bitcoin

Trump blasts Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra says they should be ‘subject to all banking regulations’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jul 11) criticised Bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to U.S. and global regulations if they wanted to “become a bank.”

July 12, 2019

Technology

Hackers steal $41 million worth of bitcoin from Binance

Hackers stole bitcoin worth $41 million from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. The Binance exchange, which stores Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies

May 8, 2019

Zimbabwe

RBZ orders banks not to offer service to Bitcoin dealers

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has directed all banking institutions not to provide banking services to facilitate anyone dealing with or settling virtual currencies and once again warned the public against trading in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Litecoin saying that they

May 14, 2018

Technology

Why the bitcoin (BTC) price is rising again

the crypto market has had a positive start to the week and continued its solid run during Monday afternoon trade. This has taken the market value of the entire cryptocurrency industry back up to US$271.5 billion according to Coin Market Cap. While

April 9, 2018

Technology

Bitcoin buyer beware : The cryptocurrency carnage could continue

Bitcoin saw one of its most dramatic recent price swings yet on Friday, plunging as low as $10,400 per coin and prompting Coinbase to briefly disable trading. While this price action may encourage some to pile in and purchase the cryptocurrency at

December 23, 2017

Technology

Biggest Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked

One of the world’s largest cyber-currency exchanges is under investigation after it acknowledged that one of its employee’s PCs had been hacked. South Korea-based Bithumb has said that it believes personal details of more than 30,000 of its customers were stolen as

July 6, 2017

Europe

Russia Finally Stops Opposing Bitcoin : Cryptocurrencies get green light from Russia in 2018

Russia is a country has never seen eye-to-eye with bitcoin up until now. Several legal proposals have been drafted which could have lead to jail time. Thankfully, it appears regulators have come to their senses, as bitcoin users in Russia no longer

April 11, 2017

Technology

Bitcoin is money, US judge says in case tied to JPMorgan hack

Bitcoin qualifies as money, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in a decision linked to a criminal case over hacking attacks against JPMorgan Chase & Co and other companies. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan rejected a bid by Anthony Murgio

April 10, 2017

Technology

Bitcoin ‘creator’ races to patent technology with gambling tycoon

By Byron Kaye and Jeremy Wagstaff | SYDNEY/SINGAPORE The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive online gambling entrepreneur to file scores of patents relating to

March 2, 2017

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