US Mint Resumes Selling One-Tenth Ounce Gold Coins... At A 40% Premium To Spot
• zerohedge.comWhen news broke a month ago that the US Mint had suspended selling one-tenth ounce gold coins,.......
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The Biggest Loser Wins
• The Daily BellWhile the world's economies jockey one another for the lead in the currency devaluation derby, it's worth considering the value of the prize they are seeking.
Liberty-focused non-profits find a friend in Bitcoin #Bitcoin2013
• Coindesk.ComRepresentatives from three non-profit organizations that accept donations in bitcoins say their groups’ freedom- and peace-focused missions mesh with the Bitcoin ethos.
Bitcoin ATMs: Handy Vending Machines or Money-Laundering Nightmares?
• Wired.comThe Robocoin is an ATM for Bitcoins, and for a few glorious days this past weekend, on a conference center floor in San Jose, California, it dished out thousands of dollars in exchange for Bitcoins, the world’s most popular digital currency.
Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
• http://www.thedailybell.com, By Paul Craig RobertsOver the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve's policy of Quantitative Easing (QE).
Notes From Bitcoin 2013
• Lewrockwell.comThe Not So Impressive Winklevoss Twins Presentation
Amazon launches its own virtual currency called Coins
• Daily MailAmazon has launched its own currency called Amazon Coins. It's currently only available in the States for Kindle Fire owners, but the Coins can be used to pay for games, apps and in-app purchases from the Amazon Appstore. One Amazon Coin is wo
Company Spends Real Money — $350,000 Worth — On Bitcoin Startups
• Wired.comBitcoin took another step toward the mainstream Tuesday with the announcement of at least $350,000 available for Bitcoin-focused startups participating in the next class of Silicon Valley-based accelerator Boost VC.
Euro rises vs dollar, German ZEW holds key to more
• http://in.reuters.com, By Anirban NagThe euro rose versus the dollar for the first time in four sessions on Tuesday, helped by profit-taking on bets favoring the U.S. currency and by expectations that German investor morale could nudge higher.
My Official Withdrawal from the BitcoinATM Project
• http://dollarvigilante.comSometimes things don't always go to plan.
Yen Falls Beyond 101 per Dollar on Bond Purchases; Franc Slides
• www.businessweek.com, Lucy Meakin and Kevin BucklaThe yen weakened beyond 101 per dollar for the first time since April 2009 after a government report showed Japanese investors boosted holdings of overseas bonds, ending the longest streak of sales since January 2010.
A Gold-Price Rule as a Middle-Ground Path to a Genuine Gold Standard
• .central banking and gold-based money are incompatible; in logic and history alike they don’t go together, at least not for long. “If you want the gold standard in durable form,” he writes, “you can’t have central banking,” and “if you want central ba
Bitcoin: The Tyranny Test
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Paul RosenbergAn increasing number of people have complained about governments and central banks in recent years, even using the word "tyranny" to describe them. They are, of course, called names in the establishment press: conspiracy theorists, mainly.
Let’s Cut Through the Bitcoin Hype: A Hacker-Entrepreneur’s Take
• Dan Kaminsky via WIRED.comBitcoin. Everybody’s talking about it. What’s true, and what’s hype? Perhaps the only thing that’s clear about Bitcoin is that it’s not going away anytime soon. Who am I to say? I’m not an economist; I’m a hacker
When Is The Government Going To Shut Down Bitcoin?
• endoftheamericandream.comDo you actually believe that the central banks of the world are going to sit back and do nothing while their monopoly over money creation is being threatened?
Bitcoin Is Not as Secure, Unregulated, or Lucrative as You Might Think
• Wired.comBitcoin. Everybody’s talking about it. What’s true, and what’s hype?
Payments Using Chinese Yuan Continue to Surge as Currency Tops Russian Rouble in Popularity
• CNS NewsA press release from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication shows that the value of payments using Chinese Yuan currency grew by 171 percent between January 2012 and January 2013.
Canada Launches Space Robot-Themed $5 Bill with Astronaut's Help
• Robert Z. Pearlman viaThe Bank of Canada had appropriate help Tuesday (April 30) launching its new space-themed $5 bill – the Canadian commander of the International Space Station.
U.S. Mint Sales of Gold Coins Jump to Highest in Three Years
• Prison PlanetSales of gold coins by the U.S. Mint rose to the highest since December 2009 after the price of the metal in April fell the most in 16 months.
How The New $100 Bill Will Foil Counterfeiters
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comThe most complicated $100 bill yet
Bitcoin Prices Remain Volatile, Will it Become a Mainstream Currency?
• thedroidguy.comTwo weeks after Bitcoin prices hit the all time high of $230 on April 9th, the price of the virtual currency remain wildly volatile.
BitCoin, Or BetaCoin? What The Venture Capitalists Are Thinking
• zerohedge.comAfter a disastrous few days in early April, bitcoin is back over $100 and up on the month, the year and its short lifetime.
China PMI Miss Slams JPY-Carry Trades
• zerohedge.comThanks to a drop into contractionary territory for both New Export Orders and Employment, HSBC's Flash China Manufacturing PMI missed expectations and dropped to its equal lowest 'expansionary' print in six months.
Chinese Sue Fed For Monopoly USD Devaluation
• zerohedge.comIn what could to grow into a class action in US courts, a Chinese woman is suing the Federal Reserve after discovering that the real value of the USD250 she put in an account in 2006 had shrunk by 30%.
Buying Guns With Bitcoin
• David Higginbotham via LewRockwell.comLet me be clear. I’m not endorsing skirting the ATF’s rules or regulations in any way.
Is JPY About To Get The 'Gold' Treatment?
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenOvernight a number of media types discussed the inevitability of the 100JPY Maginot Line being crossed (the same way they predicted the inevitable breach of USDJPY 100 two weeks ago).
What’s Riskier Than Bitcoins? Bitcoin Companies
• Wired.comLet’s say you believe that the price of gold is going to go through the roof (as opposed to where it has been going lately: the basement).
Presidential Candidate Darryl W. Perry Becomes the First Presidential Candidate to accept Bitcoin
• Darryl W. PerryNEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2013, Keene, NH - On this date in 1775, the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. Today, Presidential candidate Darryl W. Perry announces that he will be the first Presidential candidate t
Bitcoin Isn’t the Only Cryptocurrency in Town
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom SimoniteCurrencies designed to fix perceived flaws in Bitcoin could lead to competition that makes the idea of digital “cryptocurrency” stick.
The Great Gold vs. Bitcoin Debate: Casey vs. Matonis
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Andy DuncanFollowing the Mt. Gox takedown, I acted as referee between Doug Casey, of Casey Research, and Jon Matonis, of Bitcoin Foundation, as they discussed the relative merits of two free market monies, gold and Bitcoin. It was a great contest.
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