Donate: https://blockchain.info/address/1LAYuQq6f11HccBgbe6bx8DiwKwzuYkPR3 Subscribe: http://patreon.com/madbitcoins Sponsor: http://MadBitcoins.com Sept 26, 2014 -- MadBitcoins -- The only Breakfast cereal with a console cowboy cartoon character. Get along you little blueberry critters, git along. Special Thanks to Bitcoin donors: 0.0011956, 0.0006, 0.005 and ChangeTippers Hallerd, 1kzworld, MrProper, B for Basti, Kyle Torpey and M3metic! You can sponsor this show or donate at http://MadBitcoins.com! Donations and Ads make this show possible. Here are Today’s MadBits: Bitcoin Prices are down slightly again with Bitcoinity.org reporting a last of $404, a high of $418 and a low of $396. Litecoin is at $4.36 cents. The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-26/the-secret-goldman-sachs-tapes First, a bit of background -- which you might get equally well from today's broadcast as well as from this article by ProPublica. After the 2008 financial crisis, the New York Fed, now the chief U.S. bank regulator, commissioned a study of itself. This study, which the Fed also intended to keep to itself, set out to understand why the Fed hadn't spotted the insane and destructive behavior inside the big banks, and stopped it before it got out of control. The "discussion draft" of the Fed's internal study, led by a Columbia Business School professor and former banker named David Beim, was sent to the Fed on Aug. 18, 2009. It's an extraordinary document. There is not space here to do it justice, but the gist is this: The Fed failed to regulate the banks because it did not encourage its employees to ask questions, to speak their minds or to point out problems. Just the opposite: The Fed encourages its employees to keep their heads down, to obey their managers and to appease the banks. That is, bank regulators failed to do their jobs properly not because they lacked the tools but because they were discouraged from using them. The report quotes Fed employees saying things like, "until I know what my boss thinks I don't want to tell you," and "no one feels individually accountable for financial crisis mistakes because management is through consensus." Beim was himself surprised that what he thought was going to be an investigation of financial failure was actually a story of cultural failure. CFTC to Discuss Bitcoin Among Other Things At Meeting Next Month http://newsbtc.com/2014/09/25/cftc-discuss-bitcoin-among-things-meeting-next-month/ New Film Uncovers Staunch Support of BTC in Argentina – and Not Just from Startups http://cointelegraph.com/news/112605/new-film-uncovers-staunch-support-of-btc-in-argentina-and-not-just-from-startups The Strange Case of Bitcointalk’s Chinese Ban http://cointelegraph.com/news/1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV5es2JluTw

February 10, 2014 -- Phoenix, Arizona -- MadBitcoins ... after MadBitcoins ... after MadBitcoins. MadBitcoins Subscriber Index 2508. The alien fortold of a Mountain that would one day cause great havoc with Bitcoin Exchanges. But the aliens said that unlike a real mountain, this mountain would not last forever. It too will pass. Vote MadBitcoins for the Shorties! (The Shorty awards are a twitter-based popularity contest -- which I am currently losing. Vote for MadBitcoins using your twitter account and ShortyAwards.com) -- nominations end in 8 days. Crunch time! http://shortyawards.com/MadBitcoins?category=videoblogger Here are Today's MadBits: Without Mt. Gox to drive the price up or down (as in recent days), CoinDesk BPI is once again a working average of actual bitcoin prices. With CoinDesk BPI reporting a last of $664, a high of $704 and a low of $535. (Man that's a sweet deal.) Litecoin was at $16 dollars and 99 cents a coin. Also a very good deal. MadBitcoins Donations are on sale! Donate now and when I hold them, they'll end up with more value! Alt coins too! It's just like magic, because it is magic! http://madbitcoins.com This episode of MadBitcoins is sponsored by Viewers Like You! Special thanks to Donors 0.002, 0.00666, 0.00112233 and 0.001 -- MadBitcoins thanks you for your generous support. We'd also like to thank our 7 subscribers! Up from 5! Did you know? You can subscribe to MadBitcoins at MadBitcoins.com and donate whatever you'd like on a recurring basis? From Five dollars a month to Five cents a month, you can subscribe! Using Bitcoin at http://MadBitcoins.com! 1.) Bad News is Good News for Bitcoin http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/10/bad-news-is-good-news-for-bitcoin/ 2.) Meanwhile, we've reached stage 2 of the Mt. Gox Press Release stages of grief https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgIHlDoCYAAV5Gp.jpg Gox Press Release https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20140210.html Bloomberg Withdraw as Normal http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-10/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-says-users-can-withdraw-cash-as-normal.html Contrary to Mt. Gox's Statement, Bitcoin is not at fault https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=418 Wow, fuck Mt Gox [rant] http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1xiium/wow_fuck_mt_gox_rant/ CoinDesk also removed Mt. Gox from the Bitcoin Price Index http://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-removes-mt-gox-bitcoin-price-index-2/ In Alt coin news today, Hitler tried to mine Maxcoin and he's not at all happy about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDoaf5Vnh7s&feature=youtu.be 3.) Bitcoin Foundation Provides Additional Grant to Coinpunk Project http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6085/bitcoin-foundation-provides-additional-grant-to-coinpunk-project/ 4.) Wall Street Journal Debuts Dedicated Bitcoin Coverage http://b ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zOlOtVxowg

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Cape Town, South Africa -- I'm hoarding hyperinflation and I'm coming in for a hard landing. -- Here are today's MadBits: Bitcoin prices are steady. near the $100 mark. With a Last of 102, a High of 104 and a Low 102 and a low Volume of 9,898 BTC. 1.) Bitcoin Black Market Competition Heats Up, With Pro Marketing And Millions At Stake http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/26/bitcoin-black-market-competition-heats-up-with-pro-marketing-and-millions-at-stake/ Youtube: Atlantis Advertisement http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jFwPjUpv-9M 2.) The DEA has Seized it's first Bitcoins http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/53700133097/users-bitcoins-seized-by-dea 3.) More Small Businesses Embrace Bitcoin! A slightly postive story about bitcoin, balanced with a fair share of FUD. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323300004578559941389131384.html Hat Tip - Fight Club Ending* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Huy-JP1xo&feature=youtu.be *Fight Club Ending property of 20th Century Fox Pictures. 1.1 seconds used for illustration purposes only. ---------------------------------------------- colophon -- all the things you ever wanted to know about MadBitcoins: Video Background -- Mondex Design http://www.mondexdesign.com/ 3D Mandelbox Flythrough Test Animation 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMQnCuNDXgM Music -- Forstzombie3000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAzrmyAWOkg Bitcoin Price Chart -- Mt. Gox https://mtgox.com/ Donate Bitcoins to MadBitcoins! 1PtAdf3LbwrPfX87dQ8TMuKEzuMUZtg1z1 http://www.madbitcoins.com MadBitcoins YumCoins Special Edition (0.01 BTC) https://yumcoin.com/p/PmFk Donate to MadBitcoins Bitcoinstarter! -- it's a fundraiser that could send MadBitcoins on the Road! Traveling shows! Small Businesses! A fully wrapped small RV/bus/van! Advertising Opportunities! Sponsorship available? Will I drive all over the country promoting your bitcoin product or your competitors? Who will support the MadBitcoins Tour? https://bitcoinstarter.com/projects/102 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --^^-- Please Subscribe to MadBitcoins Today! --^^-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCroF35VuRA