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Glenn Beck is what some might call a controversial figure. Known for his bombastic rants and crying fits while hosting his own, now defunct, show on Fox News, the conservative pundit now hosts his own radio show on the Radio/TV station he help found, BlazeTV. Recently, he expressed a belief that Bitcoin, and more specifically the blockchain could be a great tool in the fight for freedom.

After the Big Bang, the universe was in chaos where everything down to the smallest particle was under the influence of a mysterious force known as Dark Matter. But with time, the emergence of counterbalancing force known as light brought about life, e-commerce, travel and finance as the Dark Matter’s grip on all activity began to weaken.

Tipping itself has been a staple of the Bitcoin community for years now and was one of the first use cases that mainstream audiences found Bitcoin to be suitable for.

New Daily Digest on Hong Kong Issues Bitcoin Warning, Russia Reconsiders Stance, and BitPesa Raises US$1.1 Million

Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP), a global payment solution for the airline industry, announces it had partnered with Bitnet as a payment processor in order to accept Bitcoin payments.

In the past two weeks, there has been a clear surge in the number of Bitcoin ATMs going live around the world, according to our content partner, Coin ATM Radar. This recent push has seen the number of active BTMs hit the 350 mark as of February 8, 2015.

Emilio Pagan-Yourno says he has a strong drive to succeed, which is why he decided to create the first company to place Bitcoin ATMs (Bitcoin transaction machines, or BTMs) in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.

20Mission, a co-working space dedicated to art and technology creators, announced the launch of Nakamoto’s electronics, the first Bitcoin retail store in San Francisco.

After scraping together a 12 minute video for Glenn Greenwald on how to use PGP email encryption (which the then-Guardian reporter admits he ignored), Snowden was left trying to leak documents for which the proper security did not yet exist.

Bitcoin Analysis from Cointelegraph.

Hong Kong investment firm MyCoin may have lost US$387 million amid allegation of it being a pyramid scheme, Andreas Antonopoulos says to give Bitcoin “two years” following 2014’s record investment in the technology, IBM plans to give away US$18,000 worth of bitcoins in a “rain” of the digital currency at a São Paulo event, and much more news that happened on February 7 and 8.

Hong Kong-based Bitcoin trading and investment outfit MyCoin.hk has allegedly entered sudden bankruptcy, reportedly losing customers up to HK$3 billion (US$386.9 million) in bitcoins.

Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph

To say these are unprecedented times is an understatement. Global Central Banks are using every single monetary policy tool at their disposal to try and fight the forces of deflation and this has resulted in currency wars. In fact, 15 central banks have eased monetary policy in one way or another this year. Since this is a global economy each move made has far reaching affects upon all nations and their abilities to control the imbalances being caused by central bank brute force.

Ross Ulbricht – the man who 12 strangers recently deemed to be rightful property of the state – is set to spend the rest of his otherwise productive life in a cage. But if you’re interested in the future of cryptocurrency, whether or not Ross really ran the successful Silk Road website is beside the point.

The 2014 Survey of Bitcoin Polling, was released earlier this week by the Bitcoin Knowledge, Use, and Opinion (BitKOU) project. The report suggests that lower-income populations are more likely to adopt Bitcoin, and recommends greater effort on building knowledge and trust among general publics.

The key to Africa’s prosperity lies in the hands of its young entrepreneurs or “Cheetahs” who are increasingly turning to bitcoin to drive positive change across the continent.

A decentralized exchanged called BitSquare has launched a campaign on the decentralized crowdfunding app Lighthouse. Its campaign is simultaneously an example of how powerful decentralized crowdfunding is, and how difficult running a successful campaign is.

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In perhaps one of the more surprising interview statements from the banking industry, ex-CEO of UBS and Credit Suisse Oswald Gruebel has openly voiced his support for Bitcoin and distrust of fiat currency.

Some of the folks at BitPay have just released the stats of 2014’s Bitcoin performance – the numbers that get less fanfare than the price, but are no less indicative of the currency’s prospects.

The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading.

A group of computer science students and professors from Trinity College Dublin are working on some interesting Bitcoin projects. In an attempt to tackle and reduce fraud, they are combing the blockchain in search of patterns.

Both bitcoin and cannabis history was made in Seattle as the first vending machines to dispense marijuana debuted Tuesday.

Ross Ulbricht found guilty at Silk Road trial, New York’s BitLicense bill re-emerges after public consultation, Italy clarifies Bitcoin’s legal status, BitPay claims over 100,000 merchants now accept Bitcoin, and a lot more that happened on February 4.

A new bill proposed in New Hampshire could obligate the state treasury to draw up plans to accept Bitcoin as payment for taxes.

Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), an organ of the Central Bank in charge of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, issued a statement warning digital currency businesses to stay vigilant regarding suspicious activities due to the lack of AML/KYC requirements for Italian companies.

Ross Ulbricht is the man behind the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts”, known to be the creator and owner of the digital black market Silk Road. On February 4, 2015, he was found guilty on all seven federal charges, and faces up to a lifetime in prison.

After an initial 90-day public comment period, New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has released the latest edition of its BitLicense proposals.