Russia to provide $2bn for new BRICS Development Bank
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, the National Bank of Belarus announced that it will implement an immediate 30% tax on purchases of foreign currency for individuals and legal …
Bitcoin is not compatible with the State
Bitcoin and State do not go together at all. Neither logically, nor economically. Logically, if you think that the state is a useful and …