Roundup of Recent Bitcoin-Related News

Bitcoin is a digital currency created in 2008 as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.  Information about Bitcoins can be found on the currency's website and in this Adrienne Jeffries's very comprehensive piece in The Verge.  We have been following news on this e-currency phenomenon because of its fascinating implications for the future of business law and monetary regulation.  Business Law Basics's prior reporting on Bitcoin can be found through the following links:

A roundup of recent news concerning Bitcoins and the law follows below.

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From CNBC: Upstart stock exchange SecondMarket is going to establish an investment fund holding Bitcoins as assets.

Robert Cringely at BetaNews expresses skepticism regarding the value of Bitcoin investments.

At TechCrunch, Romain Dillet speculates about Bitcoin's future as a meta-currency, and makes comparisons to the Euro.

CoinDesk focuses on Bitcoin's future use by businesses making large quantities of micropayments.

MarketWatch reports that the downfall of the online market Silk Road, alleged to have been the hub of a global drug trafficking network, included the seizure of some 26,000 Bitcoins, worth about $3.6 million (the largest such seizure to date).

Silicon Angle has further details about the seizure, as well as news about Bitcoin "mining" and other recent events.
 

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