help but wonder if there would be a downside should this ever occur.


http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/20/bitcoin-is-accepted-globally-what-would-happen/

Finance has always been driven forward by technology, from the invention of double-entry bookkeeping by a Renaissance monk to the 20th-century quants who served up securitization, derivatives and high-speed trading. The next few years will be dominated by an attempt to reimagine money itself.

From Bruce Springsteen to bitcoin guru?

Michael Solomon, a New York talent mogul who lately has shifted his focus from rock stars to tech geniuses, just landed a client who he says qualifies as both.

Jeff Garzik — a core developer of the blockchain technology that underlies the controversial cryptocurrency bitcoin — is now available for freelance gigs through Solomon’s agency, 10x Management.

“Jeff Garzik is the kind of individual we built 10x to represent,” Solomon, previously an entertainment guy who got his start promoting Bruce Springsteen shows.

Nowadays, Solomon tells our James Covert, it’s the so-called 10x software engineers who have amassed rabid fans in coding markets for their rare ability to write top-notch code in a jiffy.
http://nypost.com/2015/12/20/bruce-springsteens-promoter-ventures-into-bitcoin/

Litecoin

Since the beginning of the week, Litecoin’s price stood in a corridor of $3.50 - $3.80, having created a triangle on  the chart. Next week the exit from this triangle is inevitable, and the direction of an exit depends only on the direction of Bitcoin’s price. However, this week Litecoin had another important event: as the Litecoin vs. Bitcoin exchange rate reached a local bottom of 0.008, having stopped its continuous falling at this level.

Dogecoin

If at the end of the last week ETH showed steady growth, all this week the price of ETH was falling. Having looked at the chart of one month, we can see that ETH’s price is in a falling trend again. And if this trend doesn’t stop right now, we will see updates of a bottom (which could be at around 0.0016-0.0018). Especially interesting will be the placing of orders lower than this level, they can be calculated to be a sort of panic sale.


http://cointelegraph.com/news/115920/weekly-altcoin-price-analysis-reaching-a-local-bottom-can-they-make-a-new-start

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Pohntina is a small island of the shore of Madeira. The island hosts an old Templar Fort that used to belong to the king of Portugal over a 100 years ago. Before the fall of the monarchy, he sold the island to a British family of Templar lineage, whom held the island in trust for over a century.

The British family in turn sold it to a Portugese art teacher who now goes by the name of Prince D. Renato Barros.

“There are four citizens: me, my wife, my son and my daughter.” He told The Guardian in 2014.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/13/bitcoin-atlantis-currency/

There is little doubt that electronic currency is an inevitable reality for all of us. It is also something governments will have to deal with. They can hide no longer. It is shocking that despite all of the movement and growth within the electronic currency movement, we have heard nary a whisper about this topic within the political discussions leading up to a major election year. I find this absence of discussion absolutely foolish and short-minded.
The tech community has naturally embraced the various Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Altcoin cryptocurrency standards. Each cryptocurrency that emerges is an attempt in some fashion to improve or replace a component of Bitcoin. It is a rapidly evolving landscape of alternatives and communities that is a wonder to behold. It is an ultimate expression of freedom that is enabled by the Internet, technology and the minds of free people.

https://youtu.be/6sP-GzQkqus

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/12/13/video-is-2016-the-year-that-electronic-currency-challenges-government/

Like New York NY, many started looking at North Carolina with a questioning eye when it was formally announced the state would look in to Bitcoin regulation earlier this yr. The bill calling for regulation has advanced 'cause it came to fruition in Jul., and lots of companies & digital currency lovers have been able to pack their bags within the event in that things elevated from there. As we reach the complete of 2015, it seems as if there are exceptions inside the bill’s lawful grasp. North Carolina is trying to be the brand new arena for cryptocurrency regulation, still not everybody can be regulated, it appears. In accordance to CoinDesk, select Bitcoin & blockchain-related companies are entitled to exempt standing; currency miners may continue on their merry paths with out interference. Joining them are companies who participate in non-financial blockchain services, so these likely integrating blockchain technology merely for record-keeping practices or anything comparable will be capable of escape the state’s hand. …

http://www.southcarolinasc.com/2015/12/certain-bitcoin-businesses-exempt-from-regulation-in-north-carolina/

More good news for bitcoin, and the blockchain technology that it builds upon: At least five startups with $1bn valuations are expected to emerge within the next year, according to M&A advisers Magister Advisors.

