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.

Bitcoin Breaks $1,000

Bitcoin Breaks $1,000
Bitcoin Breaks $1,000
January 03, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Given the past few days, it seems like 2017 could be a banner year for bitcoin. Bitcoin broke past $1,000 in value on its first...

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Coinbase Versus IRS Heats Up
Coinbase Versus IRS Heats Up
January 03, 2017  |  Bitcoin

There’s new news in the ongoing battle between bitcoin and ether exchange and platform startup Coinbase and the IRS. The request for Jeffrey Berns’ Coinbase...

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Bitcoin Inching Back Toward $1,000
Bitcoin Inching Back Toward $1,000
December 29, 2016  |  Bitcoin

The final quarter of 2016 has been good to cryptocurrency bitcoin. At the time of writing, the current bitcoin price stands at $966.41, the highest it has...

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Bitcoin In Circulation Reached More Than $14 Billion
Bitcoin In Circulation Reached More Than $14 Billion
December 23, 2016  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin is ending the year on a good note, with the total value of bitcoin in circulation reaching more than $14 billion on Thursday (Dec....

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Hackers Use Phone Numbers To Steal Bitcoin
Hackers Use Phone Numbers To Steal Bitcoin
December 21, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers are going old school, using just a telephone number to steal everything from money in bank accounts to bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
December 19, 2016  |  PYMNTS Topic TBD

Commodity. Currency. A hybrid of the two. Where you stand on bitcoin determines how you use it, but as Gene Kavner, founder and CEO of iPayYou notes...

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