Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
August 19, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan...

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UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
August 16, 2016  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin is going more mainstream in Africa, if the United Nations has anything to do with it. On the United Nation’s OnlineVolunteering.org website, the agency...

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Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

NSA’s team of elite hackers has reportedly been compromised, with an anonymous group, calling itself Shadow Brokers, saying it breached the systems used by the NSA’s...

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Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Paul Vernon, chief executive of now-defunct digital currency exchange Cryptsy, is denying allegations he took millions of dollars in funds from the service and moved...

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Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
August 10, 2016  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly gearing up to stem the influx of counterfeit bitcoin wallets that are showing up in the App Store. According to a report,...

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NYC Launches Bitcoin Development Training Program
NYC Launches Bitcoin Development Training Program
August 09, 2016  |  Bitcoin

A new four-week “hacker residency” program is set to start this fall in New York City by bitcoin research and development group Chaincode Labs. The development...

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Bitfinex Announces 36 Percent Loss For Hacked Customers
Bitfinex Announces 36 Percent Loss For Hacked Customers
August 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

In the wake of disruption by hackers last week that caused Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex to lose $72 million, the firm said customers would lose...

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