February 23, 2015
Mt Gox Robbery an Inside Job, Report Suggests
New evidence suggests the downfall of the Tokyo based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox might have been an inside job executed by an automated bot. According to a report released by...
February 20, 2015
Are Bitcoins Funding ISIS?
2015 has been a tough year for bitcoin’s public image. To start, the Silk Road trial wrapped up with a federal conviction for the creator of the bitcoin-run illegal drug marketplace. The...
February 06, 2015
The Alleged Bitcoin Silk Road Hitman Operation
“Everyone knows too much.” — Dread Pirate Roberts, December 2011 The HBO-style drama begins. Did Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht pay $500,000 worth of bitcoins to have five people assassinated to protect...
January 09, 2015
Did 2015 Burst Bitcoin’s Bubble?
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 55 Bitcoin ended 2014 on something of a down note, and so far it doesn’t look like 2015 is going all that much better. Bitcoin dropped...
January 02, 2015
Apple Pay’s Impact On Payments
Steve Jobs reportedly once told Apple’s Mac development team, “It’s better to be a pirate than join the Navy.” When George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount...
December 12, 2014
Circles, Blades And Windows
PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 52 This week’s bitcoin trivia: What software company now accepts bitcoin for purchases? That would be Microsoft. It was looking...
December 11, 2014
Bitcoin Wallet Security Issues Creates More Controversy
Bitcoin Wallet Provider Blockchain is in PR hot water. Again. Trouble began recently when the firm’s product lead got in a online verbal Reddit fight with Coinbase engineer, CoinDesk reported....
December 10, 2014
Bitcoins Reported Stolen After Blockchain.Info Security Update
The world’s most popular web-based Bitcoin wallet service, Blockchain.info, suffered a security lapse during a software update that affected hundreds of users, the service said in a blog post on...
November 24, 2014
Weird Stuff In Payments
“The path to any success is lined with disasters.” Adam Davidson wrote a pretty thought-provoking article on failure that was published in The New York Times a couple of weeks...