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Bitcoin mining iPhone apps no longer allowed
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Apple bans crypto mining on iPhones and iPads as Bitcoin price slumps again

June 11th, 2018

During its recent Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple quietly slipped some language into the App Store review guidelines that prevent anyone from using iPhones and iPads to mine cryptocurrency. Spotted by AppleInsider, the new rules say that “apps, including any third part advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated background processes, such as cryptocurrency mining.” The …

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Bitcoin price manipulation under investigation by the Justice Department

May 24th, 2018

The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into price manipulation of popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, according to a report from Bloomberg. The investigation appears to be focused on specific and clearly manipulative activities, like spoofing large (but fake) orders in order to trick other traders and move the price. It’s also an open secret …

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HTC just announced the world’s first blockchain phone

May 16th, 2018

HTC is about to unveil a flagship phone that nobody will want to buy, the U12 handset the company teased using iPhone 6 parts not too long ago. But it turns out that, on its road to what appears to be inevitable doom, HTC is trying one more thing that nobody else has: The world’s …

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Bitcoin prices are tumbling again

May 11th, 2018

Bitcoin has once again fallen below the $9,000 mark as a bad 24 hours of news sent speculative investors scurrying back to their fiat currencies. Bitcoin itself is down 5.45 percent over the last day, according to CoinMarketCap, but that number is positively rosy compared to what the rest of the crypto-currencies are doing. Ethereum is …

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Hard questions: Is Facebook making its own Bitcoin rival?

May 9th, 2018

Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world is very attractive to all sorts of businesses, including tech companies, because of the underlying technology, the blockchain. Facebook is apparently one of those companies looking to integrate blockchain technology into its products. Does that mean Facebook is going to launch its own digital coin to take on Bitcoin and …

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Amazon has a plan to narc on every single Bitcoin user

April 18th, 2018

Although initial coin offerings and the blockchain have taken over seemingly every company, tech-related or not, the big tech companies have been understandably reluctant to get into something so associated with a scam. The US Patent and Trademark Office have released a blockchain-related patent that Amazon first filed for in 2014, and it’s not exactly …

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Bitcoin falls below $7,000 amid stock market slump and regulation fears

April 4th, 2018

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continued their bad month on Wednesday, with prices for the most famous coin falling below $7,000 once again. Analysts blamed the stock market slump, as well as the prospect of more regulation from Russia, as the reasoning behind the downturn. Prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash all fell …

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Bitcoin is rebounding after plummeting to new lows over the weekend

March 19th, 2018

The crypto market is now recovering after having taken quite a beating over the weekend. Bitcoin reached new lows for the month of March, dipping all the way down to around $7,300. Ethereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, dropped to just over $460. It goes without saying that no coin survived the bloodbath …