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Russia to provide $2bn for new BRICS Development Bank
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying the deal establishing the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), according to a document published on …

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Bitcoin
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Greece has never been accused of being an economic savant over the last generation. Using the Drachma for the 3rd time from 1951 to …

New EU Legislation on VAT
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Although it seems to have largely gone unnoticed, the European Union introduced new Value Added Tax (VAT) laws on 1st January this year. As a consequence …

Mazacoin Celebrates One Year of Success
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This month see’s the first birthday of Mazacoin. The Genesis Block was written into blockchain Feb 7, 2014, 5:24:05 PM. It is now time to …

National Crypto Currencies for Europe
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UnitedCoins is a project whose aim is to restore national currencies in the territories of the European Union in the form of cryptocurrencies. The …

The 7 Biggest Crypto Scandals of 2014
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Even though 2015 is right around the corner, some might say that bitcoin was still in its ‘Wild West’ days throughout the course of …

Silk Road prosecutors want to ban Ross Ulbricht’s libertarian politics in court
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Prosecutors in the case against alleged Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht want the court to prohibit Ulbricht from saying almost anything political at all, …

Possible upcoming attempts to disable the Tor network
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The Tor Project has learned that there may be an attempt to incapacitate our network in the next few days through the seizure of …

Russia’s currency needs help, but don’t count on Bitcoin
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The decline of the Russian ruble earlier this week has caused a mass selloff of the currency in exchange for alternatives — including the …

Belarus’s 30% Tax on Foreign Currency Could Force Bitcoin to Take Root
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Today, the National Bank of Belarus announced that it will implement an immediate 30% tax on purchases of foreign currency for individuals and legal …

The Evolution of Trust: P2P Economy
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By David Brooks, OP-ED COLUMNIST at The New Your Times I’m one of those people who thought Airbnb would never work. I thought people …

Bitcoin is not compatible with the State
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Bitcoin and State do not go together at all. Neither logically, nor economically. Logically, if you think that the state is a useful and …