- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 7th, 2013
Bitcoins Are Money, Judge Rules in Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Investigation
The legal basis for Bitcoins is expanding, though trading is still largely unregulated
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 5th, 2013
Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Now Hosted by Akamai, Close to Rolling Out New Trading Engine
The site has been having trouble keeping up with demand
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 30th, 2013
Thailand Outlaws Bitcoins
The country's central bank rejected the Internet-based currency
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 24th, 2013
Operator of Bitcoin Savings and Trust Charged with Running Ponzi Scheme
The man is accused of defrauding investors of over $60 million (€45 million)
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- July 12th, 2013
Coinbase Enables Instant Bitcoin Purchases
The option is not available to all users, but it's a first in the Bitcoin world
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- July 4th, 2013
Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Resumes Dollar Withdrawals, Despite Legal Problems
Mt. Gox is the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, but it's not without its problems
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 2nd, 2013
Experts Identify Trojan Designed to Steal Litecoin Wallets
The threat steals wallet.dat files and uploads them to an FTP server
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 26th, 2013
Digital Currency Users Warned of “Account Security Update” Phishing Scams
Symantec spotted a clever phishing operation last month
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 24th, 2013
Bitcoin Foundation Hit with Cease and Desist by Clueless Regulators
Ordered to stop trading even though it's a nonprofit which doesn't actually trade Bitcoins
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 22nd, 2013
Experts Uncover Subscription-Based DIY Bitcoin Mining Tool
The service discovered by Webroot costs only $15 (€11) per month
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 21st, 2013
Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Halts US Dollar Withdrawals
The company blames it on the increased volume of transactions
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 5th, 2013
Mt.Gox Phishing Sites Set Up on Various TLDs
The Bitcoin exchange knows about the scam websites and is trying to raise awareness
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 30th, 2013
Experts Share Insight on How Liberty Reserve Takedown Affects Cybercriminals
Fraudsters will probably simply move on to an alternative service
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- May 30th, 2013
Mt. Gox to Require Real Identities for All Currency Transactions
In the light of the Liberty Reserve shutdown and investigations into Mt. Gox itself
- Security Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- May 16th, 2013
Feds Reveal Warrant Used to Seize Mt. Gox Accounts, Affecting Bitcoin Trade
The government argues that Mt. Gox is illegally involved in money transfers
- Security Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- May 15th, 2013
Homeland Security Freezes the Dwolla Accounts of Largest Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox
No one seems to know what is happening and the government isn't saying much
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 2nd, 2013
Gaming Company’s App Hijacks Players’ PCs, Uses Them for Bitcoin Mining
ESEA pledged to donate all the generated Bitcoins to the American Cancer Society