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Do What the Gov’t Won’t: Put Women on U.S. Currency With Google AR App
Download the iOS or Android app to see notable women on any U.S. bill (via Notable Women/Google) Sick of seeing old white men every time you open your wallet? A new Google app, developed in...
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Japan Wants To Introduce a New Form of Digital Currency
You’ve heard of bitcoin. You probably aren’t exactly sure what it is, but you’ve likely heard of it while browsing around online. But there’s something new that could be on the horizon. It’s […] The...
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A Guide to the Currency of Westeros
I had the pleasure of meeting Helen earlier this year and getting introduced to Shire Post Mint. I was completely blown away by the quality, detail, hard work, and heart that goes into every […] The...
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Fake $50 bills can turn out to be real $10 bills
If you’ve ever handled a counterfeit bill then you know there are some dead giveaways when it comes to confirming it’s a fake. You can hold the bill under a UV light to […]
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Government crowdsourcing choosing woman to put on $10 bill
The Treasury Secretary Jacob J Lew announced this week that the $10 note will be redesigned to feature a woman. The only question to ask now is who will be the new face […]
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Zimbabwe offers citizens one US dollar for every 35 quadrillion local dollars
The African country of Zimbabwe suffered a huge financial crisis back in 2008 which saw hyperinflation reach 500 billion per cent (yes, you read that right). The knock on effect being that citizens […]
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The Bitcoin Foundation is essentially broke, says new board member
Bitcoin was conceived of as a completely open, decentralized currency. As its popularity grew, it was decided there should some sort of public face for the most popular of cryptocurrencies. This is how...
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Beetle-inspired tech lets you blow on bills to find fakes
Will the Longhorn Beetle be the end of fake Benjamins? Color-changing tech could make it impossible to counterfeit American bills.
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Premier Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox implodes, no help for investors
At the time of writing, one Bitcoin is worth about $500, which is still an extraordinary amount for something that is pseudo currency not backed by a government that you can generate by […]
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Overstock.com to become first major retailer to accept Bitcoins
Even now, during the height of Bitcoin’s popularity (with one coin worth around $650 at the time of writing), it’s still not entirely easy to use them to buy things. Ever since the […]
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US government shuts down production of physical Bitcoins
Back before the recent Bitcoin boom, an enthusiast named Mike Caldwell created a physical representation of the virtual currency — the Casascius coin. The difficult-to-type Casascius Bitcoin derived...
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Dogecoin: Not a viable alternative to Bitcoin, but possibly the best...
At the time of writing, Bitcoin has fallen from its $1000-plus value, but it’s still sitting high at just $100, or so, less. Because of the ruthless competition involved in Bitcoin mining, intrepid […]
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Incredible Bitcoin mining supercomputer is submerged in liquid cooling
At the time of writing, one Bitcoin is worth around $850. Clearly, Bitcoin is experiencing once of its vaunted highs (which is always followed by a devastating low). Speculation suggests that the...
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$4.1 million worth of Bitcoins goes missing as Chinese exchange GBL disappears
More than a thousand users who had their Bitcoin investments locked up in the vaults of a Chinese exchange called GBL are re-evaluating their decision to do so today. GBL has disappeared from […]
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Bitcoins for sex: Escort agency becomes first to accept payment in Bitcoin
Though the Bitcoin craze has died down at this point, that doesn’t mean the cryptocurrency isn’t still valuable. When we last left off with Bitcoin, the pseudo currency recovered from its massive rise […]
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PayPal Galactic will help people buy stuff in space
When you're in space and you need to buy something, how do you pay for it? PayPal Galactic is intended to address the problem.
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3 minute video offers crash course on how Bitcoin works
The subject of Bitcoin pops up on occasion when you’re dealing with technology. The virtual currency is gaining traction with the computer-savvy crowd, but is still mostly unknown to the general...
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Bitcoins crashed hard, popular pools closed, and you should’ve seen it coming
If you haven’t been paying too much attention to our Bitcoin coverage lately, you’ve been missing out on an emotional, often hilarious roller coaster of monetary value. In a majority of the posts…
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The value of Bitcoin ballooned over the weekend, sitting just under $200 per...
Recently, Bitcoin has surged back into the forefront of the news cycle, due in large part to the value of a single BTC rising to never-before-reached heights. As of just one week ago,…
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Casascius: Gorgeous physical Bitcoins that have real value
Did you know that the Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is available as an actual coin? Well, it is, and it's call the Casascius.
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