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The Five Most Useful Properties of Bitcoin
June 2nd, 2016
Bitcoin has received plenty of hype as the money of the future over the past few years, but what are the properties of this digital asset that set it apart from everything else on the market? What are the ...
Mystery Solved: $6.6 Million Bitcoin Theft That Brought Down Dark Web Site Tied To 2 Florida Men
May 31st, 2016
The U.S. government has seized $4.5 million from two Florida men who allegedly stole 5,400 bitcoins from illegal online drug sales site Sheep Marketplace in late 2013, shortly before the price of bitcoin hit its peak of around $1,200, ...
Arrests And Prosecutions Reveal Big Vagaries In Bitcoin Selling Regulations
May 23rd, 2016
U.S. laws governing bitcoin trading are vague and sometimes lead to complicated law enforcement actions, according to an article in Fast Company magazine. Anti-money laundering laws require exchanges to verify customers’ identities, but what constitutes an exchange can sometimes be unclear. ...
Even gold is not as secure as un-hackable Bitcoin currency – Bitcoin Foundation CEO
May 17th, 2016
The Bitcoin system is said to be reaching its capacity limits – spelling a possible disaster for thousands of those who decided to invest in the world’s top cryptocurrency. One of the leading programists from the company quits it, ...
5 reasons Why someone would use Bitcoin
April 28th, 2016
It has now been eight years since Satoshi Nakamoto released his peer-to-peer digital cash system to the world, and the debate over whether or not the payment network and currency have any real, long-term value is still undecided. Having said that, ...
Mysterious billionaire inventor of Bitcoin expected to reveal his true identity
April 12th, 2016
Tech world braces for big news as rumours about the identity of digital currency’s shadowy creator reach fever pitch The secretive billionaire inventor of Bitcoin is preparing to finally reveal his identity, tech industry sources have claimed. A mysterious ...
Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down its operations
March 31st, 2016
Canadian bitcoin exchange CoinTrader has shut down its operations. By the look of things, there is no indication that the exchange will resurface at a later time, either. CoinTrader, a Canadian bitcoin exchange that – in addition to its ...
Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin
March 17th, 2016
The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region’s largest economies, as well as a general slump in prices in oil and other commodities, businesses and consumers are facing a depression and, in the ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
Bitcoin Faces Another Hurdle That Points to Trouble Ahead
March 7th, 2016
Bitcoin is going through a rocky patch. While it isn’t anything particularly new for the cryptocurrency, this week’s roadblock with transaction limitations has users and enthusiasts worried. Users have been reporting that their transaction times have been slowing down, in some ...
