Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Berkshire’s Munger Calls Bitcoin ‘Noxious Poison’
Berkshire’s Munger Calls Bitcoin ‘Noxious Poison’
February 15, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Add Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, to the growing list of people who aren’t fans of bitcoin. According to Reuters, Munger...

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Woos Merchants With New Crypto Tools, Most Crypto Traders Don’t Pay Taxes
Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Woos Merchants With New Crypto Tools, Most Crypto Traders Don’t Pay Taxes
February 15, 2018  |  Bitcoin

It will now be easier for retailers to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment, Bloomberg reported. Through a Coinbase service called Coinbase Commerce, retailers...

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Cryptos And Sandboxes And Streamlined Money Licensing (Oh My!)
Cryptos And Sandboxes And Streamlined Money Licensing (Oh My!)
February 15, 2018  |  News

Streamlined money transfer applications dominated regulatory news this past week as seven states took the initiative to make it easier for traditional FIs and fintechs...

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CFTC Commissioner Tells Cryptos To Self-Regulate
CFTC Commissioner Tells Cryptos To Self-Regulate
February 14, 2018  |  Blockchain

While the U.S. government determines its best approach to cryptocurrency regulation, a commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is advising crypto companies to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Coincheck’s Investors Take Their Money, Iceland’s Big Mining Electricity Bill
Bitcoin Daily: Coincheck’s Investors Take Their Money, Iceland’s Big Mining Electricity Bill
February 14, 2018  |  Bitcoin

While investors are worried that the price of bitcoin might be artificially held high, a head of a cryptocurrency firm is not concerned, CNBC reported....

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WePay’s Clerico Says Not Much Demand For Crypto
WePay’s Clerico Says Not Much Demand For Crypto
February 14, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The CEO of WePay says that the demand for cryptocurrency isn’t high enough for payment companies to start offering it. Bill Clerico said in a...

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Bitcoin Daily: LoopX’s Exit Scam, BitGrail’s Suspicious Nano Hack
Bitcoin Daily: LoopX’s Exit Scam, BitGrail’s Suspicious Nano Hack
February 13, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Some of America’s leading universities are adding a new course to their roster – call it Bitcoin 101. Graduate classes at schools such as Duke...

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Investors Caught In Two Crypto ‘Exit Scams’
Investors Caught In Two Crypto ‘Exit Scams’
February 12, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Following an announcement from an Italian cryptocurrency exchange that $200 million worth of virtual currency was stolen from its servers, investors and developers are taking...

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Crypto Mining Malware Found On Government Sites
Crypto Mining Malware Found On Government Sites
February 12, 2018  |  Bitcoin

For a brief time this weekend, the U.S. government was mining bitcoin — though it wasn’t aware it was doing so. According to Reuters reports,...

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