Bitcoin News Weekly

• Blockchain.info release a MAJOR new version of its Android Wallet

• Reactions to New York's proposed regulations for a BitLicense ... basically, the pitchforks are out

• Reid Hoffman, Founder of LinkedIN announces that Bitcoin is his Five Year Investment Plan!

• Tatiana Moroz of TatianaCoin!

• Debit cards and dollar-backed digital currency make it easier than ever to experiment with Bitcoin.
• Can you be charged for money laundering if Bitcoin isn't technically considered money?
• An island off the coast of France (Jersey) offers a bitcoin hedge fund AND an offshore tax shelter...

All that, and more, on Bitcoin News Weekly!

• David Moon of Spelunk.in joins us.

• Could Bitcoin's value reach $10k by next year? 

• California legalizes digital currency.

• Vericoin announces a CryptoBank (the first bitcoin "savings" account).

• Extortionists target pizza joints, demanding bitcoin payments.

• Marshall Hayner (@MarshallHayner), the creator of QuickCoin and founder of the Bitcoin Fair is our guest.
• Japan says it will not regulate Bitcoin!  is this a wise move given all the trouble with Mt Gox?
• Coinbase addresses the ease-of-use issue on two fronts -- while making an endorsement some call irresponsible
• 2014 Bitcoin investments are ramping faster than Internet investments did in 1995 - was Marc Andreesen right?

This week we are joined by Tim Parsa CEO of Bitreserve.  Tim tells us all about his new endeavor Bitreserve and sticks around for the news and we talk about...

• Ghash.io exceeds the 51% hashing rate -- is this the Bitcoin Apocalypse that's been predicted?

• The Feds are auctioning off Silk Road's seized BTC -- does this mean that BTC has now been granted legal status?

• Is bitcoin burning a hole in your pocket? The list of things you can buy with bitcoin...including your own immortality!

This week Benson Samuel  head of CoinSecure.in joins the discussion.

• Apple releases a new virtual currency policy update at the WWDC this week -- but is it good or bad for Bitcoin?

• eBay's CEO remarks definitively that Paypal "will have to integrate digital currencies"

• Bitcoin moves a step closer to attaining lawful money status in California

Ryan Singer, co-founder of CryptoCorp, talks multi-signature wallets, plus Bitcoin passes $650, do we need independent audits? and will BTC surpass Paypal? And Bitcoin's Achille's Heel.

This week we welcome Sean Percival of 500 Startups to speak about his venture capital investments into the Bitcoin space and the basics of Bitcoin mining. We also discuss Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam, Richard Branson and Jerry Yang's investments in BTC, the accessibility of Bitcoin to the public, Jeremy' Allaire’s ambitious new bitcoin endeavor Circle, the Chinese government's attempts to stifle Bitcoin and Sean introduces us to GoGo Coin and Coinalytics.

This week we bring you an interview with Mt. Gox Protestor Kolin Burges, news of the Dept of Homeland Securiity investingating Bitcoin Terrorists, the Winklevoss twins move into the bitcoin market, Brock Pierce's new tattoo, the FEC ruling on Bitcoin campaign contributions and Mark hosts an episode of Take My Bitcoins

• What is Bitcoin? Is it digital cash, digital gold, or digital land?

• BTC China Halts RMB Account Funding

• How to store Bitcoins in no other place but in your mind!