Europe to Regulate Crypto-currencies
The European Union plans to regulate crypto-currencies if risks from the sector are not tackled at the global level, Vice-President Dombrovskis said on Monday....
U.S. and UK Government Websites Carried Crypto-mining Malware: report
Websites including ones run by U.S. and UK government agencies were infected on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to stealthy mine digital...
Bitcoin Drops to $10,000 After Facebook Ad Ban
Bitcoin's price dropped on Thursday to its lowest since late November, following a Facebook ban on cryptocurrency adverts and growing regulatory concerns.
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Hackers Steal $534 million From Tokyo's Coincheck Virtual Bank
Hackers have attacked computers owned by Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc. to drain the equivalent of 58 billion yen ($532 million) in digital currency called NEM....
New Metronome Cryptocurrency to Work on Multiple Blockchains
Jeff Garzik, a key developer who helped build the underlying software for bitcoin that is known as blockchain, has created a better digital currency...
Millions of PCs Are Being Used for Stealthy Cryptocurrency Mining
Your PC may be used to find cryptocurrency when you visit websites, with or without your consent. A report found that suggests hundreds of...
U.S. to Auction $1.6 million of Bitcoin
The U.S. government plans to auction over 2,700 bitcoins that were forfeited during several cases, several of which stemmed from investigations of the online black...
Bitfinex Exchange Customers to Get Haircut
Crypto-currency exchange Bitfinex, which lost $72 million to hackers last week, on Sunday announced that its customers would lose just over 36 percent...
Bitcoin Worth $72 Million Stolen from Bitfinex
About 120,000 units of digital currency bitcoin worth about US$72 million was stolen from the exchange platform Bitfinex in Hong Kong. Bitfinex is the world's...
Microsoft Store No Longer Accepts Bitcoin
Microsoft has decided to stop taking the Bitcoin cryptocurrency after accepting it as a form of payment on the Windows Store since late 2014. The...
