"A few months ago we looked at Irish CurrencyFair, a peer-to-peer site that effectively removes banks and other middlemen from currency exchange. Pushing the peer-to-peer concept even further into the world of finance, Bitcoin is a collectively managed and open-source digital currency that's completely independent of any central authority."
Full article: http://www.springwise.com/financial_services/bitcoin/
More info: http://www.weusecoins.com/
