Jun 18 Bitcoin processor signs deal to sponsor NCAA bowl game By Diane Jeanty In an effort to bring the digital currency bitcoin more mainstream, BitPay, an Atlanta based bitcoin payment processor, signed a deal with ESPN Events to sponsor the former NCAA Beef O’Brady’s Bowl hosted in St. Petersburg, Florida. Continue reading
May 14 Congress is about to get even more polarized By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: 2014 midterms will make polarization worse The man who would be the longest-serving member in the House disqualified from the ballot Bitcoins: A whole new world The tea party responds Interviewing Bill Clinton Just… Continue reading
Mar 14 Buffett: ‘Stay away’ from bitcoin By Sam Lane Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett harshly criticized the virtual currency bitcoin Friday during an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box." "Stay away from it. It's a mirage, basically," the Berkshire Hathaway CEO said. "It's a method of transmitting money...The idea that… Continue reading
Mar 05 Insuring the Bitcoin loss with another digital currency By Simone Pathe So what happens to the value of all those lost Bitcoins? Enter Goxcoin -- a new digital currency that would insure the assets trapped in Mt. Gox. Continue reading
Mar 02 Gamblers wager billions on unregulated Bitcoin betting sites By Simone Pathe Billions of dollars in gambling is happening in a currency that is largely unregulated, on websites set up on offshore servers, and right under the noses of officials who are unaware it exists. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Will Mt. Gox’s missing money prompt regulation on Bitcoin? By PBS News Hour Mt. Gox, an early player in the virtual currency Bitcoins, became a major online exchange until the disappearance of a significant sum and the subsequent bankruptcy of the company. Kashmir Hill of Forbes joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the potential… Continue watching
Feb 05 Most Americans unfamiliar with and won’t use Bitcoin By Simone Pathe Even as the use and price of Bitcoin has increased, 76 percent of Americans are still unfamiliar with the digital currency and nearly 80 percent of consumers have never and would never consider using an alternative currency. That’s according to… Continue reading
Dec 04 It’s no bubble: Why we should all give Bitcoin a chance By Laurence Kotlikoff Our Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell make an economic argument for Bitcoin. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Continue reading
Dec 04 It’s No Bubble: Why We Should All Give Bitcoin a Chance By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell Our Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff and Rob Shavell make an economic argument for Bitcoin. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Most Mondays on Making Sense, we turn to Larry Kotlikoff for… Continue reading
Oct 10 What can Bitcoin buy? No more heroin, but baklava and a dinner date What can bitcoins get you and how do you make purchases with them? They may be a safer payment option than credit cards, suggests Marc Hochstein, and you don't even need to own them to transact with them, explains Stephen… Continue reading