Bitcoin in the Headlines: 21 Inc Hits Media Jackpot
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at global bitcoin news, analysing media coverage and its impact. Complete with staggering funding rounds and mysterious bitcoin startups, this week's news served up an unusually high dose of intrigue. It's safe to say both bitcoin aficionados and naysayers were taken by surprise. However, the calibre of the headlines wasn't the only notable development. Beneath the surface, the news was just as captivating and worthy of dissection, with signs that general media outlets are increasingly exploring the notion of bitcoin as a technology, as opposed to....
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Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at global bitcoin news, analysing media coverage and its impact. Being a controversial technology, bitcoin has once again managed to captivate the media's attention over the last few days. Having seemingly recovered from the bad news fatigue that riddled the headlines last week, the mainstream media seems to have engaged in the bitcoin debate, trying to find ways to tie the technology to larger trends and events. On one side of the battle field, the media believes that the digital currency could potentially be adopted by countries wanting to....
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at global bitcoin news, analysing media coverage and its impact. This week, despite a relative shortage of bitcoin news, the digital currency has still captivated a considerable amount of attention from the mainstream media. It also seems that, perhaps fatigued with the recurring negativity around the subject, the media has engaged in deeper analysis. From examining the viability of the digital currency as a payment method to the usual price debate and mention of crime, this week's coverage has something for everyone. CoinDesk takes a look at the....
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at global bitcoin news, analysing media and its impact. Ever-hungry for product launches and splashy funding rounds, the mainstream media was sent into a frenzy this week as Circle announced the closure of its $50m round and Coinbase confirmed it was expanding across the pond to the UK. Despite seemingly good news for the bitcoin ecosystem, misreporting - and inaccuracies - featured across outlets. Meanwhile, some journalists also questioned the need for substantial funding rounds, given that some startups were not highly concerned with return of....
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at bitcoin news, analysing media and its impact. Bitcoin has been scrutinised in the past, but this week's criticism took on a rather unexpected - and perhaps questionable - sense of humour. The coverage over the last few days also exemplified just how unpredictable the media's attention can be. On the one hand, bitcoin's negative association with terrorist activity reached mass coverage by a wide range of mainstream outlets. Criticism by a multinational financial services corporation, however, failed to launch the media into a reporting frenzy.....