Dutch Bitcoin Broker Litebit Suffers Second Data Breach in Six Weeks
It is never good to see Bitcoin exchanges or brokers suffer a hack. Although not all of these incidents involve stolen money, it is still a worrisome development from a security …
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JPMorgan Clients Purchase Bitcoin on Stock Market Despite CEO’s Warnings
Earlier this week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made a controversial statement at a banking industry conference organized by Barclays, condemning bitcoin and threatening to fire portfolio managers within JPMorgan …
Kim Dotcom Claims “Everybody Will Use Cryptocurrency” in the Near Future
Kim Dotcom has always been an interesting figure in the history of the internet. Some of his previous business ventures have gotten a lot of attention, for better or …
State of the Coin: Been Better, Been Worse
Recently, cryptocurrency markets have been an absolute roller coaster. Just a week and a half ago, Bitcoin was valued at US$5,000, and at the time of writing it stands …
Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Will Likely Not Be Banned After All
Over the past week, inaccurate news regarding the supposed ban on Chinese bitcoin exchanges in mainstream media outlets in China and the US including Caixin, the WSJ and Bloomberg have …
Place Your Bets With Bitcoin
The price of Bitcoin has been a little difficult to predict recently. Fluctuations have been all too common, caused partly by the activation of Segregated Witness as well as the potential Segwit2x …
Russian Finance Minister: Bitcoin Regulation Will Arrive by Year’s End
Not a day goes by, it seems, without an update from the Russian government about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Legislators in this particular country have historically had issues getting on the same …
South Korean Court Rules Confiscation of Bitcoin to Be Illegal
There are many different opinions among government officials worldwide on what can and cannot be done with Bitcoin. Although most countries still claim Bitcoin is not a currency, some states are …
New Version of “Your Windows is Banned” Malware Demands $50 in Bitcoin
There are many different types of malware in circulation, but some of these creations truly stand out. One of the more intriguing ones explains to people that their version of Microsoft Windows …