Bitcoin Extortion Plot Executed on Russian Banks

At the present time, Russia and bitcoin seem to go together like peanut butter and cottage cheese. It’s not exactly the most wholesome-sounding combination, and right away, our imaginations begin to run rampant. What exactly would such a concoction look like? Even worse, what would it taste like? It’s no secret that Russia has not […]

World Economic Forum Survey — Bitcoin to Reach the Tipping Point by 2027

Introduced in 2009, Bitcoin adoption has gradually increased across the world. However, the levels of adoption hasn’t reached the threshold numbers to reach mainstream yet. In order to enter mainstream economy, the bitcoin user base has to touch the threshold level. According to a recent survey conducted by the World Economic Forum, bitcoin will reach […]

Jakob de Haan on Dutch Central Bank and Bitcoin

‘Bitcoin is the future of global economy’ is the mantra for many bitcoin enthusiasts. The potential of bitcoin as a global currency, replacing existing fiat currencies has been widely covered by many publications, including NewsBTC. Considering the scenario, many people are automatically led to believe that the Central Banks and governments are opposed to this […]

Use of CloudFare Puts Bitcoin Users at Grave Risk of Exposure

Most bitcoin service providers currently use one single company for all their CDN and DNS services: CloudFlare Inc. Based in California, CloudFlare has access to all HTTPS traffic from multiple bitcoin services. Worse, CloudFlare also receives unencrypted traffic from these sites. This can provide internet black hats with the chance to attack all these bitcoin […]

How to buy Bitcoins with Credit Card

The post How to buy Bitcoins with Credit Card appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Learn 4 different methods you can use to buy Bitcoins with a credit card today. The first thing you’d want to do is go to VirWox. VirWox was originally setup to trade Second Life Lindens – also known as SLL. We’ll […]

Bitcoin Price In a Conundrum

Bitcoin price broke to the upside, yesterday, in what looked like the start of another wave of advance. Unfortunately price action has generated much zigzagging and no progress today. We might have to abandon the trade. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? […]

Who regulates Bitcoin? The community, of course!

The post Who regulates Bitcoin? The community, of course! appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Throughout the years Bitcoin has been around there have been a bunch of thefts and scams connected to the currency. However, people often forget how much this happens with cash and credit card services. Illegal activities and crime are a much […]