The advisers have been gazing into their crystal ball for next year, and foresee good times ahead for bitcoin firms, predicting that these startups will not just have unicorn-level valuations, but also real-world potential:

This is the territory of thoroughbreds and workhorses, not unicorns.

“The difference is that these businesses will be able to justify their valuations”, they write in a fresh report, calling the emerging bitcoin companies “thoroughbreds” rather than unicorns.

http://www.cityam.com/230736/2016-fintech-predictions-blockchain-and-bitcoin-unicorns-will-give-way-to-thoroughbreds

Shares of Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:GBTC) had their highest close on Friday since going public in May.

The shares gained another $5.00 (8.6%) to close at $63.00. On Wednesday, they hit an intraday high of $72.50 but closed at $55.25 in volatile trade. The recent highs are technically new records for the shares in their 7-month public history, with the possible exceptions of “outlier” trades from shortly after secondary trading debuted.

Wednesday’s and Friday’s respective GBTC volumes of 36,300 and 63,400 were the highest since bitcoin’s surge to above $500 in early November. At the time, bitcoin’s reported volumes also hit new records, which were recently eclipsed.

http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/trading/shares-of-bitcoin-investment-trust-gbtc-close-at-record-high/

China has been known for its strict control over capital outflow. The government has introduced regulations that limits capital outflow to 50,000 yuan per year per individual. However, the Chinese have been innovative and finding different ways to move money out of the mainland to invest in overseas assets. In the wake of the recent devaluation of yuan, the Chinese government has woken up and tightened the screws around illegal overseas transactions.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/13/unionpay-crackdown-pos-terminals-may-turn-bitcoins-gain/

Bitcoin’s (BTC/USD) recent return to its formerly wild self showed no signs of abating over the weekend.

It soared to as high as $468 on Bitstamp, a level last visited during the crazed spike to above $500 in early November. It then plummeted 14% within two hours to $400. It has since crept back to $435.

Like during last month’s market mayhem, reported volumes have set new records. According to data aggregated by bitcoinity.org, 3.3 million bitcoins were traded globally during the previous 24 hours, just shy of the record 3.44 million traded on December 5. Since the resurgence in volume 2.5 weeks ago, the daily average has been 2.6 million.

http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/trading/bitcoin-roller-coaster-continues-with-14-plunge-record-volumes/

Is there more to the current blockchain hype than there was to the Bitcoin hype of the past? 7 myths debunked. 7 reasons to be skeptical.

Two years ago, Bitcoin was at the peak of its hype cycle. The digital currency’s value skyrocketed. Increasing tenfold in 4 months, it passed the $1,200 mark, the price of an ounce of gold at the time.

Then, after a couple of security breaches and scandals such as the collapse of the largest exchange Mt. Gox in 2014, Bitcoin’s value fell down to $200. The speculation frenzy came to a halt. So did the VC’s enthusiasm for Bitcoin-based business models.

In 2015, the hype machine started humming again. The new hype revolves around the idea that Bitcoin may not be viable as a currency, but the blockchain, the distributed ledger technology that records bitcoin transactions would have a formidable potential on its own. As research reported on by Coindesk shows:

“On the question of whether “the blockchain can thrive without bitcoin”, 73% of the 55 respondents asked this question said they believe it can.”

http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/12/78702-busting-7-blockchain-bitcoin-myths/

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The SEC filed charges against two Bitcoin mining operations last week accusing the founder of launching a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors lured in by get rich quick claims. Homero Joshua Garza operated two Bitcoin companies, GAW Miners and ZenMiner.  The Connecticut-based scam paid early investors with the funds of later participants. The mining operation, according to the SEC, did not have sufficient computing power to generate the promised results.

