
Crypto-anarchist offers to disband the Bitcoin Foundation
Cody Wilson, a candidate for the Bitcoin Foundation Board Election in 2015, has launched a campaign to dismantle the Foundation if elected. Wilson claims the Foundation should be “destroyed” for collaborating with authorities instead of promoting the revolutionary concepts of technological libertarianism.

Bitcoin price dips below $300 for the first time since 2013
According to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index, the price of bitcoin has fallen to around $300 in the first exchange rate shift of 2015. The price of bitcoin fell by about $15 on January 3, reaching a low of $297.87.

Almost half of all bitcoin operations took place in 2014
The number of bitcoin operations is constantly growing. The past year saw 45.5% of all bitcoin operations in history.

Forbes: block chain necessary for the 21st century global economy
Anthony Kosner at Forbes suggests that bitcoin should be seen as a “necessary building block” in the future of the world economy.

Japanese Newspaper: Mt. Gox became target of internal theft
99% of Mt Gox bitcoins went missing through internal manipulation, not due to an external cyber attack, a Japanese newspaper reports. The newspaper cites an insider source and the Metropolitan Police Department.

Predictions of bitcoin growth in 2014 did not come true
The anniversary of the bitcoin boom of 2013 has seen the publication of many articles on the topic. In one of them, the MONEY portal of The Time Inc. observes that those who predicted fast growth for bitcoin were wrong.

Warren Buffet: Bitcoin is convenient but not valuable
One of the best-known investors in the world explains how to invest: never stop studying, make long-term investments in reliable funds and avoid Bitcoin.

Fortune magazine believes in the future of the Internet of Things
The block chain makes all kinds of innovations possible, says Fortune magazine.

The U. S. Federal Reserve Bank issues a report on Bitcoin
The United States Federal Reserve Bank has published a report titled _Bitcoin: Technical Background and Data Analysis_, which contains a technical analysis of Bitcoin and the Bitcoin protocol.
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