Bitcoin

How Do You Topple Bitcoin?

LEOcoin founders tell TechWeekEurope why their new exchange will transform the way people shop online

10 years ago

Rakuten Starts Accepting Bitcoin

Japanese online retailer will team up with Bitnet in order to process cryptocurrency payments

10 years ago

IBM Said To Be Researching Bitcoin Technology

Source close to the company told Reuters that IBM is developing 'blockchain' technology

10 years ago

£226m Mt Gox Bitcoin Theft ‘An Inside Job’

Report of Mt Gox bitcoin exchange collapse fuels speculation of inside job after bot discovery

10 years ago

Dell Opens Up Bitcoin Shopping In The UK

First began accepting cryptocurrency in the US in July

10 years ago

Hackers Steal £1.1m From Chinese Bitcoin Exchange Bter

Bter said the funds were taken from its offline reserves over the weekend

10 years ago

LocalBitcoins Hack Proves Bitcoin Wallets Need Two-Factor Authentication

A new type of malware has been blamed for the bitcoin theft

10 years ago

Bitcoin ‘Could Be Helping Terrorists’, Says Major Banking Group

Cryptocurrency poses risks due to lack of proper regulation, BBA letter warns

10 years ago

Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Bitcoin?

Cryptocurrency loses over 25 percent of value in less than 24 hours, dropping as low as $170 overnight

10 years ago

UK Bitcoin Exchange Suspends Services After Losing Almost £3.5m In Hack

Bitstamp says it will honour in full all bitcoins stored with them prior to the breach

10 years ago

Bitcoin Entrepreneur Shrem Gets Jail Term

Shrem pleaded guilty to helping users of the Silk Road black market anonymously buy bitcoins

10 years ago

Microsoft Jumps Aboard Bitcoin Bandwagon

Microsoft becomes the latest firm to accept payments made using the bitcoin virtual currency

10 years ago

Bitcoin Exhange Website Slaps 100 BTC Bounty On Hacker

Bitalo.com refuses to be bullied by blackmailers

10 years ago

Millions Of Dropbox Passwords “Hacked”

Up to seven million passwords are apparently being held to ransom by hackers demanding Bitcoin

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Mobile Payments

Mobile money is taking over, but do you know your PayPal from your Bitcoin?

10 years ago

PayPal Moves Closer To Full Bitcoin Acceptance

New agreement follows similar announcement by subsidiary Braintree earlier this month

10 years ago

Bitcoin Poses Danger To British Economy, Warns Bank Of England

But only if more people start using it, says a Bank of England report

10 years ago

eBay Working On Plan To Accept Bitcoin – Report

Bitcoins could be about to accepted by Braintree, an eBay-owned PayPal subsidiary

10 years ago

Hackers Use Free Cloud Accounts To Create Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet

Researchers use free Cloud accounts to create a botnet, rather than hijacking computer resources from innocent victims

10 years ago

Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Won By Venture Capitalist

The winner of the Silk Road Bitcoin auction has been revealed as venture capitalist Tim Draper

10 years ago

The Isle Of Man Embraces Virtual Currencies

Local authorities promote the island as the perfect base for Bitcoin and Litecoin operations, say they can prevent money laundering

10 years ago

Mutiny At Bitcoin Foundation Over New Director Brock Pierce

At least ten foundation members want to see former child star and Bitcoin investor removed from the board

11 years ago

Class Action Plaintiffs Back Mt. Gox Rescue Plan

Former Mt. Gox customers have agreed to settle two class-action lawsuits in exchange for a stake in a revived exchange…

11 years ago

Android Wallpaper Apps Secretly Mine Bitcoins

Google has removed five smartphone wallpaper applications that used handset computing power to produce digital currency

11 years ago

Mt Gox Abandons Hope, Prepares For Liquidation

CEO of the bitcoin exchange Mark Karpeles has been replaced by court-appointed provisional administrator

11 years ago

Mobile Botnets Start Mining Dogecoin

Mobile hackers love Dogecoin... so scarce, much mine

11 years ago

Mt Gox Discovers 200,000 BTC In An “Old-Format” Wallet

There’s nothing suspicious about a forgotten bitcoin cache worth $100 million, says Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

11 years ago

Mt. Gox Lets Users Check Bitcoin Balances

Bitcoin exchange opens up a little after criticism over lack of transparency

11 years ago

Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles

The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.

11 years ago