September 05, 2012
Bitfloor Goes Offline Following $250,000 Theft
Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor has temporarily shut down after hackers stole around $250,000 million, or 24, 000 coins. Founder Roman Shtylman says no accounts, trades or transfer logs were lost in...
September 04, 2012
New Hampshire State Rep Mark Warden Accepting Bitcoin Donations
New Hampshire State Representative Mark Warden has added a Bitcoin donation system to his website. Warden is the first incumbent politician to use a decentralized virtual currency system as part...
August 22, 2012
BitInstant Announces Launch of BitCoin-Based Debit Card
BitInstant will will launch a BitCoin-based debit card that allows consumers to spend their virtual currency at any store that accepts MasterCard. The debit card is set to launch in...
August 14, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: August 13-14
TSYS Signs Healthcare Payments Agreement with Acclaris, Inc. Chase Mobile Now Available to Chase Liquid Customers 100 Million E-Receipts Sent from Wells Fargo ATMs Skype rolls out prepaid card payment...
August 13, 2012
Bitcoin Users Sue Exchange Over $460,000 Discrepancy
Bitcoinica, an exchange that lets users buy and sell units of the virtual currency Bitcoin, has been sued by its users over $460,000 in allegedly missing funds, Finextra reports. The...
March 19, 2012
Digital Currencies: No Threat to Their Real Counterparts – Yet
There has been much speculation about the fate of the Euro over recent months. Maybe a bit too much as it is difficult to predict (and tiring to hear) what...
March 07, 2012
Dwolla Sued by TradeHill, Bitcoin Exchanger
TradeHill Inc., exchange operator for online currency Bitcoin, has filed a lawsuit against payment startup Dwolla. In the suit, TradeHill alleges that “fraudulently reversed nearly $100,000 in supposedly ‘credited’ transactions...
January 13, 2012
Watch the BitCoin Vending Machine in Action [VIDEO]
January 5, 2012 From the UpstateDemoVideo YouTube channel: Stuart W. Card, PhD of Critical Technologies Inc. made the first ever purchase (a bag of popcorn) from a vending machine using...
December 28, 2009
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