The US government is cashing in on the Bitcoin hype
The US Marshals Service announced Thursday that it will hold an auction next month to dispose of 3,813 bitcoins, worth a cool $52 million at …
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Crypto-currencies take huge dive as South Korea considers ban
All the major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple, have taken huge hits in the last 12 hours. The global cryptocurrency market is down nearly …
The next few weeks will be crucial for Bitcoin
2017 has been huge for Bitcoin. At the start of the year, the currency was trading for about $900 per coin. It bumped along, hitting …
The real value of Bitcoin might be $0, Morgan Stanley says
Bitcoin has had a roller-coaster month that’s seen prices spike from $7,000 up to $20,000, and most of the way back down again. Depending on …
Bitcoin is going crazy again
Two weeks ago, Bitcoin saw a dramatic surge in price that saw the digital currency soar from $10,000 to $20,000 in the space of a …
Google announces top searches of 2017
It’s not quite 2018 yet, but Google already released its rankings for the top Google searches of the year, which is an annual tradition for …
No, you shouldn’t mortgage your house to buy Bitcoin
Until very recently, Bitcoin was a pleasant fantasy for people who wanted to start crypto-micronations in the ruins of failed European cities. But thanks to …
Even by Bitcoin’s standards, this is crazy
For the last five years, Bitcoin critics have said that the currency is too volatile to be a practical economic tool. The usual response is …
Steam drops Bitcoin support as cryptocurrency surges to record levels
Bitcoin needed less than a day to break new records, topping $14,000 and then $15,000, and it looks like there’s no stopping the most popular …
Please don’t buy bitcoin with your credit card
At the time of writing, the price of one Bitcoin is floating around $10,000, down a whopping $1,000 from earlier today. It’s up around 1,000 …
Yet another massive Bitcoin exchange has been hacked
Digital currencies like Bitcoin are very hot right now, and hackers are apparently looking to take advantage of that, as one of the largest Bitcoin …
Asus’s newest graphics cards definitely aren’t for gamers
A basic graphic card is all a computer needs to display the user interface on a computer screen. For graphics-intensive tasks, such as 4K video, …
Bitcoin dropped $200 in an hour this morning
Owning Bitcoin is always a rollercoaster ride of emotion and monetary loss, but this morning was particularly bad. Everyone’s favorite cryptocurrency started the day at …
Bitcoin price tumbles after exchange hit with $72 million hack
The world’s largest dollar-to-Bitcoin exchange has been hit with a massive hack, which has reportedly seen 119,756 coins — worth around $72 million at the …
Bitcoin creator ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ has come forward and revealed his identity
We’ve been down this path before, but it’s looking increasingly likely that this may in fact be the last time. After a big mistake turned …
Bitcoin creator revealed to be Australian genius Craig Wright; subsequently has house raided by police
Either [Craig Steven] Wright invented bitcoin, or he’s a brilliant hoaxer who very badly wants us to believe he did: so states an absolutely fascinating Wired …
ISIS parks its cash in Bitcoin, experts say
Just days after the hacker group Anonymous pledged to hunt down Islamic State members and launch cyberattacks against their accounts, a separate group of techies …
Cops arrest robot after it buys Ecstasy tablets with Bitcoin
Remember how Futurama thought it was being completely over the top when it introduced us to Bender, the alcoholic robot? Well that’s nothing: An actual robot in Switzerland …
Former Bitcoin coder and ALS patient is now being cryonically frozen
Renowned cryptographer Hal Finney, known for his work on PGP encryption software and on early Bitcoin development, has passed away on Thursday following a five-year …
Bitcoin may have finally reached a tipping point
After a rocky spring, Bitcoin is on a bit of a winning streak as notable web retailers add support, Russia softens its stance towards the …
Bitcoin has risen from the dead… again
Bitcoin survived a hellish spring period when its value crashed to $320 from winter highs topping $1,000. With the price now hovering around $570, the …
Hacking victim becomes attacker when $20,000 bounty turns hacker into a crybaby
Hackers, beware: Choosing the wrong victim can have severe consequences. And Roger Ver, also referred to as “The Bitcoin Jesus,” is the wrong victim. Last week, …
Is Bitcoin staging a stealth comeback?
The perfect storm hit Bitcoin 1 to 2 months ago: Media overexposure, weird drama about Satoshi Nakamoto, the collapse of a large Bitcoin exchange called Mt. …
Android users, beware: Simple wallpaper apps found to secretly mine bitcoin
Not long ago it was discovered that a couple of Google Play Store Android applications that were downloaded anywhere from one million to five million …
One-time Bitcoin king Mt. Gox nears the end of the road
Sorry, Bitcoin fans: You’re never, ever, ever getting all your precious pieces of cryptocurrency back from Mt. Gox. The Wall Street Journal reports that Mt. …
The most ominous Bitcoin trend
Last week, Bitcoin’s value tumbled 9% in one day on news that China’s central bank had ordered banks and payment companies to close trading accounts belonging to more …
Lawyer for Alleged Silk Road founder concocts the best defense against money laundering charges
Imagine how much easier life might have been for Breaking Bad’s Walter White if he could have laundered his meth money through Bitcoin instead of setting …
Video: Watch a Redditor literally eat his hat for being wrong about Bitcoin
You have to tip your cap to a man who makes a very unwise bet but who nonetheless follows through on it. Digital Trends brings …
Legit Google Play apps found to be covertly mining digital currency
In addition to Android apps sideloaded from unsecure third parties, which can contain malicious code that can turn devices into slow cryptocurrency miners, antivirus provider …
The shadiest tale in bitcoin just got even shadier
Who would have thought that people would run into problems when a former hub for swapping “Magic: The Gathering” trading cards became the largest bitcoin …
