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Bitcoin hits one-month high after drop in China FX reserves
February 8th, 2017
Bitcoin jumped more than 2 percent Tuesday to its highest since Jan. 4 amid a surge in speculative activity in Chinese exchanges after a drop in China’s foreign exchange reserves. “The volume in the Chinese exchanges is starting to ...
As Bitcoin ETF Nears, Analysts Warn of Trading Frenzy
February 7th, 2017
If the Securities and Exchange Commission approves a bitcoin exchange-traded fund next month, it might set off a speculative rush into bitcoin. An easily accessed ETF that tracks the value of bitcoin could cause money to flood into the ...
Bitcoin is back above $1,000
February 3rd, 2017
Bitcoin is back above $1,000 for the first time since January 5. The cryptocurrency was higher by 1.5% at $1,000.10 a coin as of 11:39 a.m. ET. It’s been a wild year for bitcoin. It began 2017 with a ...
Bitcoin is busting out
February 2nd, 2017
Bitcoin is busting out of its range that had been in place for the middle part of January. The cryptocurrency spent the past two weeks trapped at the $880 to $920 resistance level but has finally broken through. Bitcoin ...
Former Fed Employee Fined $5,000 for Using Computer for Bitcoin
January 31st, 2017
A former Federal Reserve employee was sentenced Friday to 12 months probation and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty in October to installing unauthorized software on a computer server at the U.S. central bank. Nicholas Berthaume, who as a ...
Hotel pays Bitcoin ransom after guests are locked out of rooms
January 30th, 2017
The Romantik Seehotel Jäegerwirt, Jäegerwirt, a luxury hotel in Austria, has gone public with the news that it was recently the victim of an attack during which hackers took control of the electronic key card system that prevented guests ...
Venezuelan authorities arrest 4 bitcoin miners
January 27th, 2017
Venezuelan authorities have arrested four people allegedly involved with a cryptocurrency-mining operation based in a small city about an hour and a half’s drive from Caracas, according to local media reports. Three men and one woman with ages ranging ...
Italian policymaker links bitcoin to mafia-controlled casino ops
January 26th, 2017
Bitcoin is giving Italian mobsters a legal way to enter the gambling industry. That was the bold claim made by Lucrezia Ricchiuti, who is convinced that the popular digital currency can be linked to casino operations runs by the ...
Leveraged trading in bitcoins halted in China
January 20th, 2017
Central Bank orders major trading platforms to halt leveraged trading business, and strengthen internal systems to curb money laundering Leveraged trading in Bitcoins has been halted in China, nearly a week after the central bank launched its first-ever probe ...
The Path to $10,000 Bitcoin
January 16th, 2017
So let’s imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative–any alternative to staying in an asset class that’s circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn’t quite dry ...
