Michael K. Hamilton

Michael K. Hamilton

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The Chicago Sun-Times, one of America’s 10 largest newspapers by readership, rolled out Bitcoin payment processing this week, becoming the first major newspaper...

Chicago Sun-Times becomes first major paper to accept BTC for subscriptions

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-04-04T02:01:00+01:00

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The Cypriot Bitcoin community has been talking about this for some time, and now it’s finally here: The University of Nicosia in Cyprus has opened up registrati...

University of Nicosia launches free online digital currencies course

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-04-02T15:16:42+01:00

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The United States’ tax agency, the Internal Revenue Service, clarified its position on cryptocurrencies Tuesday in a statement. The full text is below.

IRS will tax cryptocoins as property, not currency

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-27T00:08:00+00:00

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At a speech in Rome yesterday, Yves Mersch of the European Central Bank reiterated the bank’s stance on cryptocurrencies from 2012, but warned that such currenc...

European Central Bank repeats its 2012 stance on digital currencies

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-25T22:36:47+00:00

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Bitcoinexaminer reports that Colombia’s central bank, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, has issued a document that suggests all Bitcoin activity in t...

Colombia close to outlawing Bitcoin?

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-24T08:58:00+00:00

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The Phnom Penh Post is reporting that the Cambodian government, or at least the central bank there, will not recognize Bitcoin as a currency.

Cambodia central bank says Bitcoin is not a currency

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-23T12:13:27+00:00

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Reuters is reporting that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it would look into whether it has the authority to regulate cryptocurrencies suc...

US investigates regulating Bitcoin as a commodity

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-14T18:47:14+00:00

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Ron Paul, a former US Congressman from Texas and presidential candidate, has long rallied libertarians in the United States behind ideas that, honestly, many in...

Ron Paul was demanding legal currency competition back in 2011

Michael K. Hamilton

2014-03-12T11:04:00+00:00

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