BITCOIN Getting to 1 Billion Users We have around 5 million people who own some bitcoin in the world today   Stage 1: People holding bitcoin. Most people who buy bitcoins aren’t using them to pay for something. Most people buying bitcoins are buying it to hold it, to save it. Some people would say to speculate, […]

BITCOIN The Currency Revolution In our Bitpay story @RichardBranson says banking in “midst of enormous change,” calls #bitcoin “currency revolution”  – Michael Casey   Bitpay Venture Funding The rise of Bitcoin is in many ways reminiscent of the early days of the Internet or computers. In fact, we see strong parallels with when we witnessed […]

BITCOIN Blockchain Blockchain is about to cross 1.6million wallets – Zeroblock   The Currency Revolution is already Well Underway. BitPay is worth $160M, Coinbase has 1.1M accounts, Xapo debit card. – David Seaman   Venture Capital Investment Venture capitalists have publicly disclosed investments of $64 million this year and are on track to top $200 […]

MONTHLY ROUNDUP – APRIL 2014 BITCOIN The State of Bitcoin There are now more than 60,000 businesses that accept bitcoin, according to the latest “State of Bitcoin” report from CoinDesk. At the same time, VC continues to pour into the space. On the other hand, bitcoin prices were down 37% in the first quarter – Paul […]

BITCOIN The State of Bitcoin There are now more than 60,000 businesses that accept bitcoin, according to the latest “State of Bitcoin” report from CoinDesk. At the same time, VC continues to pour into the space. On the other hand, bitcoin prices were down 37% in the first quarter – Paul Vigna / Michael J. […]