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.

Today in Data: Bitcoin’s Weekend Surge

Today in Data: Bitcoin’s Weekend Surge
Today in Data: Bitcoin’s Weekend Surge
August 14, 2017  |  Today In Data

It’s been quite the year for cryptocurrencies, and the one that seems to be at the top of the group saw a jump in stock...

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Bitcoin Price Flies To More Than $4,100 Over Weekend
Bitcoin Price Flies To More Than $4,100 Over Weekend
August 14, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin investors were in for a wild ride over the weekend, with the cryptocurrency trading below $3,700 and then an hour later trading around $4,135....

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Bitcoin Tracker: Battle For The Cryptocurrency Crown
Bitcoin Tracker: Battle For The Cryptocurrency Crown
August 10, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Distributed ledger technology (blockchain) has made significant headway this year, and people are starting to take notice. At the beginning of 2017, the cryptocurrency bitcoin...

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Overstock.com Now Accepts All Cryptocurrencies
Overstock.com Now Accepts All Cryptocurrencies
August 09, 2017  |  Retail

Cryptocurrencies just made a huge leap from use in the financial arena to mainstream. Though currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum have been typically reserved for...

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Battle Of The Bitcoin Mining Crown, Russia Heats Things Up
Battle Of The Bitcoin Mining Crown, Russia Heats Things Up
August 09, 2017  |  Bitcoin

The race is on to become the next leader in bitcoin mining. As eCommerce continues to see an increase, with online fraud multiplying as a...

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Bitcoin Flirts With All-Time High Over The Weekend
Bitcoin Flirts With All-Time High Over The Weekend
August 07, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, jumped more than 16 percent on Saturday (August 6) to an all-time high of $3,360.87 before hovering around $3,303, propelling market...

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WannaCry Hackers Laundering Ill-Gotten Gains Via ShapeShift
WannaCry Hackers Laundering Ill-Gotten Gains Via ShapeShift
August 04, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The hackers behind the WannaCry ransomware attack that spread around the globe are reportedly starting to money launder the $143,000 in bitcoin they secured using...

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In A Ransom DDoS Attack, It Doesn’t Pay To Pay
In A Ransom DDoS Attack, It Doesn’t Pay To Pay
August 04, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Cyberattacks have become so common that criminals don’t even have to launch one in order to get victims to pay up; all they have to...

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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Cash, What’s Next For Retailers?
Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Cash, What’s Next For Retailers?
August 03, 2017  |  Bitcoin

All is not running business as usual in the bitcoin realm. The digital currency that has been around for nearly a decade has struggled to...

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