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Operators of Bitcoin Mining Operation Butterfly Labs Agree to Settle FTC Charges
February 19th, 2016
Butterfly Labs and two of its operators have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived thousands of consumers about the availability, profitability, and newness of machines designed to mine the virtual currency known as Bitcoin, and ...
New Digital Currency Zcash Promises Total Anonymity and Privacy
February 18th, 2016
The creators of a new digital currency say that mathematical algorithms will ensure that its users keep their transactions counterparties and amounts encrypted. While digital currencies such as Bitcoin are known for their pseudonymity, it is often possible to ...
Budapest gets bitcoin taxis
February 12th, 2016
Do you need a taxi and don’t have cash or a credit card? Well if you’re in Hungary’s capital Budapest you’re in luck if you hold some bitcoin. It is the latest city where you can use the virtual currency ...
PayPal Puts a Stop to Bitcoin-Inspired Ad Parody
February 11th, 2016
‘New Money’ campaign gets an imitator after the Super Bowl PayPal Holdings Inc. this week blocked a parody of its “New Money” Super Bowl ad that swapped in “bitcoin” as the future of money. PayPal, which lets users and ...
Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
February 8th, 2016
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters. It has been ...
How China’s Plans to Launch Its Own Currency Might Affect Bitcoin
January 26th, 2016
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed that it is in discussions to launch its own digital currency. What does this mean for Bitcoin? A statement by the PBOC about issuing its own digital currency is making its way ...
Banks Still Closing Accounts Over Bitcoin Activity
January 11th, 2016
Finding a bank that makes it easy to buy and sell bitcoin continues to be a challenge. The problem doesn’t come as a surprise to CCN readers, given that some major banks have questioned the need for bitcoin. (Some ...
Could Mike Tyson’s bitcoin wallet be a contender?
January 7th, 2016
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson is taking his interest in the bitcoin market a step further with the launch of a digital “wallet” for the digital currency bitcoin. Last year Tyson used his fame to sponsor an ATM that ...
The ‘Bitcoin Island’accept the digital currency for everyday transactions
January 4th, 2016
Bitcoin: How the Isle of Man is leading a cryptocurrency revolution A scattering of businesses on ‘Bitcoin Island’ accept the digital currency for everyday transactions alongside sterling Like most coffee shops, Java Express in Douglas offers its clientele ...
11 Bitcoin Startups That Went Bust in 2015
December 28th, 2015
This year was a time of further consolidation for the bitcoin industry. After what you might call a ‘Wild West’ period (when it seemed everyone with the urge was setting up their own bitcoin-based service), the space is now rapidly becoming ...
