This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan has spurred an astounding rise in bitcoin transactions, and a “synthetic currency” has emerged – a complex idea, but easier...
Bitcoin is going more mainstream in Africa, if the United Nations has anything to do with it. On the United Nation’s OnlineVolunteering.org website, the agency said it is looking for volunteers to help boost the adoption of the digital currency in Africa. The post says...
The closure of Silk Road has not stopped savvy — and some not-so-savvy — drug dealers from making a killing through online trades. They continue to provide an Amazon-type experience to drug consumers seeking a bit more of a mind-blowing experience than the iPhone SE...
The fallout from the Bitfinex hack, which cost the digital exchange $72 million, has customers losing 36 percent of the assets that they held on the digital platform. Bitfinex has attempted to appease those affected by offering tokens of credit that can be redeemed by...
A new four-week “hacker residency” program is set to start this fall in New York City by bitcoin research and development group Chaincode Labs. The development training program, Coindesk reported on Monday (Aug. 8), will be aimed at helping participants to master the complexity of bitcoin...
The U.S. government announced on Monday (Aug. 8) that it is gearing up to auction off more than 2,700 bitcoin that were turned over to the government during several cases, many of which have to do with Silk Road, the underground website operator that was shut down in...
This week was the first week of the last full month of summer. That could make this week a Sizzle because it’s the last full month of summer so everyone is determined to make every day of every week count. Or a Fizzle – because...
Consider the difficulty in stashing an intangible digital currency into a swag bag. But then, hacking into bitcoin user accounts is no walk in the park either. Confidence in the security and safety of digital currency transactions has hit new lows after the Bitfinex exchange...
Bitcoin appeals to many different people, including the nefarious ones that like the anonymity associated with digital currency. LexisNexis, the company that provides banks with anti-money laundering controls, is aiming to stop the bad guys in their tracks when using bitcoin for illegal activities and...
