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Kyle Torpey is a freelance writer and researcher who has been following Bitcoin since 2011. His work has been featured in VICE Motherboard, Business Insider, NASDAQ, New York Post,The Next Web, American Banker, and other media outlets. You can view all his work at kyletorpey.com or sign up for his personal newsletter.

Bitcoin Transaction Fees Are Pretty Low Right Now: Here’s Why

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Take a look at where the fees have dropped - and make sure you aren't paying too much.

The Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings Are Laughably Bad

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Weiss Ratings released their cryptocurrency ratings yesterday. In response, they received a lot of criticism on social media. And rightly so.

Study Suggests 25 Percent of Bitcoin Users Are Associated With Illegal Activity

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
In a newly published paper on the use of bitcoin for illegal activity, researchers from the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney and the Stockholm School of Economics...

Here’s What Paul Krugman Got Wrong in His Bitcoin Tweetstorm

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
Like many other mainstream economists, Paul Krugman has long-shown a complete disdain for Bitcoin. In late 2013, he went as far as to write a piece titled “Bitcoin Is...

“Bitcoin Laundering” Study: Where Do Criminals Turn to Mask Illicit Cryptoassets?

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
A recent study (PDF) from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance and blockchain analytics company Elliptic explored the “bitcoin laundering” ecosystem. In the...

St. Louis Fed: In Some Ways, Bitcoin Is More Robust Than Many Fiat Currencies

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In a recent article on the basics of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (PDF), Aleksander Berentsen and Fabian Schär of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis cover the usefulness...

Credit Suisse Argues Irrational Exuberance Around ICOs Indicates Bitcoin Bubble

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In a paper written in the fall of 2017 and published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on Friday, January 12, 2018, Credit Suisse’s Dietmar Peetz and Gregory...

How Airbitz Hopes to Keep Bitcoin Decentralized on Mobile Wallets

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Recently, Bitcoin Magazine caught up with Airbitz CEO Paul Puey to get his thoughts on preserving Bitcoin’s decentralization in a smartphone environment.

Four Visions for Scaling Bitcoin: A State of Digital Money Panel

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
At the recent State of Digital Money event in Los Angeles, Bitcoin scaling was the topic of conversation for a panel consisting of Airbitz CEO Paul Puey, derivatives trader...

Lamassu’s Zach Harvey Shares Data on the Growing Use of Bitcoin ATMs

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
Lamassu is a bitcoin ATM manufacturer that started in 2013 with the goal of making it “as simple as possible to get bitcoin.” There are now hundreds of these...
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