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Geek Set Is Slowly Filing out to Make Room for Hordes of Musicians Descending on The City
Mar 13, 2014Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
Tags: Microsoft, digital currency, technology
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The General Warning Amid a Spate of Scandals Involving The Digital Currency
Mar 12, 2014A US financial regulator warned consumers Tuesday that using the online currency Bitcoin is fraught with risks including theft by hacking and fraud. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued the general warning amid a spate of ...
Tags: Bitcoin, US Regulator
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The Digital Currency Has Become Headline News Over The Past Year
Mar 11, 2014Whether you see Bitcoin as the future of finance or a reckless gamble, the digital currency has become headline news over the past year, even as its origins remain shrouded in mystery. Bitcoin began as a means of payment but quickly ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Digital Currency, Speculators
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Bitcoin Exchange MtGox Faced Massive Hacker Offensives Last Month
Mar 9, 2014Bitcoin exchange MtGox faced massive hacker offensives last month, coming under some 150,000 DDoS attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure, a report said Sunday. The Tokyo-based exchange, which filed for ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Consumer Electronics
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Secretive Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is a 64-Year-Old Man Living Near Los Angeles
Mar 9, 2014Secretive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is a 64-year-old man living near Los Angeles who has declined to talk about his role in the digital currency, according to a report from Newsweek.? Newsweek found Nakamoto, the alleged Bitcoin ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Computer Products
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Bitcoin Was The First Widely Known Virtual Currency
Mar 5, 2014Bitcoin has been in the headlines a lot lately due first to news that criminals have been using it for transactions, and more recently because of the collapse of its biggest currency exchange. Now comes news of a new type of virtual ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Virtual Currency, math problem
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A Streetwear Clothing Store Will Sell You a Camouflage Hoodie for About 0.10862 Bitcoin
Feb 27, 2014A streetwear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J., will sell you a camouflage hoodie for about 0.10862 bitcoin. It's received bitcoins for online orders, but so far no one has walked into the Jeffersons storefront and asked to pay with it. ...
Tags: transactions, market niche, form of payment
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Yahoo's Service Sites Were Used by Hackers to Enslave Massive Numbers of Ordinary PCs
Jan 13, 2014Yahoo, has acknowledged that its service sites were used by hackers to enslave massive numbers of ordinary PCs who did so to generate bitcoins, and by extension, real earnings. Ads were placed on Yahoo web sites that when clicked by users, ...
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Bitcoin Crackdown in India
Dec 31, 2013After the Chinese government denied bitcoin as legal tender, it is once again feeling the squeeze in India. "There is no underlying or backing of any asset for virtual currencies. As such, their value seems to be a matter of speculation," ...
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As Bitcoin's Popularity Grows,So Does Talk About Its Standing as Legal Tender
Dec 11, 2013As Bitcoin's popularity grows, so does talk about its standing as legal tender, but there are lingering issues that need to be sorted out before people start using Bitcoin to buy everyday things, experts said on Monday. Bitcoin has been ...
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The Price of Bitcoins Moved to Regulate Use of Bitcoins
Dec 10, 2013The price of bitcoins may be soaring, but China isn’t too thrilled with the virtual currency. On Thursday, it moved to regulate use of bitcoins, stating that its financial institutions could not deal in the virtual currency. ...
Tags: bitcoins, usage, investment
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Bitcoin Loses Its Luster
Dec 10, 2013A new round of shorting is emerging on China's bitcoin market after the central bank announced last week that the vitrual currency is not legal tender. A platform under Baidu, where users can pay to improve their network speed, has ...
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The Price of a Single Bitcoin Reached US$1,000 Wednesday,Demonstrating a New Level
Nov 29, 2013The price of a single bitcoin reached US$1,000 Wednesday, demonstrating a new level of interest for the digital currency that earlier this year was trading for just $30. Bitcoin trading surpassed the $1,000 mark on the Tokyo-based Mt. ...
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A New Malicious Software Programme Claims to Mine and Steal Bitcoins
Nov 27, 2013A new malicious software programme, advertised for sale on underground forums, claims to mine and steal bitcoins, according to a Danish security company. The Atrax malware is notable for its low US$250 price and use of TOR, short for The ...
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So What's The Appeal of Bitcoins?
Nov 26, 2013First, the US had a debate over whether or not to regulate the currency for a long time and didn't give it green light until this Monday. It means the virtual money has taken a big step toward becoming a mainstream currency. Second, ...
Tags: Bitcoins, economy, web service
