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Mt Gox Abandons Hope, Prepares For Liquidation
CEO of the bitcoin exchange Mark Karpeles has been replaced by court-appointed provisional administrator
Mobile Botnets Start Mining Dogecoin
Mobile hackers love Dogecoin... so scarce, much mine
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
Mt. Gox Lets Users Check Bitcoin Balances
Bitcoin exchange opens up a little after criticism over lack of transparency
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.
Hackers Claim Mt. Gox Still Sitting On Bitcoins
Hackers target CEO Mark Karpeles to show outrage at Bitcoin exchange
Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Being Bitcoin Creator
The quiet Japanese-American man says he never admitted creating the virtual currency
Newsweek Claims To Have Found The Creator Of Bitcoin
The publication says the 64-year old Satoshi Nakamoto from California created the virtual currency to ease international transactions
Winklevoss Twins Use Bitcoin To Pay For Virgin Galactic Space Trip
The twins who claim to have invented Facebook praise the spirit of exploration, compare Richard Branson to Marco Polo
Bitcoin Crisis Continues With Theft, Closure And Death
Flexcoin caves after epic theft, whilst exchange Poloniex loses 12 percent of its coins and First Meta CEO is found dead
Mt Gox is Gone, But Bitcoin Will Continue
The Mt Gox exchange failed spectacularly, and the price of bitcoins tumbled,. but Sean Michael Kerner thinks the virtual currency will bounce back
Mt Gox Finally Admits It Lost $500,000,000 In Bitcoin
The exchange has launched a dedicated call centre to handle furious investors after admitting that it lost 750,000 bitcoins belonging to customers, and 100,000 of its own
RSA 2014: Bitcoin Wallet Stealers Plentiful And Pesky
At least 80 new families of Bitcoin stealers emerge in the last year
Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Exchange Goes Offline
Several reports claim the Tokyo-based company will file for bankruptcy
Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Quits Bitcoin Foundation
CEO Mark Karpeles resigns from the Foundation’s board, Mt Gox still doesn’t transfer bitcoins into third-party wallets
Mt Gox Ready To Roll Again As Bitcoin Bug Fixed
Flaw that left exchanges open to denial of service attacks appears to be fixed, for Mt Gox at least
Silk Road 2.0 Hacked, £1.5 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Stolen
Attackers have used the ‘transaction malleability’ flaw which prompted Mt Gox exchange to stop withdrawals a few days ago
Bitcoin Battered By DoS Attacks
Attackers take advantage of a weakness in the cryptocurrency protocol known as “transaction malleability” and a number of exchanges suspend trading
Mac Users Hit By Bitcoin-Stealing Trojan
A bitcoin-stealing Mac OS X Trojan has been reported in the wild, disguised as a payments application
Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Claims To Be Fixing Network-Wide Vulnerability
The exchange resumes currency withdrawals, but refuses to send Bitcoins to third-party wallets until further notice
Mt Gox Trouble: It’s Not The Great Bitcoin Crash
Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox had some troubles and the virtual currency tumbled. Sean Michael Kerner says that's just because of misperceptions
A Bitcoin Rig Is Not A Green Data Centre
No matter how efficient a Bitcoin data centre is,,it's just burning more and more electricity for less and less value, says Peter Judge
Russian Government Says Bitcoin Is Illegal
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office says Bitcoin is used for money laundering, and should be avoided
Apple Kills The Only iOS-Compatible Bitcoin Trading App
Apple has dumped the Blockchain application from its App Store – and Bitcoin users are threatening to dump their iPhones
Marc Andreessen Talks Up Bitcoin’s Bright Future
Bitcoin could be an outright replacement for centralised banking, according to Internet entrepreneur Andreessen
BTC China Exchange Resumes Taking Deposits In Yuan
The largest Bitcoin exchange in the world says the memo banning virtual currency transactions was misunderstood
The Bitcoin Hype Is a Sign Of Real Change
Bitcoins have benefited from hype and noise, But Sean Michael Kerner finds they are a sign of a change in attitude to money
Bitcoin Entrepreneur Charlie Shrem Charged With Money Laundering
The co-founder of BitInstant allegedly conspired to supply Silk Road with Bitcoins
University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin
Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin