Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Why Bitcoin And Ransomware Seem To Go Hand In Hand
Why Bitcoin And Ransomware Seem To Go Hand In Hand
August 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

As the instances and threat of ransomware continues to wreak havoc on both businesses, governments and individuals around the world, it seems as though bitcoin...

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Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
August 19, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan...

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UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
August 16, 2016  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin is going more mainstream in Africa, if the United Nations has anything to do with it. On the United Nation’s OnlineVolunteering.org website, the agency...

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Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

NSA’s team of elite hackers has reportedly been compromised, with an anonymous group, calling itself Shadow Brokers, saying it breached the systems used by the NSA’s...

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Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Paul Vernon, chief executive of now-defunct digital currency exchange Cryptsy, is denying allegations he took millions of dollars in funds from the service and moved...

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Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
August 10, 2016  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly gearing up to stem the influx of counterfeit bitcoin wallets that are showing up in the App Store. According to a report,...

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NYC Launches Bitcoin Development Training Program
NYC Launches Bitcoin Development Training Program
August 09, 2016  |  Bitcoin

A new four-week “hacker residency” program is set to start this fall in New York City by bitcoin research and development group Chaincode Labs. Get the...

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