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.

Ethereum Surpasses $1K
Ethereum Surpasses $1K
January 05, 2018  |  Stock Index

Ethereum, a rival cryptocurrency to bitcoin, surpassed the $1,000 mark in trading on Thursday (Jan. 4) for the first time ever. The digital currency hit...

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Affiliate Websites Spoof Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Affiliate Websites Spoof Cryptocurrency Exchanges
January 05, 2018  |  Fraud Attack

Fake landing pages are spoofing websites for popular cryptocurrency exchange desks, TheNextWeb reports. The pages, which are meant to look like legitimate websites for exchanges...

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FanDuel Launches The Bitcoin Bowl
FanDuel Launches The Bitcoin Bowl
January 05, 2018  |  Bitcoin

If you can’t beat ‘em, bitcoin ‘em.   This weekend, fantasy sports fans and cryptocurrency fanatics alike will have a chance to celebrate the run-up to the Super...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Alternatives Drive Trillion-Dollar Predictions
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Alternatives Drive Trillion-Dollar Predictions
January 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

A number of bitcoin rivals, such as Stellar, on their way to making a dent in the cryptocurrency’s dominance. Though the marquee name in crypto...

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Merrill Lynch Bans Bitcoin For Its Client Advisors
Merrill Lynch Bans Bitcoin For Its Client Advisors
January 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Financial advisors at Merrill Lynch have been formally banned from pushing bitcoin-related investments for their clients, according to reports. Under the terms of the ban,...

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Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
January 04, 2018  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Where there is a will — and some digital currency — it seems there is a way. Or at least, that is the hope of...

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Peter Thiel And The Founders Fund Put Big Bucks Into Bitcoin
Peter Thiel And The Founders Fund Put Big Bucks Into Bitcoin
January 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Peter Thiel appears to be betting big on bitcoin: Founders Fund, the venture capital firm he co-founded, has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars of...

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Forget Bitcoin — Privacy Tokens A Favorite Of The Bad Guys
Forget Bitcoin — Privacy Tokens A Favorite Of The Bad Guys
January 03, 2018  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Bitcoin may be garnering a lot of interest from all sorts of investors, but it’s losing its luster for criminals, as they move on to...

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Bitcoin Down In First Day Of New Year Trading
Bitcoin Down In First Day Of New Year Trading
January 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The decline in the value of bitcoin carried into 2018, with the cryptocurrency down in trading on Tuesday (Jan. 2), marking the first time the...

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