Thanks to Vijay, Ben, Jeff and others:

• What did Satoshi say on economics and money? from reddit (after reading a few hundred posts it is pretty clear that Satoshi probably lived abroad many years and may in fact be a Japanese-American [or Canadian].  from a professional perspective, after having worked in and out of the EFL industry for several years it is pretty easy to tell if a writer is a native speaker or not.  also, i recently asked a Japanese-American friend to look over the posts, that was his opinion as well)
• A simple solution to credit card fraud, part 4: A primer on elliptic curves from Rondam Ramblings (couple months old, but good info about crypto)
• BTCs from Foseti (slightly optimistic take on whether cryptocurrency’s will end up complying with future regulations)
• Aaron Lasher on Bitcoin Security, Interviewed by Jeffrey Tucker
• The Pirate Bay Now Accepts Bitcoin Donations from TorrentFreak
• FR33 Aid to use bitcoin for donations from The Picket Line
• A poll was conducted of global profs by Chicago Booth School of Business — “A bitcoin’s value derives solely from the belief that others will want to use it for trade, which implies that its purchasing power is likely to fluctuate over time to a degree that will limit its usefulness.” (see results here)
• Largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, ‘throttles’ trading to tame price swings from ComputerWorld