Weekly Review

News

The worst swear word, a risky business, and playing by the numbers

Why is Belgium so nonchalant on bitcoin? Is Kraken right to focus on features over compliance? John Law investigates.

Markets  ·  13 September 2013
News

Bad secrets, why Pi is the answer, and building a regulation-proof exchange

John Law investigates the latest bitcoin vulnerabilities, his inability to play pool, and StrongCoin's solution to exchange regulation.

Markets  ·  6 September 2013
News

Bitcoin: a hopeful start, a stunning spurt, and what the Romans did

Twerking, increasing mining activity, and the Bitcoin Foundation at Capitol Hill have all got John Law excited this week.

Markets  ·  30 August 2013
Germany

Golden answers to your bitcoin questions

John Law explores Germany's classification of bitcoin and the solution for those tired of answering their friends' bitcoin-related questions.

Markets  ·  23 August 2013
Features

The staring match between The Man and bitcoin: nobody’s blinked yet

John Law delves into Bitcoin secrecy and subpoenas, Bloomberg's bitcoin ticker, and Casascius coin hacking at Defcon.

Markets  ·  16 August 2013
Features

The bitcoin guide to what to do, eat, read and think on your holiday

John Law interrupts your summer shenanigans with a 'bitcoin holiday guide'; covering Soylent, Raspberry Pi's and career prospects.

Markets  ·  9 August 2013
Thailand

Bitcoin’s lessons on the bahts and the bees

Headlines this week wanted to show Thailand being idiotic, or that cryptocurrencies were in serious trouble; ideally, both.

Markets  ·  2 August 2013
Scams

Uniting the globe, reigniting old scams, and the power of hungry geeks

An Israeli, an Afghani and an Iranian walk into a bar, and John Law gets hungry for bitcoin-powered noodles.

Markets  ·  26 July 2013
News

Bitcoin buy-outs? Time to place your bets

The house definitely wins in bitcoin's first major acquisition, SatoshiDice, and is art the sophisticated man's bitcoin?

Markets  ·  19 July 2013
News

Taxing, hacking and the one key innovation to ensure BTC victory

Vikings and core bitcoin code nurturing - John Law looks at the week's events in the cryptocurrency world.

Markets  ·  12 July 2013
News

Fighting the good fight with bitcoin

The Bitcoin Foundation comes out guns blazing against the state of California, and John Law theorises about the Vatican's secret bitcoin-mining operation.

Markets  ·  5 July 2013
News

Snowden, narcs and Swedish chips: Bitcoin loves them all

Show Edward Snowden your support in bitcoins or get yourself an understated Swedish KnC mining rig. Just don't let the DEA seize your bitcoin stash.

Markets  ·  28 June 2013
News

Bitcoin vs the ‘Bin Laden’

Bitcoin money laundering? Not such a big deal. But bitcoin could well get big in Kenya, and is already seeing action in London pubs.

Markets  ·  21 June 2013
News

A grave case of spooks

The whole world had to pretend to be shocked this week when it was revealed that American spies had been spying.

Markets  ·  14 June 2013
China

Will Apple break the bank? – The CoinDesk Weekly Review

John Law's take on the week in digital currency, covering everything from China's interest and Bitcoin exchange issues to Apple's iMoney patent.

Markets  ·  7 June 2013