Weekend FinTech Reading, May 30 — June 1, 2014

It’s the weekend which means it’s time to catch up on recent FinTech news and reading.

ANX Launches Bitcoin Retail Store In Hong Kong

A man poses for a photograph with a mock Bitcoin outside the ANXBTC store, operated by the ANX Bitcoin exchange, in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. ANX, a Hong Kong-based platform for trading virtual currencies, opened the first retail store in the city that allows individuals to buy and sell Bitcoins in Hong Kong dollars. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Tech Takeover: The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for Everything (WIRED)

Tech Entrepreneurs Are Here To Run Your Bank (Forbes)

Siri, Make a Trade: In a Stock Trade, It’s Man vs. Machine (New York Times)

Living On Bitcoin A Year Later: Will It Be Easier? (Forbes)

VC Investment in European Fintech Hits Post-Dot-Com High (Wall Street Journal)

The Elusive Cloud: Cloud Complexity, Simplified (New York Times)

King of Payments: Apple Will Soon Be the Way You Pay Online and Beyond (WIRED)

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The Bitcoin Project: MIT is about to become the worlds first Bitcoin economy (Venture Beat)

Bitcoin lands on Bloomberg terminals, a thumbs-up from old finance (Venture Beat)

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