(73) Performance. (68) Story. (67) When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. The family was starving, and they could hardly find money for food, let alone school fees.
Bitcoin Is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary U.S. Government. Some fear virtual currencies could hinder Americaâs ability to disrupt the financial networks of its foes and even upend parts of the global financial system.
Allowing itBit to align itself in a similar manner to how banks are regulated is a first for the bitcoin exchange community, and a victory (of sorts â although most donât necessarily characterize regulation as a victory) for the bitcoin community, as it marks the first fully regulated digital currency exchange in the U.S.