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Evil USBs, Google Glasses capturing your passwords and Bitcoin mining are just a few of the tactics that top hackers from around the world are bringing to Vegas for the Black Hat conference this week.

Bitcoin is gradually making progress as a medium of exchange in developing countries. While it can be volatile as an investment asset, it has real utility as an instrument for payment and money transfer, especially in places where conventional payment systems are immature. Because Bitcoin facilitates instant payment through peer-to-peer technology, most transactions can be completed in less than 10 minutes no matter how distant the two parties are. In addition, each transaction is recorded in a public ledger, enhancing transparency and trustworthiness.

Risk management specialist Vogogo has raised $8.5m to expand its bitcoin industry offering to new global markets.

Argentina-based e-commerce platform Avalancha is now accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Bitex.la and BitPagos.

 In late July, Wikipedia announced that it would accept donations in bitcoin. In its first week of accepting bitcoin, Wikipedia racked up $140,000 in new funds, according to Coinbase, the service that powers its cryptocurrency influx. CoinDesk, a publication that tracks bitcoin and other alternative, digital currencies heralds the news as suggesting “the staying power of digital… Read More

CryptoNote currencies are quickly gaining speed and have established themselves as a niche in this ever-evolving universe of cryptocurrency technology. Like Bitcoin, CryptoNote currency is an open source technology moving the world forward in the development of decentralized currency. However, there are some differences that make CryptoNote currencies different than Bitcoin. Regulatory detractors claim that Bitcoin […]

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The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, has reported $140k in first-week bitcoin donations.

Among all the scams and thievery in the bitcoin economy, one recent hack sets a new bar for brazenness: Stealing an entire chunk of raw internet traffic from more than a dozen internet service providers, then shaking it down for as many bitcoins as possible. Researchers at Dell’s SecureWorks security division say they’ve uncovered a […]

ChangeTip is a new bitcoin tipping platform that can be used with leading content distribution sites and social networks.

Harriet Dennys, writing in The Telegraph during the Summer, revealed that London has now overtaken New York and Beijing as the global financial center with the most “economic clout,” according to a PwC study tracking the development of the world’s 30 leading cities. London achieved the number one position in PwC’s Cities of Opportunity index […]

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The year of 2008 is remembered as the year of the global financial crisis, a crisis, fair or not, is often attributed to financial derivatives. Derivatives allow for phony accounting; they obscure the market and concentrate risk and allow megabanks to take on more debt! Such were the sentiment back in the day.

 CryptoLocker is some nasty stuff. It is a type of malware that, when run, begins encrypting your entire disk and then requests a certain fraction of a bitcoin to decrypt it. The software began circulated in 2013 and researchers believe that the number of victims is well in the six figures at this point. According to Brian Krebs, security companies FireEye and Fox-IT have teamed up to offer… Read More

CoinDesk speaks to Hustler's Derek Meklir to learn more about the company's ongoing digital currency initiative.

Kadang tanpa disadari sebenarnya pasar di Bitcoin.co.id – Bitcoin Indonesia mempunyai kecenderungan pergerakan harga yang sedikit jauh lebih lamban dibandingkan yang sedang terjadi di pasar bitcoin internasional dan ini yang membuat harga beli Bitcoin di Indonesia jauh lebih murah daripada di pasar lain. Dimata para pemain trading bitcoin khususnya ini adalah sebuah kesempatan untuk mengambil […]

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 In an effort to help widen bitcoin’s reach and create a simpler experience when dealing with the online currency, KryptoKit, makers of the Bitcoin wallet browser extension, launched RushWallet, a new easy-to-use bitcoin wallet that works on all web browsers and mobile devices that doesn’t require any login credentials. Read More

A new study says public perception of bitcoin is changing and that social media use is linked to price.

The New York Department of Financial Services promised to provide the Bitcoin Foundation with more information on draft ‘DFS-29-14-00015-P,’ “Regulation of the conduct of Virtual Currency Businesses,” or otherwise known as the BitLicense, after the Foundation had filed with the NYDFS yesterday with concerns and comments, in accordance to the New York Freedom of Information […]

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Luther Lowe, the Director of Public Policy at Yelp, has made a $10,000 Bitcoin donation to his alma mater, the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA). The payment was made online through BitPay while Luther Lowe was on stage at ASMSA’s commencement ceremony. Sadly, ASMSA didn’t keep the Bitcoin as they used […]

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RushWallet allows bitcoin wallet creation in five seconds, accessible from any device and with full user control of keys.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), one of the largest worldwide providers of payment solutions, announced that it has signed a referral agreement with BitPay, the world leader in business solutions for the Bitcoin digital currency. This agreement allows Global Payments to accept cryptocurrency into their product suite and offer Bitcoin payment acceptances to their merchants. […]

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