Bitcoin altcoin race keeps going as CATcoin, LottoCoin, FireFlyCoin are added to cryptsy.com

The latest of the coins added tonight at cryptsy.com are CAT, LOT, and  FFC get over to coinedup.com fast or somewhere and grab them as price is already on a mad tear to the sky. The altcoin mania continues as massive amounts of new users and money pours into the speculative markets. Grab a rocket and hold on people!

Ron Paul: Bitcoin could 'destroy the dollar'

"There will be alternatives to the dollar, and this might be one of them," said former U.S. congressman Ron Paul. If people start using bitcoins en masse, "it'll go down in history as the destroyer of the dollar," Paul added.

 story here http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/04/technology/bitcoin-libertarian/

More and more press. A serious press madhouse lately. Mainstream media is all over digital currency as it should be.  This is going to change everything,  like cell phones or the internet changed communication this is a paradigm shift for currency.

Political donations in virtual currency debate ongoing.

Forbes ran a article stating the government would be discussing the issue further.

The Conservative Action Fund asked the FEC to decide whether PACs could accept Bitcoin donations.

 Senator Mark Warner said that he’s been “following Bitcoin for months” but is only now “wrapping his head around it.” He then remarked offhandedly that the Federal Election Committee recently approved Bitcoin for political donations. But he’s incorrect.

“The Commission discussed the drafts but held over the matter until next Thursday’s open meeting,” says FEC spokesperson Julia Queen. The issue comes up again this Thursday.

full story here.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/19/no-you-cant-donate-bitcoin-to-politicians-yet/

Wall Street Journal mentions Cryptsy and Hobonickels

In a write up of the proliferation of altcoins coming on the heels of bitcoin success, the WSJ gave a plug to Cryptsy and Hobnickels.

That is amazing HBN was my brainchild and the first coin project I worked on. Nice to see it getting spotted out in the world.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579210051252568362