E&E Bitcoin 'Cast

MasterCard hates Bitcoin or at least a MasterCard Worldwide executive does. He refers to it as a Ponzi Scheme and fears it will hurt the MC brand. http://www.teribuhl.com/2013/10/22/mastercard-hates-bitcoins/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

As Bitcoin markets continue to rally, the focus is on increasing Bitcoin adoption in China but what affects the price of gold should also be informative to us in respect to how we think of what is driving interest in Bitcoin and is not exclusive to the orient. feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

A self-funded Canadian Bitcoin startup is looking to build out Bitcoins payment infrastructure in a way that offers consumers an experience simmilar to online banking solutions that exist today. Coinkite wants to be a new financial services company specifically for Bitcoin! https://coinkite.com feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

This weekend, Bitcoin price crossed an important psychological barrier in a very important market. https://btcchina.com/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Popular service www.egifter.com has accepted Bitcoin as a payment for popular gift cards for some time now and has recently added Wal-Mart gift cards to their inventory. So whats the answer to the question, what can you buy with a bitcoin? Only slightly indirectly, the answer is now almost anything. http://www.egifter.com feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

After talking about decentralized exchanges, Ethan feels the desire to respond to some criticisms. What about AML or KYC laws? Who will stop money laundering on a decentralized exchange? Ethan has an answer! feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

The Chinese equivalent of Google search just had one of its subsidiaries start accepting Bitcoin for payment of services. This is the largest company to ever have accepting Bitcoin to date. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-google-now-accepting-bitcoin-182100345.html feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

As crypto currency based equities exchanges continue to suffer complications due to securities regulations coming mainly from the United States, decentralized solutions are being payed more attention. In this update, Ethan gives a cursory overview of coloured coins which could easily serve as a decentralized exchange solution. http://www.bitcoinx.org/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

A merchant swears by Bitcoin and doubles sales after using Bitcoin to accept payments.  Tealet, a company focused on small farmers in the developing world embraces the digital currency with great satisfaction. http://www.coindesk.com/tealet-ruffles-feathers-expletive-filled-bitcoin-announcement/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Its here. An honest to goodness debit card attached to a bitcoin exchange account! CAVIRTEX, Canadas Bitcoin exchange introduces a reloadable debit card that can be used at debit machines and Point Of Sale terminals just like any other debit card. https://www.cavirtex.com/news Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Fidor bank which operates in the Eurozone has teamed up with the relatively new Kraken Bitcoin exchange to offer regulated Bitcoin trading services to their clients. RELEASE THE KRAKEN! http://www.coindesk.com/kraken-partners-fidor-bank-offer-bitcoin-trading-services/ Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Popular crypto-stock exchange Bitfunder.com, without warning, decided to close off new registration to American customers and require identification verification in the near future for those wishing to transfer funds. The Bitfunder market collapsed in response to the news and panic ensued. https://bitfunder.com/ Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

After signing up more than 10,000 merchants on their platform, payment processor BitPay has now introduced tiered pricing plans for merchants with 0% in fees for payment processing. https://bitpay.com/pricing?1= Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

A change to how Bitcoin works will depend on a central authority structure to establish trust between merchants and consumers. Is this a violation of the spirit of Bitcoin as an open source case study in decentralized networks? http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-payment-protocol-makeover/ Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

More disruption in the Bitcoin community as the worlds largest Bitcoin centric forum is taken down by hackers. www.bitcointalk.org was compromised by The Hole Seekers who are now attempting to auction off the forums user information database. http://hackread.com/bitcointalk-hacked-email-for-sale/ Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn