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A controversial Russian Ponzi scheme is betting on Bitcoin to relaunch in Nigeria
January 12th, 2017
A month after it suspended operations in Nigeria, Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM), a Russian Ponzi scheme with over 2 million participants in Africa’s most populous country, is already plotting its comeback. MMM claimed it had to temporarily close operations ...
The price of Bitcoin falls 10% as China plans to investigate exchanges
January 11th, 2017
The price of bitcoin fell by around 10 percent after Chinese authorities announced plans to inspect bitcoin enterprises. The People’s Bank of China published an announcement this morning that it will carry out site inspections on January 17 to ...
Former Bitcoin Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
January 11th, 2017
Former Bitcoin exchange operator Anthony Murgio has been involved in a criminal investigation for quite some time now. Earlier this week, Murgio pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to operate an illegal Bitcoin exchange. This cryptocurrency platform in question is ...
Bitcoin’s Price Volatile at $900 as China Concerns Linger
January 10th, 2017
Bitcoin prices experienced intense price volatility on 9th January, continuing a trend that’s been the new normal since late last week. Prices fell nearly 5% in less than two hours across global exchange today, declining from an opening price ...
Here’s Why Bitcoin’s Dramatic Rally Just Came to an End
January 9th, 2017
A dramatic rally in digital currency bitcoin came to a spectacular end on Thursday with a plunge of up to 20% as China’s yuan rose sharply—further evidence of an intriguing inverse relationship between the pair. Bitcoin had gained more ...
Bitcoin Extends Loss After China’s Central Bank Warns Investors
January 9th, 2017
PBOC officials tell bitcoin platform to rectify issues Bitcoin surged 120% in 2016 as yuan depreciation quickened Bitcoin extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the digital currency to curb capital outflows. The cryptocurrency slid 1.2 ...
Bitcoin is crashing
January 5th, 2017
Bitcoin is getting smashed. The cryptocurrency was down 18% to about $892 per coin as of 8:17 a.m. ET on Thursday. It is the biggest drop in two years. Earlier this week, on its first trading day of the ...
Bitcoin hits a record high, but can it rival gold as a safe haven?
January 5th, 2017
With economic and geopolitical risks on the rise, bitcoin boosters are championing the ability of their crypto-currency, which hit an all-time high this week, to rival gold as a safe-haven play. “When the existing money system has problems, people ...
Colombia Declares Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies Illegal
January 4th, 2017
An article published by Colombian publication PanAm Post suggests bitcoin, and digital currencies in general, are now illegal in Colombia, claiming the administrator of regulatory body announced the news recently. The news comes after the Superintendencia de Sociedades, an ...
Legal Sparring Continues in Bitcoin User’s Battle with IRS Tax Sweep
January 3rd, 2017
In a strange twist, Coindesk reports that the IRS has, somewhat indirectly, removed one target from its broad request for data about U.S. users of the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase. It no longer wants data about Jeffrey Berns, a lawyer ...
