Generating a Bitcoin Wallet From An Image Will not Protect Your Private Key

Quite a few intriguing services have launched in the bitcoin ecosystem over the past few years. There seems to be an intriguing correlation between cryptography and steganography. One developer created a project that turns any image or document into a bitcoin private key and address. A great tool on paper, but not very practical by […]

Samson Mow Quits BTCC, Announces on Twitter

The increasing regulatory pressure on the Chinese Bitcoin market seems to have claimed its first victim. Samson Mow, the Chief Operating Officer at BTCC, one of the leading Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced his plans to quit the company. The announcement was made by Samson on his Twitter channel earlier yesterday. The Tweet read, “Today’s my last […]

Bitcoin Price Watch; Riding Out The Sideways Action

So that is another day done in our bitcoin price trading efforts, and there’s been very little action worthy of note yet again. As we highlighted this morning, the momentum seen throughout late last week and into the weekend has all but dissipated, and we are now getting a sustained period of consolidation. Sideways trading […]

BitFlyer Exchange Raises US$1.75m in Funding From Banks in Japan

The future of bitcoin in Japan still looks bright to this very day. The country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange secured US$1.75m of funding in a round led by national banks. Quite a surprising turn of events, albeit it hints bitcoin continues to gain more traction as of late. Considering how Japanese exchanges are now the largest […]