Earlier this morning, we published out twice daily bitcoin price watch piece, with a twist. We left it a little later to publish, with the goal of altering our strategy to accommodate a range trade approach, instead of our usual breakout strategy. Action has now matured, and the Asian session will kick off shortly. As […]
Multinational professional services firm Deloitte has questioned whether it is too soon to try and regulate bitcoin.
At the very least, a trio of UK-based electronic retail websites have been inundated with DDoS attacks by hackers holding the websites to ransom in exchange for Bitcoin. The websites have suffered temporary outage and have since put up a bounty to round up on the bitcoin-seeking attackers. Electronic retailers Aria Technology, Novatech and Scan […]
An e-tailer is offering a $23,181 bounty to catch those who launched a DDoS attack against the firm’s site before demanding a bitcoin ransom.
A bit of a public service announcement today as Reddit user ZoidbergCoin reported a phishing attempt on the part of a false Electrum Twitter account. The attackers were clever, creating an exact clone of the original Electrum Twitter, but using an “I” (uppercase) instead of a lowercase “l.” On first glance, it’s hard to tell […]
The post Bitcoin Whiteboard Tuesday – What is Bitcoin? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Hello guys and gals, I’m Ariel from 99Bitcoins and welcome to our very first episode of BWBT! Every two weeks we’ll be sending you a cool new video like this one explaining some basic concepts around Bitcoin so that you can […]
The quiet, behind-the-scenes juggernaut in bitcoin mining, Bi Wang (BW), is announcing the release of its 14nm chip that the company believes is at the cutting edge of bitcoin mining equipment. In a Bitcoin Magazine exclusive, BW was introduced to the community. Now it wants impact that same community. Along with the announcement of its […]
Since October 2014, the Swedish National Bank, also known as Riksbank has cut its interest rates below zero. That means that for well over a year the people of Sweden have been paying the banks to keep their accounts and credit cards accessible. According to a study published by a group of industrial technologists led […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is set to sentence 46-year-old Silk Road investigator Carl Mark Force IV this Monday. It seems certain that the corrupt DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) agent will need to spend time behind bars. After having been arrested in March, he pleaded guilty to money laundering, obstruction […]
Carl Force, a corrupt federal agent who worked undercover at bitcoin-accepting drug marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to 78 months in prison today.