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Mt.Gox finds 200,000 bitcoins in old wallet
March 21st, 2014
Embattled exchange Mt.Gox said Friday that it has found 200,000 bitcoins in a “forgotten” digital wallet — a haul worth $116 million at current prices. Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles said in a statement that the bitcoins had been uncovered ...
LUNA purchase helps Bitcoin recovery
April 14th, 2022
Bitcoin regains as LUNA Foundation Guard adds another $100 million BTC to its wallet. Key Highlights BTC has risen above $40,000 after LUNA Foundation Guard bought over $100 million Bitcoin. The rise in US tech stocks is also supportive ...
Bitcoin rises as Visa moves to approve crypto USD Coin
March 29th, 2021
Bitcoin prices climbed as much as 3% by late-morning in London on Monday following yet more news of potential mainstream financial adoption of cryptocurrencies by major players. Reuters news agency reported that Visa had said it will allow the ...
Bitcoin vs Libra
July 22nd, 2019
Bitcoin vs Libra: Here are the key differences between the two cryptocurrencies Libra and bitcoin are different in a lot of ways, from the technology behind them to the way they’re used. CNBC runs through the key differences between ...
Company charged in $147 million fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme
June 19th, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, ...
This country draws Japanese Bitcoin miners seeking profit
January 16th, 2019
A combination of cheap electricity and cold weather has started to draw a growing number of Japanese bitcoin miners to Mongolia, a country sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. Amid falling mining revenues in ...
Price of bitcoin falls below cost to mine
December 17th, 2018
To add further misery to bitcoin enthusiasts, the act of finding or “mining” the cryptocurrency has become unprofitable as the price continues to crater. This raises further questions about the viability of the accounting system supporting the cryptocurrency. The ...
Bitcoin price crash sparks fears of ‘Massive’ spike in cybercriminal hacking
November 28th, 2018
Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a troubled couple of weeks as the world’s leading digital asset hit its lowest value since September 2017 this month, sparking fears it could be more vulnerable to hacking from cybercriminals. BTC nosedived in mid-November, ...
Fake Elon Musk accounts on Twitter promote bitcoin scams, one collects $170K
November 7th, 2018
Several verified Twitter accounts have been hacked to impersonate Elon Musk on, Nov. 5, with one reportedly collecting almost $170,000. After compromising verified accounts, scammers changed the profile name and picture in order to pose as the Tesla CEO. ...
44 Bitcoin forks have emerged within 10 months, crypto investors not convinced
June 26th, 2018
Bitcoin Private, Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Atom, Bitcoin Candy, and Bitcoin Pizza are some of the 44 bitcoin forks that have emerged since the initial Bitcoin Cash hard fork in August of last year, as TNW reported. Within ...
