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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, ...
Bitcoin plunges below $6,000 to lowest level in more than a year
November 15th, 2018
Bitcoin is on the ropes again. Its price plummeted more than 10% on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level in more than a year. It’s now trading below $6,000, far from the heights it reached during its meteoric rise at ...
Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade
November 1st, 2018
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...
Bitcoin price down despite sudden huge price surge
October 18th, 2018
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is down 0.65 percent today as the leading cryptocurrency’s market capitalisation oscillated from highs of $114.4billion (£87million) to lows of $112.8billion (£99million) over the past 24 hours of trading. It has been a relatively soft few ...
‘Wild West’ Bitcoin ‘should be regulated’
September 19th, 2018
Bitcoin and other digital currencies are a “Wild West industry” and need to be regulated to protect investors, a committee of MPs has urged. Problems include volatile prices, minimal consumer protection and risks of hacking and money-laundering, says the ...
Bitcoin crash: This man lost his savings when cryptocurrencies plunged
September 12th, 2018
An estimated $400 billion has been wiped off the value of major cryptocurrencies since January. Sean Russell’s life savings were among them. Russell rarely played the stock market and had little investing experience when he put around $120,000 into ...
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ether plunges more than bitcoin
September 7th, 2018
Ether was the star cryptocurrency last year, way outperforming its predecessor bitcoin. But 2018 has been a different story. The world’s second-largest digital asset is down 76 percent this year and can’t seem to catch a break. Investor patience ...
Bitcoin dropped sharply falling $500 in just over an hour; Other cryptos fell even more sharply
September 6th, 2018
Cryptocurrency prices plunged across the board suddenly and sharply Wednesday morning, seemingly with no clear reason. Having been steady at about $7,350 a coin during most of trading during both Asian and European morning hours, bitcoin lost more than ...
Bitcoin breaks above $7,000; Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple also advance
August 29th, 2018
Bitcoin advanced for a fourth day, exceeding $7,000 in its longest winning streak in more than a month, and with momentum indicators suggesting the rally has further to run. The biggest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.7 percent on ...
The people who got burned by the Bitcoin boom
August 23rd, 2018
Pete Roberts of Nottingham, England, was one of the many risk-takers who threw their savings into cryptocurrencies when prices were going through the roof last winter. Now, eight months later, the US$23,000 ($34,638) he invested in several digital tokens ...
