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Crypto 2.0 and DAWCs: Dawn of Decentralized Autonomous Workers Councils. - h+ Media

Crypto 2.0 and DAWCs: Dawn of Decentralized Autonomous Workers Councils. - h+ Media | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Workers Council DAOs - Decentralized Autonomous Workers Councils (DAWCs) are science fiction, but only just.
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German Central Bank Economist Expects EU to Fund Digital Currency Research - Bitcoin Magazine

German Central Bank Economist Expects EU to Fund Digital Currency Research - Bitcoin Magazine | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Startup Europe organized a “Blockchain and Digital Currencies Workshop” on April 27. Digital Currency Summit founder Alex Puig led the event, with the participation of Bitcoin companies and senior financial experts.

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European Central Bank: Digital Currencies 'Inherently Unstable'

European Central Bank: Digital Currencies 'Inherently Unstable' | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The European Central Bank has released a new report on digital currency, describing it as “inherently unstable” but potentially transformative in the realm of payments.
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Juan Llanos Explains How DIgital Currency Can End Poverty — DailyWarren

Juan Llanos Explains How DIgital Currency Can End Poverty — DailyWarren | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Juan is EVP of Strategic Partnerships and Chief Transparency Officer at Bitreserve.org, a cloud-based payment network that allows members to remove bitcoin’s volatility and merchants to receive payments at zero cost.

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New Digital Currency Aims to Unite Every Money System on Earth | Enterprise | WIRED

New Digital Currency Aims to Unite Every Money System on Earth | Enterprise | WIRED | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Rodrigo Batista is the CEO of Mercado Bitcoin, the first Brazilian bitcoin exchange and one of the largest digital currency operations in Latin America. Today, Mercado lets you swap Brazilian real for both bitcoin and litecoin, another currency that exists only on the internet, but Batista will soon expand the scope of his operation. By the end of August, he says, his site will embrace a brand new digital currency project called Stellar.

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HSI meets with European experts on the criminal exploitation of virtual currencies - Government Security News

HSI meets with European experts on the criminal exploitation of virtual currencies - Government Security News | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it


Payments work peer-to-peer without a central repository or single administrator. The units can also be traded for currency on some exchanges.

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Such Dogecoin. Much Validity. How one altcoin may have turned into ... - GigaOM

Josh Wise, the car’s driver, qualified for the Aaron’s 499 race in Talladega but needed the money for the sponsorship. The Dogecoin community reached out to Wise and raised more than $55,000 to pay for the doge-wrapped car. Like many people, Wise had never heard of the cryptocurrency — instead, the Doge community found him.

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Citizens Online: digital currency to alleviate inequality

Citizens Online Income New Zealand (COINZ) is a Christchurch-based charitable organization promoting the use of digital currency to alleviate inequality. Two programs we have initiated are the World Citizen Fund, which distributes Bitcoins, and the Kiwicoin program, a digital currency pegged to the NZ dollar and used for basic income. 

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Digital Currencies: Realising the potential of a transformative technology | ResPublica

Digital Currencies: Realising the potential of a transformative technology | ResPublica | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In the wake of the financial crisis, the world of finance has seen the rapid growth of digital currencies.
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Let's get digital! Ecuador's new currency

Let's get digital! Ecuador's new currency | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
More than 15 years after adopting the U.S. dollar, a South American nation is starting its own digital cash.
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I am not huge on technical mumbo-jumbo but I do not understand how this would benefit Ecuador? Especially if the bitcoin is illegal? I feel like Ecuador has another thing coming when it comes to getting this together.

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Ecuador to Issue First National Digital Currency - teleSUR English

Ecuador to Issue First National Digital Currency - teleSUR English | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it


The new virtual currrency will not replace the country's existing currency, but will be used along side it as an alternative for specific operations.

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New Bitcoin challenger launches - Fortune

New Bitcoin challenger launches - Fortune | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The San Francisco-based startup, whose technology lets businesses accept online payments, helped introduce a newBitcoin-like currency on Thursday called “stellar,” as well as a payments network that lets users send any kind of traditional and digital currency including U.S. dollars, pesos, euros and Bitcoins. People will be able to send one kind of currency across the globe and have it automatically converted into another — a sort of all-inclusive online money exchange.

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How Swarm Plans to Become the Facebook of Crowdfunding - CoinDesk

How Swarm Plans to Become the Facebook of Crowdfunding - CoinDesk | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

A new company called Swarm Corp is launching a decentralized crowdfunding platform that will allow companies to sell cryptographic shares easily and quickly by creating their own digital currencies.

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HullCoin is first local government digital currency in UK - CNET

HullCoin is first local government digital currency in UK - CNET | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The British city of Hull has introduced its own version of Bitcoin to help local residents suffering after government cuts.
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