- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 8th, 2016
Three Chinese Bitcoin Miners Caught Stealing Public Electricity
Third Bitcoin halving scheduled for tomorrow
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 8th, 2016
EU Gets Closer to Ending Anonymous Bitcoin Trading
Just one more hurdle to outlaw anonymous Bitcoin trading
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 28th, 2016
CryptXXX Ransomware Authors Made $45,000 in 17 Days
Who said crime doesn't pay never heard of ransomware
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2016
Complex Bitcoin Phishing Scheme Leads Back to Offshore Web Hosting Firm
Recent surge of Bitcoin phishing sites detected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 8th, 2016
Companies Are Stockpiling Bitcoin in Case They Get Infected with Ransomware
Ransomware has scared businesses across the globe
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 5th, 2016
DDoS Attack on BitGo Bitcoin Wallet Sends Shock Waves Through the Industry
Service resumes operations after a few hours
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 2nd, 2016
PayPal Files Patent for Bitcoin Payment Device
Device will support credit cards, PayPal accounts, and crypto-currency wallets (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin)
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
FBI Warns of Bitcoin-Based Extortion Attempts Following Recent Mega Breaches
Crooks ask from $500 to $2,500 to keep quiet
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26th, 2016
Europol Arrests 30 Suspects of Online TV Piracy and Laundering Money via Bitcoin
Authorities seize 78.3 Bitcoin from crooks' mining center
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 21st, 2016
Bitcoin Rival Ethereum Scores Big Win After Coinbase Decides to Integrate It
Coinbase will also rebrand as GDAX, or Global Digital Asset Exchange, but keep the Coinbase name for Bitcoin operations
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 19th, 2016
Hacker Steals Money from Bank, Sends It as Bitcoin to Anti-ISIS Syrian Provence
Phineas Fisher donates 25 Bitcoin to Syria's Rojava region
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 16th, 2016
Fake Hacker Found Guilty of Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme
Criminal now faces up to thirty years in prison
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 16th, 2016
Gatecoin Bitcoin Exchange Loses $2 Million Following Cyber-Heist
Company says it will reimburse all users
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 2nd, 2016
Man Claims He's Bitcoin's Creator, Is Immediately Contested
Craig Wright says he's the legendary Satoshi Nakamoto
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 1st, 2016
User Loses $136,000 Because of Bitcoin Transaction Blunder
User can recover his money until May 3, 2016
- Games
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- April 27th, 2016
Bitcoin Payments Officially Announced for Steam
It's unclear when they will go live for all markets
- Finances
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 25th, 2016
Bitstamp Becomes First Licensed Bitcoin Exchange in the World
Luxembourg, one of the centers of the EU financial world, grants Bitstamp a license to operate across Europe