Articles tagged "money"

On a recent balmy Friday in beautiful San Jose, an anonymous crypto currency was invading an anonymous convention center.

Thing is, it's kind of beautiful.

The rate of growth is astounding.

Why is our cash so ugly? Seriously. Even Canada has more advanced money than America!

The best use for anonymous cryptocurrency? Shame-ordering a burrito at 2 AM.

Are these online businesses too mainstream for bitcoin?

What the hell happened and what have we learned?

After peaking at $266, bitcoin took a tumble on Wednesday afternoon. A big tumble.

This monetary melody will continue to evolve as the number of bitcoin transactions steadily increases.

Some bitcoin services are more likely to comply with authority than your wish for privacy.

To be clear, anyone who claims to know the direction of bitcoin tomorrow should be taken with a grain of salt.

In light of all the buzz surrounding the first widely used digital currency, it's a good time to talk some bitcoin basics.

Will Jeff Berwick's new company launch the first bitcoin-powered ATM in Cyprus?

"It’s not about how much bitcoin is worth. The exchange rate is irrelevant. It’s about the concept."

What gives a shiny rock that has no real utility--outside of jewelry and limited industrial use--any kind of real world value?

Open-source banking charges upward.

Because it's not just HSBC.

French bitcoin exchange Paymium says it plans to regulate and institutionalize the crypto-currency with Bitcoin Central.

Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are a great way for people with great ideas to get money while circumventing the traditional hurdles of appealing to venture capitalists. Turns out they are also a great way for people with stolen money to get arou…

If you’ve ever spent an extended period without money, you’re probably well aware that not having money makes money a central part of your life.

When all is said and done, Sandy could end up costing $50 billion, according to estimates by IHS Global Insight.

You shouldn’t put money in your mouth, obviously, mainly because it has lots of gross stuff on it. We just can’t see it. That is, until Sorin Popescu, a 23-year-old pharmacy student from Romania, harvested some of the bacteria and created an art proj…

Nobody likes getting screwed over. Take Wall Street for an obvious example. Lecherous bankers dream up some too good to be true financial products, trade them on the open market even though they know they're defective, fill their coffers and shrug wh…