Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Reduces Transaction Fees
Sarah Jenn Bitcoin exchange Kraken recently announced that they will be reducing transaction fees incurred in trades, as they are
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Cybersecurity Is A Hot Market
Bitcoinist.net Cybersecurity is a booming business, as there have been numerous attacks and threats against Internet services in recent years.
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Hacking Team Targeted Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
Nikhil Gupta According to a news report from eWEEK, the recently hacked Hacking Team specifically targeted Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
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SE Asia and Africa focused Bitcoin startup BitX raises $4m Series A
Duncan Riley South East Asia and Africa focused Bitcoin startup BitX has raised $4 million Series A in a round
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First Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Launches Today
by P. H. Madore A single point of failure is a sure way to test Murphy’s Law (can go wrong,
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London Police Warns of Bitcoin Ransom Scam
Stan Higgins A UK cybersecurity watchdog has issued a warning about new bitcoin attacks disguised as messages from several government agencies.
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Canada’s Shifting Economic and Political Climate May Affect Bitcoin Exchanges’ Plans
Susan Willms The Bank of Canada has confirmed that, after two quarters of negative growth, the Canadian economy is
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Bitcoin Appeal Shines Amid Capital Controls in Argentina
Sarah Jenn While the recent capital controls in Greece have led to an influx of bitcoin transactions, the cryptocurrency is
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Coins.ph Launches Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin App for Southeast Asia
Pete Rizzo Bitcoin services firm Coins.ph has launched Teller, a mobile app that matches up its customers in Indonesia, the
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Can Spyware Link Bitcoin Transactions to Addresses?
Sarah Jenn Following the hacking incident on Italian spyware company Hacking Team, the issue on whether bitcoin transactions can be
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General Bytes is Rising in the Bitcoin ATM Ranks
Justin OConnell Currently ranked fifth on the CoinATMRadar list for most Bitcoin ATM’s, Czech Republic based General Bytes has positioned
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Deloitte joins Australian cryptocurrency group
Duncan Riley Top four global accounting group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. (Deloitte) has joined the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association
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United States Military Seeks Bitcoin Tipping Bounties
Brian Cohen CoinTelegraph recently learned that the United States military is considering using Bitcoin tipping as a platform for providing
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Bitcoin brokerage Coin Republic to be acquired?
Shiwen Yap Singapore-based Bitcoin trading platform and consultancy Coin Republic might be acquired by a foreign buyer, says an executive familiar
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Bitcoin: A Solution For Global Travelers
Elliot Maras Bitcoin’s decentralized platform of distributed trust continues to gain the attention of astute observers of centralized payment systems.
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Factom Launches Release Candidate One on Bitcoin Testnet
Aaron van Wirdum The Factom Foundation has launched its Release Candidate One (RC1) on the Bitcoin Testnet. Developers are invited
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Core Developer Jeff Garzik Proposes 2MB Block Size Limit to Buy Time
Aaron van Wirdum Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik has submitted a proposal to raise the block size limit from 1MB
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A bit of a change: Retailers banking on virtual money
Sean Vichinsky, Special to the Detroit Free Press When customers visit David Ayyash’s ChickPea in the D restaurant downtown, instead
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10 Steps to a Better Bitcoin Wallet
Evander Smart A very common question from new and current bitcoin owners alike is “What bitcoin wallet is best?” The
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Bitcoin Real Estate Company Offers Alternative to Chinese
Juan S. Galt A Bitcoin real estate remittances company is working to lower the bureaucratic complexity of buying American real
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ING Bank: Customers Not Blocked From Buying Bitcoin
Pete Rizzo A spokesperson for ING Group has clarified its customers are able to buy bitcoin via company bank accounts,
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Ebay Forbids Bitcoin for Payments, Removes Merchant Listing
Joseph Young On Tuesday, Andy Shroder posted on Reddit that eBay Inc. had removed his merchant listing because he accepted
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Police Arrest 20 in Digital Currency Pyramid Scheme
Stan Higgins Spanish police have arrested 20 individuals in connection with a pyramid scheme that used a fake digital currency
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Walmart, McDonald’s & More Now Able to Integrate Bitcoin Into Rewards Programs
by P. H. Madore The web wallet service Snapcard has partnered with Ifeelsgood, a company that facilitates reward programs for
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Bitcoin, teenage travel and the future of money
Bret Swanson Our 13-year-old daughter just returned home from a two-week exchange program in France. She had the time of
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Daily Bitcoin Transactions Increase by 94%, Wallet Numbers Double Since 2014
Joseph Young On July 15, Coinbase, one of the world’s largest bitcoin exchange and merchant payment processors, released a
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Israeli Security Lab Using Electromagnetic Waves to Extract Private Keys
P. H. Madore Perhaps the most important role in security research is breaking security, and that’s what the researchers at
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