Garza’s criminal activity has been littered across the internet for many months. There is an interesting post from  an individual stating Garza attempted to hire him in February 2014.  Redditers posted a PSA on Garza earlier this year. Garza apparently lived the high-life off of other people’s naivete, posting pictures of Ferraris and private jets and more.  Garza’s brother, Carlos Garza, was sued by the SEC this past August.

Punishment Stocks CrimeThe SEC explains that from August 2014 to December 2014, Garza sold $20 million worth of purported shares in a digital mining contract they called a Hashlet. Over 10,000 investors fell for the fraud. GAW Miners directed little or no computing power toward any mining activity.

“As alleged in our complaint, Garza and his companies cloaked their scheme in technological sophistication and jargon, but the fraud was simple at its core: they sold what they did not own, misrepresented what they were selling, and robbed one investor to pay another,” said Paul G. Levenson, Director of the SEC’s Boston Regional Office.
The SEC seeks permanent injunctive relief as well as the disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest and penalties

source : http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/12/78343-sec-charges-two-bitcoin-mining-companies-for-ponzi-scheme/

An increasing number of established financial institutions and international banking conglomerates have geared toward the distributed ledger technology of the Bitcoin network.

Some banks even offer customized banking and financial services to bitcoin startups and plan to offer bitcoin-based payment services to existing customers and institutional clients.

However, due to strict financial regulations and policies, banks are required by law makers and law enforcement to keep a detailed record of sensitive customer data, including the origin of transactions, credit data and sensitive personal information linked to the transactions such as name, address and social security number.

Since its birth in 2008, bitcoin has been recognized by the masses as the criminal’s payment network due to its “anonymity.” However, the fact is, bitcoin by default is not anonymous.


http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/06/bitcoin-by-default-is-not-anonymous/

Bitcoin e-commerce startup Purse has raised $1m in seed funding in a round led by investor Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group.

The funding is the latest for Purse, which runs a two-sided e-commerce marketplace that offers both steep discounts to Amazon shoppers willing to pay in bitcoin and allows gift cards to be exchanged for digital currency.

The startup used the announcement to advertise what it called a forthcoming "secret bitcoin project" it calls Tritium, which it said would bring “new value to consumers and partners”.

Though Purse offered no additional details, the company has demonstrated it is perhaps seeking to expand on its e-commerce model. Purse added new merchants to its platform this November, meaning products including Trezor and Ledger hardware wallets are now for sale at a discount on its market.

read more : http://www.coindesk.com/purse-raises-1-million-plans-secret-bitcoin-project/

Second bitcoin start-up to list
If it lists successfully, it will have a market valuation of almost $33 million and will become the second bitcoin start-up to list on the ASX, after digitalBTC. The latter joined the ASX through a $9.1 million reverse listing in 2014.
ASIC has issued two stop orders on Bitcoin Group's initial raising efforts. The first was within a fortnight of receiving the original prospectus – which put the listing date at September 2 – and the second, after the group was found to be promoting the fundraising round on a Chinese social media platform, WeChat, before the prospectus was approved and lodged.

The company's third prospectus says 90 per cent, $18 million, of funds raised will go towards developing operations conducted mostly across three sites in China, one in Iceland and a newer facility in Australia.

A maximum of $500,000 or 5 per cent of capital raised, whichever is less, from the raising will go to a bonus pool if the IPO is fully subscribed. This must be distributed within 60 days of the listing.

Directors will be repaid $230,000 in loans to the company. An individual can get a maximum of $150,000 from the pool. But even if the company manages to raise only $10 million, the bonus pool remains the same.

read detail : http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/second-bitcoin-ipo-delayed-for-fifth-time-20151206-glgzju.html

12,000 Brazilian businesses can receive bitcoin payments by default
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/snapcard-partners-with-pagpop-enables-brazilian-businesses-to-accept-bitcoin-1447181953

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