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Today we’re excited to announce support for bitcoin buy and sell functionality in the following 5 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Norway and Croatia. Users in these countries can now link their bank account via SEPA and easily buy and sell bitcoin with euros.

Coinbase buy and sell functionality is available in 24 countries worldwide. If we don’t yet support your country, sign up on our global page to be notified when we add it. …read more

Nine Democratic members of the New Hampshire House, along with the independent member, have introduced CACR 10. It would amend the State Constitution to convert gubernatorial terms from two years to four years. Currently, all states have four year gubernatorial terms except for New Hamnpshire and Vermont, which elect governors every two years. Thanks to(More)… …read more

This newspaper story describes the hearing on February 10 in Crum v Duran, the case over whether the New Mexico Constitution mandates that independent voters be allowed to vote in partisan primaries. …read more

Today we’re announcing that we’ve decided to shut down our bitcoin Tip Button. The project has seen some good usage since we launched it, with about 10,000 users accepting bitcoin tips across a variety of websites.

However, another excellent tipping service in the bitcoin community, ChangeTip, has gotten some even better traction, and done a great job at pushing the tipping ecosystem forward. So today we’d like to show our support for them and encourage existing users of our tip button to migrate over to ChangeTip.

At Coinbase, we view our core business as providing bitcoin infrastructure (secure APIs for bitcoin storage, …read more

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Oklahoma City Police Officer Jeremiah Thompson has been charged with child abuse, after a 7-month-old baby that he had been fostering for a month sustained major injuries while in his care.
In November of last year, Thompson called 911 to report that one of his foster children was having trouble breathing. At the time, Thompson was responsible for two young sisters, one 7-months-old and the other 2-years old.
Nearly five minutes into the 911 call, Thompson finally informed the operator that he had dropped the baby. According to court documents, Thompson told the operator, “I did drop her …read more

Torrance, CA — A former Torrance police officer, Zachary Bazilius, has been awarded two million dollars straight from the taxpayers pockets after he alleges he was tased by his supervisor during roll call one morning.
The settlement comes after the state already shelled out over $600,000 in defense costs related to the incident.
The officer claims he was shot with the taser, and alleges he was left with permanent back injuries, a claim the other side has disputed.
Mayor Patrick Furey has stated that he does not believe Bazilius was ever hit with electricity and simply lurched forward after being startled, causing the …read more

Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State, has ruled that the Independent Party of Oregon is now entitled to a government-administered primary. But, in theory, the party could lose that status if it doesn’t maintain its current 5% registration level. See this story. The story also says that the Independent Party will let independent voters vote(More)… …read more

New Mexico Representative Nate Gentry (R-Bernalillo) has introduced HB 346. It would move the primary for president and all other office from June to March. Because New Mexico links petition deadlines for independent candidates and newly-qualifying parties to the primary date, the bill would automatically move those deadlines from late June to mid-April. Two years(More)… …read more

The decades old presentation ceremony honoring musical accomplishments got serious this year as performers used the spotlight to shed light on the police state.
Its a trifecta. #HandUpDontShoot all night long! #Ferguson #Grammys2015 #Grammys pic.twitter.com/vOsp11uhXs
— Chuck_MODI (@POPSspotSports) February 9, 2015

The first performer of the night to address the issue of police killings was Pharrell Williams. Williams and company performed a version of “Happy” which is in stark contrast to the original version. Donning their black hoodies and with “hands up,” performers gave an artful gesture in the wake of so many slain lives.

Another artist in the “black lives matter,” Grammy takeover …read more