Cryptocurrency

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Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency

06/02/2017(0)
Liverpool, home of the 1960s English rock band, The Beatles, has become the latest destination to launch its own digital currency. Launched a month ago by Colu, a Tel ... Read More
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Bitcoin is back above $1,000

03/02/2017(0)
Bitcoin is back above $1,000 for the first time since January 5. The cryptocurrency was higher by 1.5% at $1,000.10 a coin as of 11:39 a.m. ET. It’s been ... Read More
Bitfinex

Bitfinex’s ‘Hack Credit’ Token Reaches All-Time Price High

02/02/2017(0)
Investors who lost bitcoin in Bitfinex’s high-profile August hack may be feeling more optimistic about the likelihood of recovering their funds. The price of BFX tokens – the digital assets the exchange ... Read More
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Bitcoin is busting out

02/02/2017(0)
Bitcoin is busting out of its range that had been in place for the middle part of January. The cryptocurrency spent the past two weeks trapped at the $880 ... Read More
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European Commission Considering Limits on Virtual Currency Transactions

01/02/2017(0)
The European Commission has released an Inception Impact Assessment  considering transaction limits on virtual currency transactions as it steps up efforts in its fight against the financing of terrorism. ... Read More
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Former Fed Employee Fined $5,000 for Using Computer for Bitcoin

31/01/2017(0)
A former Federal Reserve employee was sentenced Friday to 12 months probation and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty in October to installing unauthorized software on a computer server ... Read More
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Hotel pays Bitcoin ransom after guests are locked out of rooms

30/01/2017(0)
The Romantik Seehotel Jäegerwirt, Jäegerwirt, a luxury hotel in Austria, has gone public with the news that it was recently the victim of an attack during which hackers took ... Read More
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Venezuelan authorities arrest 4 bitcoin miners

27/01/2017(0)
Venezuelan authorities have arrested four people allegedly involved with a cryptocurrency-mining operation based in a small city about an hour and a half’s drive from Caracas, according to local ... Read More
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Italian policymaker links bitcoin to mafia-controlled casino ops

26/01/2017(0)
Bitcoin is giving Italian mobsters a legal way to enter the gambling industry. That was the bold claim made by Lucrezia Ricchiuti, who is convinced that the popular digital ... Read More
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Harvard Business Review: Blockchain Is Foundational, Not Disruptive

25/01/2017(1)
True blockchain-led transformation is still many years away, according to an article, “The Truth About Blockchain” in the Harvard Business Review, because it does not deliver a truly “disruptive” business ... Read More
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