The increased popularity of cryptocurrencies is affecting all spheres of our life now – even the gambling business. Online casinos have started accepting Bitcoin and other tokens, and even brick-and-mortar houses offer cryptocurrency transactions. It’s Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is evidence that tether, a digital currency pegged to the US dollar, may have been used to manipulate the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a research paper released Read more…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said it was hacked over the weekend, sparking a steep fall in Bitcoin amid renewed concerns about security at virtual currency exchanges as global policy makers struggled Read more…
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We all know that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are definitely not as safe as houses. And when the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett himself, says that Bitcoin is “rat poison, squared”, opinion tends to harden Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday said buyers of Bitcoin, which he has characterized as “rat poison squared,” thrive on the hope they’ll find other people who will pay more for Read more…
LONDON/NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – After bouncing up, falling down and keeping investors on the edges of their seats, Bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability, experts say. A worldwide wave of Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the north China city of Tianjin confiscated 600 computers used to mine Bitcoin cryptocurrency after the local power grid operator reported abnormal electricity usage, Xinhua reported Wednesday. “Eight high-power fans Read more…
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When China closed its local cryptocurrency exchanges late last year, an underground ecosystem of Bitcoin “mules” and peer-to-peer platforms sprung up to allow Bitcoin trading to thrive, away from regulators’ watchful eyes. Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – Google said on Wednesday it was banning advertisements for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, the latest internet company to clamp down on the sector amid growing concerns about scams. Google’s action, which Read more…
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