CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Braintree chief executive Bill Ready spoke to CoinDesk exclusively about how he wants to take bitcoin to the mainstream. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Dark net marketplaces are facing increased action from governments around the world, as anticipated In a release today, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency revealed their part in the ongoing Operation Onymous that has brought several country’s best online crime agencies together to bring down over 400 dark net websites, not all of them marketplaces. The […] The post Europol Threatens to Come After People Using Bitcoin on Dark Net Marketplaces Like Silk Road 3.0 appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST StopCoin is an online extension to the Coinbase platform that gives customers a user-friendly way to trade their bitcoin. |
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It's 2014, and this is what a mining accident looks like. A massive fire reportedly broke out at a Bitcoin mining facility in Thailand last month, devastating all three of its buildings and possibly millions of dollars in hardware. The fire might just be a wakeup call to all the startups trying to mine Bitcoin on the cheap. ![]() |
Inc, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST At one point, the Texas man possessed 7 percent of all bitcoin in circulation. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Japanese researchers have published a set of monetary policy proposals they say could stabilize bitcoin's volatility. |
Business Insider, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. and European authorities have arrested 16 suspected members of underground drugs and weapons cybermarkets this week, in addition to the alleged operator of the website known as Silk Road 2.0, Europe's police agency Europol said on Friday. U.S. authorities said on Thursday they had shut down Silk Road 2.0, the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drugs marketplace, and charged its alleged operator, Blake Benthall, with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other crimes. [ID:nL1N0SW1LY] Europol, in a statement, said U.S. and European cyber crime units, in a sweep across 18 countries, had netted $1 million worth of Bitcoin, the digital currency, 180,000 euros in cash, silver, gold and narcotics. Troels Oerting, the head of Europol's cybercrime center, said the operation had knocked out a significant part of the infrastructure for illegal online drugs and weapons trade in the countries involved but black market websites have mushroomed and are created easily. Raids were carried out in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, in an operation code-named "Onymous". Sixteen people operating illegal sites were arrested, Europol said, without specifying the charges. Around 400 Internet sites and domains, which had been used to sell child pornography, guns and murder-for-hire, were taken down on Thursday, it said. "They had set up complete business models, just like any web shop. They display what they sell; drugs, weapons, stolen credit cards. People paid and they delivered by the mailman," Oerting said. "There was even a ranking system for reliable suppliers." The illegal organizations used the so-called tor computer network, which allows users to communicate anonymously by masking their IP address, to run so-called "dark" markets. "We have also hit services on the Darknet using Tor where, for a long time, criminals have considered themselves beyond reach. We can now show that they are neither invisible nor untouchable." The operation involved Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, the FBI and U.S. immigration and Homeland Security officials. Tor, short for the onion router, is also used by activists in countries where the web is censored. (Reporting By Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Susan Fenton) |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Several companies at Web Summit 2014 expressed an interest in bitcoin and even announced imminent involvement with digital currency. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Trendon Shavers, aka “Pirate@40,” was arrested this morning on securities fraud and wire fraud charges stemming from his involvement in a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation where the operator pays returns to its investors from new capital paid by new investors, rather than from profit earned.The scheme is named […] The post “Pirate@40″ Arrested for Bitcoin Ponzi Scam appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
Time, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST He allegedly raised the digital equivalent of $4.5 million by offering insanely high interest rates |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Are you looking to buy a house with beautiful views? What if you were told that such a house is available and that the prime minister would be your next door neighbor? Well, there is property available in the exclusive area of historic Caesarea in Israel. The owner is accepting only bitcoin for his seaside […] The post Luxury Villa Available Only for Bitcoin in Historical Caesarea appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Robocoin has issued a mandate to its bitcoin ATM owners, insisting they follow KYC standards or sell their machines. |