Weekend Roundup: Glenn Beck Voices Support for Blockchains, EU Tax Issues Loom, and BTC Retail Store Opens in SF
On Tuesday, Ian DeMartino reported that American TV personality Glenn Beck was next in the long line of noisy people who had hitched their political agendas to Bitcoin and its underlying technology. On Thursday, Charlie Richards reported on legislation at the EU level that could potentially affect hundreds of millions of Europeans, should they begin to use bitcoins. On Monday, Diana Ngo reported on a brick-and-mortar store called Nakamoto’s, which just opened inside of a coworking space in San Francisco. Those that hate him likely aren't going to change their opinion on Bitcoin because of....
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