TechCrunch, 3/14/2014 3:21 PM PST Security researchers at Securelist have found that the data "stolen" from Mark Karpeles' computer actually contained a BTC-stealing Trojan that masqueraded as a back-end app for managing Mt.Gox trades. The app searched user directories for Bitcoin-related files - wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf - and uploaded them to a server that is now defunct. Read More |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 1:52 PM PST US-based online restaurant service Menufy has integrated with Coinbase in a move sure to please avid foodies. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 12:50 PM PST Every bitcoin miner wants faster hashing at low power, and that's just what Avalon's new 40nm chip should deliver. |
Forbes, 3/14/2014 12:24 PM PST Warren Buffett is one the most successful humans in history, whose utterances can move markets, but that doesn't mean he has a clue about crypto-currency. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 12:12 PM PST Bitcoin has won a Linux award at CeBIT 2014, Europe's premier tech trade show. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 10:42 AM PST Following his earlier criticism, CEO Warren Buffett called the digital currency "a mirage" during an interview with CNBC. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 10:00 AM PST Missed out on your digital currency news this week? Catch all the headlines you need to know. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 8:27 AM PST The CTFC is investigating whether it has the authority to regulate digital currencies under rules for commodities, reports say. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 7:53 AM PST Poland’s leading exchange temporarily shutdown today, following a hack which targeted funds in its users’ bitcoin wallets. |
TechCrunch, 3/14/2014 7:38 AM PST Online shoppers now have a new tool to help them save money at checkout, without having to do much work at all. Recently launched shopping companion Zinc Save helps you automatically find the best price for the items in your shopping cart, and then pay however you want, including via Bitcoin or Dwolla. The service, which works as either a Google Chrome extension or browser bookmarklet, is… Read More |
TechCrunch, 3/14/2014 7:15 AM PST This is a short post because it's important and not worth belaboring. Yesterday CryptocoinsNews posted a short piece on Leah McGrath Goodman who posted a Facebook update essentially telling her friends that she is in the mountains at a friend's house where she is practicing shooting firearms at night and said of Bitcoin fans who were harassing her that "They will see this in a different light once… Read More |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 6:34 AM PST Fars News Agency has suggested that the Irani government is looking to act quickly to regulate bitcoin. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 5:30 AM PST Shares of Australian investment firm Macro Energy gained 42% following news that it plans to enter the bitcoin space. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 4:36 AM PST The Australian Tax Office has demonstrated a clear understanding of bitcoin in an individual letter to a local startup. |
Wired, 3/14/2014 3:30 AM PST The patent system. Online privacy law. Bitcoin regulations. Net neutrality rules. In the coming years, policy makers may have as much influence on technology as the world's hackers do -- if not more. So it should come as little surprise that a hacker is running for Congress. |
CoinDesk, 3/14/2014 2:41 AM PST Hong Kong's first bitcoin ATM launched this morning in one of the city's busiest pedestrian districts. |
CoinDesk, 3/13/2014 9:04 PM PST Altcoins are emerging that specifically target the music business. Will they succeed? |
TechCrunch, 3/13/2014 5:31 PM PST With the implosion of Mt. Gox and the rising popularity of crypocurrency, it makes sense that someone would want to build an FDIC for BTC. Xapo thinks they may have figured out how. Read More |