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Bitcoin’s price falls, but without serious trading consequences
August 19th, 2014
The last few days bitcoin has been in a bit of a downturn. On Monday, the price of Bitcoin dropped nearly 12 percent, to $435.60 from $492.95, according to the virtual currency website CoinDesk, its lowest value since May ...
Cryptocurrency Overview
July 31st, 2014
The price of bitcoin has continued to slide, continuing a downward trend that began almost two weeks ago. In that time, the value of a single bitcoin has fallen by almost $50 (£30). Most other major cryptocurrencies also saw ...
Bitcoins Can’t Shake Bubble Image in Poll After 45% Drop
July 18th, 2014
Bitcoins, which lost 45 percent of their value after skyrocketing to more than $1,100 last year, are poised to tumble further, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll of financial professionals. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed said the virtual ...
Bitcoin Protected, VeriCoin Stolen in Latest Exchange Breach
July 15th, 2014
Digital currency exchange platform MintPal has suffered a successful hack attack that resulted in the loss millions of vericoins from its hot wallet. The 13th July attack targeted a vulnerability in the site’s withdrawal system. The hacker, according to ...
Regulator says EU Banks Must Shun Bitcoin Until Rules in Place
July 4th, 2014
European Union banks should shun virtual currencies such as Bitcoin until a system of rules to prevent abuses are put in place, according to the bloc’s top banking regulator. The European Banking Authority called on the EU to develop ...
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper wins bitcoin auction
July 3rd, 2014
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Tim Draper is rolling in bitcoins after winning a U.S. government auction Monday. He bought 29,656 bitcoins — a new form of digital currency — from a trove that the government seized in a raid ...
Japan not regulating bitcoin, for the moment
June 20th, 2014
Japan’s leading Liberal Democratic Party said it decided against regulating bitcoin for the time being, after the collapse of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox prompted them to consider more scrutiny of the virtual currency. Mt. Gox, once the world’s ...
Expedia to accept Bitcoin payments for hotel bookings
June 12th, 2014
One of the world’s largest online travel agencies, Expedia, has become the latest company to accept Bitcoin transactions as a form of payment. The firm will initially accept the virtual currency for hotel bookings only, and is currently restricting ...
European Central Bank comes down against Bitcoin
May 27th, 2014
Yves Mersch, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaking at the Bargeld-symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, has come down firmly against Bitcoin. Whereas, this will probably not come as much of ...
Bitcoin consumer platform debuts at Circle
May 16th, 2014
Starting Friday at 5:30 a.m. ET, Bitcoin start-up Circle is launching a Web platform that will allow consumers to purchase Bitcoin in any amount they choose and then use that Bitcoin to spend on online shopping, at restaurants and ...
