Newsletter #45

4 - 10 October 2014

# BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) 

# LATEST NEWS

• A Trader Nicknamed ‘BearWhale’ Is Freaking Out the Bitcoin Markets
• Blockchain to Grow Further After Closing $30.5 Million Funding Round
• Coinplug’s $2.5 Million Funding Round Reveals Bitcoin Growth in Korea
• Overstock Chooses Counterparty for Decentralized Stock Exchange; XCP Price Rises

# MARKET

• Some ideas for native bitcoin apps
• Bitcoin’s Killer Apps
• Why Bitcoin’s Price is Irrelevant to Its Success
• Marc Andreessen on Finance: ‘We Can Reinvent the Entire Thing’
• Cryptocurrency products and services will determine adoption of the currency – not the other way round

# ECOSYSTEM

• Overstock.com Assembles Coders to Create a Bitcoin-Like Stock Market
• State of Bitcoin Q3 2014: Ecosystem Maturing Amid Price Pressure
• Pantera September 2014 Bitcoin Letter

# LEGAL

• Philippine Government Bill Could Pave Way for Bitcoin-Backed Money
• European Commissioner-Designate to Discuss Bitcoin at EU Hearing

# LEARN

• Andreas Antonopoulos educates the Senate of Canada about Bitcoin
• What is Counterparty?