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A man using at least two aliases has defrauded both investors and a Tampa-based industrial bitcoin mine.

A Russian hacker group that goes by the name of W0rm hacked CNET.com over the weekend. In a conversation between W0rm and CNET, W0rm revealed that they used a security hold in CNET.com’s implementation of the Symfony PHP framework. W0rm has previously claimed credit for online security breaches of BBC, Adobe Systems, and Bank of […]

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ING Bank has issued a new video assessment of bitcoin that suggests how it can be improved.

After an overwhelming surge in traffic the past few days that essentially crippled the FCC's comment page, the Commission has decided to extend its deadline . Meaning you now have until Friday, July 18 to post your initial remarks—if you can get the site to work, that is.

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Bitcoin has suited up before, but at BitFin 2014, bitcoin doesn’t wear a tie. Every bitcoin conference has a unique vibe. While Americans were barbecuing for freedom, Ireland’s bitcoiners were hosting a two day conference, BitFin 2014, and the vibe was…let’s get practical, lets get down to business, let’s get working. Suits can be an anathema to bitcoin purists, but good developers know that the suits can be useful sometimes. What was interesting about BitFin was how suits were talking about bitcoin and other “crypto-ledgers” seriously, and how integration with the existing financial system is going to happen, it’s a just a matter of how and when. This was not an invitation only conference, which allowed many curious newcomers to […]

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Google Lists Bitcoin Exchange Rate Today is a big day for Bitcoin in some respects. While no multi-million dollar investments in Bitcoin startups have been announced today (yet, I can never be too sure nowadays), two large online presences have given Bitcoin serious internet “cred.” Google, the world’s favorite web search engine, has finally implemented […]

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Google's search engine has been updated to display bitcoin prices in response to certain queries.

Singapore-based bitcoin payment solution CoinPip Pte Ltd has been working tirelessly to make accepting digital currency even easier for its clients and for merchants in over 122 countries. Using CoinPip’s recently updated system, merchants can now instantly convert their bitcoin transactions into 70 regional currencies. Merchants use CoinPip’s point-of-sale system or online payment gateway to directly accept bitcoin payments. The funds are exchanged and deposited in the merchant’s CoinPip account and can be withdrawn via traditional wire transfer. Anson Zeall, co-founder of CoinPip, expects to see rapid global adoption of bitcoin by merchants in coming months, particularly in Asia and in countries with emerging markets. “CoinPip has been hard at work at improving our infrastructure and user experience for the […]

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The line between fiat and cryptocurrency is getting fuzzier. With the advent of Bitcoin 2.0 technology, we can now use cryptocurrency to exchange stocks, property, commodities, and even state-backed money. But if the whole point of cryptocurrency was to decentralize the financial system, what’s the point of a dollar-backed coin? Dollar-backed digital coins have been attempted many times before. The Canadian government even tried to get in on the action, and unsurprisingly failed. Some claim that the first cryptocurrency to attempt this was Coinaaa, but this is technically incorrect. Coinaaa sells premined coins, and does invest a lot of the revenue in Norwegian krone, but their intention is to maintain a stable value independent of any state-backed currency. The company […]

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CoinDesk takes a look inside La Maison du Bitcoin, which is educating newcomers and promoting the cryptocurrency in Paris.

AvatarBTC se ha convertido en uno de los últimos intercambios donde poder comprar y vender bitcoins. Aunque parezca que a estas alturas haya suficientes casas de cambio, AvatarBTC tiene dos diferencias que la hace única: Es el primer exchange totalmente español, con toda la legalidad que ello representa; y no es el depositario de los […]

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The peer-to-peer used-car marketplace has started to accept bitcoin payments and will hold onto its cryptocurrency.

If You Find Hidden Cash or Hidden Bitcoin, Guess Who Is Entitled to a Big Slice? Uncle Sam.

A report by Wardyński & Partners calls for new regulation to protect users of digital currency in Poland.

The steady stream of data breaches continued this week with breaches in sectors ranging from healthcare to hospitality. While one attack was a sophisticated phishing scheme, others came from insider threat and unfortunate employee errors. Read on for more details:

The Truth about Bitcoin is… Well, it depends, you see. It depends on where you stand in relation to Bitcoin. If you’re an orthodox central banker, the truth about Bitcoin is an erosion of power. To a politician, Bitcoin is a meme and a fad to be taken advantage of, and most importantly, it represents […]

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The Asia-based exchange is launching reloadable bitcoin debit cards that can be used at stores and ATMs worldwide.

The CEO of e-commerce empire Rakuten has praised bitcoin and suggested the company could eventually accept the cryptocurrency.

Welcome to the CryptoCoinsNews weekly altcoin news update, where we examine important altcoin stories that have gone under-the-radar. This week’s article examines Brock Pierce’s resignation from the Mastercoin Foundation and a huge Bitcoin bounty offered by a Nxt user whose coins were hacked. Brock Pierce Resigns from Mastercoin Foundation Controversial Bitcoin Foundation board member and Realcoin […]

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Is Black Arrow the new Butterfly Labs? It’s been 7 months since pre-orders were placed. The list of complaints growing, the number of responses diminishing, and 4 months after the promised shipping dates, products are still not shipped. It certainly begins to look like it. In September 2013 an eCoin forum user asked if Black Arrow is a […]

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New exchange joint venture BitOcean Japan will launch in August, and also wants to buy Mt. Gox's remaining assets.

MintPal's vericoin wallets were affected but its bitcoin and litecoin wallets remained secure during a recent hack.