UK Is Still a World Leader for Fintech

A recent report by the All-Parliamentary Group (APPG) has reiterated confidence in the U.K.’s entrepreneurship and innovation in the long term despite Britain’s recent vote to exit from the European Union. After the Brexit referendum, there were concerns that the exit would reduce access to markets, talent, passporting powers and funding for U.K. SMEs. The fear was compounded […]

[Investment Warning] Bitclub Network Review and Analysis

The post [Investment Warning] Bitclub Network Review and Analysis appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Important Update: Since this post was published I was contacted by Joby Weeks, the founder of Bitclub Network. We basically agreed to disagree. However I decided to rephrase the title of the post from “scam” to “investment warning”. After gathering the facts […]

[Investment Warning] Bitclub Network Reviewed and Analyzed

The post [Investment Warning] Bitclub Network Reviewed and Analyzed appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Important Update: Since this post was published I was contacted by Joby Weeks, the founder of Bitclub Network. We basically agreed to disagree. However I decided to rephrase the title of the post from “scam” to “investment warning”. After gathering the facts […]

Bitfinex Announces 5% Bounty for Information Leading to Recovery of Stolen BTCs

In the beginning of this month, the Bitcoin industry witnessed one of the biggest hacking incidents of this year. Bitfinex, the Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange reported a security breach on August 2, 2016, which resulted in the platform losing about 119,756 bitcoins. The total losses experienced by the digital currency platform is slated to […]

Bitcoin Price Decline Targets $500 Bitfinex

Bitcoin price continues decline as the crowd keeps selling. Bitfinex management, so eager to create an impression of recovery, are once again having their liquidity drained by a relentless sell-off, and this time they can’t cry “hack!” This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? […]

Aide to UKIP’s Nigel Farage Arrested for Demanding Bitcoin in Blackmail

George Cottrell, a top aide to British politician and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been charged with money laundering, extortion, and another 19 charges. The reports of his arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on July 22, 2016, has emerged yesterday. According to available information, George Cottrell was targeted in an undercover sting […]

Linux.Lady Trojan Turns Redis Servers to Mining Rigs

Linux machine users beware! There is a new Trojan in town that can turn your devices into cryptocurrency mining rigs without your knowledge. Discovered by the Russian cyber security firm Dr. Web, Linux.Lady (Linux.lady.1) is a Trojan built to target machines running on Linux operating system. The malicious software written in Go programming language is […]

Renowned Futurologist Predicts $4,000 Bitcoin

Climate change. Riots. Food shortages. Water shortages. General suffering. Cliff High foresees doom! He tries to not make his YouTube videos too much of a downer and sometimes talks about the bright side of life. He and his guests are the type to equate Skype malfunctions with government interference with new media broadcasts. Cliff recently […]

Researchers Reveal Altcoin to Reward Participating in DDoS Attacks

A pair of researchers has developed a cryptocurrency called DDoSCoin that rewards users for participating in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The currency only works when the user’s computer targets a TLS-enabled website. TLS stands for Transport Layer Security, a cryptographic protocol for secure Internet communication. Researchers Eric Wustrow at the University of Colorado […]