New Bitcoin Extortion-By-Mail Scheme Emerging
A series of anonymous extortion letters demanding payment in bitcoin has begun to emerge on social media as wary recipients ask their online communities for advice. This one appeared on…
Unmasking The Truth Behind The Right Wing Spin.
A series of anonymous extortion letters demanding payment in bitcoin has begun to emerge on social media as wary recipients ask their online communities for advice. This one appeared on…
The holding company of collapsed virtual currency exchange MtGox is looking to sell the trademark to the word Bitcoin, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. The company hopes to raise…
Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox was Wednesday placed in administration by a Japanese court, with an order for bankruptcy expected to be issued soon, its administrator and chief executive said. "The…
National Australia Bank is severing ties to digital currencies, saying they’re too risky. NAB has sent letters to business customers who primarily trade in bitcoin and similar crypto currencies, informing…
The boss of a Bitcoin company in Cyprus has fled abroad days after it suddenly stopped operations, in a blow to the virtual currency's once vaunted prospects on the island.…
Lawyers for the man alleged to have run an online black market called “Silk Road” are vigorously defending their client today with an innovative new tactic. Because the IRS recently…
As we have been saying for months now, the biggest challenge faced by bitcoin proponents is their own unwillingness to accept minimal regulations that would shore up the flagging value…
Charlie Shrem, the CEO of BitInstant and a vocal leader of the Bitcoin Foundation until his recent arrest for alleged money laundering, spoke to the Texas Bitcoin conference by Skype…
We are bitcoin skeptics here at BU, so we are not surprised at all to learn that another bitcoin “bank” shut down yesterday after a hack of its “hot wallet”…
We are still bearish on bitcoins. Mt. Gox, the premiere bitcoin exchange that recently suspended all activity after the theft of some 750,000 coins from its users’ wallets, declared bankruptcy…