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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 ...
Japan approves new regulations for digital currency exchanges
June 1st, 2016
According to latest reports, the Diet in Japan (the legislature that is composed of the Lower and the Upper Houses) has approved a bill on Wednesday to regulate operators of virtual currency exchanges in the country, in order to ...
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, ...
EY selling $16m worth of bitcoin
May 30th, 2016
Professional services firm Ernst and Young says it will sell $16 million worth of bitcoin, in what it describes as an Australian-first. EY said it has been engaged to assist in an international auction of 24,518 bitcoin by an ...
The price of bitcoin just surged to a 20-month high
May 30th, 2016
Bitcoin is having a great weekend. Since Friday morning, the price of bitcoin has increased 15% and briefly reached $530. That’s the cryptocurrency’s highest price since August 2014, when bitcoin traded around $532. The market value of all bitcoin ...
Cryptocurrency Market for Bitcoin Worth $19.48 Billion in 2016
May 26th, 2016
The report titled “Global Cryptocurrency Market (Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Ethereum)- Insights and Analysis: Technology, Sizing, Growth and Potential – (By Value, By Transaction Volume, Bitcoin ATMs, Company Analysis)” suggests that the cryptocurrencies have a huge potential in disrupting the ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
What is Bitcoin?
May 24th, 2016
The open source, peer-to-peer digital currency is far removed from traditional banking – so what exactly is bitcoin and how do you use it? Bitcoin is a type of digital asset, most commonly defined as a virtual, digital or ...
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, ...
