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Bitfinex offers up to US$400mn reward for return of stolen 2016 bitcoins
Bitfinex is offering a reward of up to US$400 million to recover almost 120,000 bitcoins stolen from the exchange in August 2016. Read more…
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Bitcoin halving – ever wondered what it is? This might help…
Bitcoin halving is a formulated reduction in the reward coins offered to miners using a predefined blockchain algorithm (see infographic). Read more…
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Darknet sellers offering face masks in return for bitcoin
Darknet trading platforms where contraband from drugs to stolen credit cards change hands are offering face masks in return for bitcoin. Read more…
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Increasing anxiety in cryptocurrency markets – we’ve been here before
There appears to be increasing anxiety in the cryptocurrency markets, but current market conditions are looking somewhat like 2012. Read more…
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Cryptocurrency exchanges creaking, bitcoin prices crash
The economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak spread from stocks, oil and bonds to cryptocurrency markets late last week, bitcoin crashed. Read more…
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Bitcoin plummets in wildly volatile cryptocurrency market
Bitcoin has plummets amid wild volatility in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off as the coronavirus pandemic takes hold. Read more…
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China’s Bitcoin miners account for 66% of global hashrate
China’s Bitcoin miners now control two-thirds of the cryptocurrency network’s processing power, which is likely to benefit the country’s miners. Read more…
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As Xi pushes blockchain, bitcoin benefits
China president Xi Jinping said that his party must focus on bumping up investments in blockchain technology. Read more…
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Cheaper and faster: which Bitcoin alternatives (altcoins) to buy?
Bitcoin is still undisputed leader in the market, but other alternatives (altcoins) offer the same functionality (or even broader) at a more favourable price. Read more…
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Bitcoin losing favour as ransom payment mode
(Reuters) – Give me bitcoin or your life. Seriously? The people behind a rash of bomb threats made across the United States and Canada last Thursday demanded a $20,000 ransom to be paid in bitcoin. Read more…