Tag Archives: Bitcoin

Thu 4th February 2016
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33 Indicators that Bitcoin is not negligence down - BargainFox.co.uk produced this infographic that looks at 33 indicators relating to Bitcoin and why things are not slowing down with the cryptocurrency. 55% of Bitcoin users are 19-34 years of age based on a survey of 4,000 respondents. 90% Male ... read more ...
Mon 17th August 2015
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BitcoinWallets.com is live - Back in February of 2014 BitcoinWallet.com sold for $250,000. Coin Desk reported on the story, Younts, who confirmed the sale to CoinDesk but declined to comment, also noted in the post that he is close to selling the domain BitcoinWallets.com for a similar asking price. The domain asset was a part of the NeverLoseVision.com investment portfolio, a seven-figure incubator portfolio with startup projects and investment domain assets. A search of the WHOIS domain record-keeping database revealed that ... read more ...
Sun 9th August 2015
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Australia Says Bitcoin is Money - A couple different views on Bitcoin have come out this week, Australia and Japan both made statements regarding the digital or cryptocurrency. Bryon Kaye of Reuters reported earlier in the week that Australia will look to treat digital currencies as money, making things straightforward for their citizens. From the article: SYDNEY An Australian government inquiry will recommend treating digital currencies as money, simplifying tax for people who trade with them while forcing bitcoin exchanges to monitor ... read more ...
Sat 1st August 2015
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Tokyo Police Arrest Mark Karpeles of Bitcoin Exchange Mt.Gox - Mark Karpeles the former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been arrested in Tokyo. In a statement, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police said that they believed 30-year-old French national Karpeles had “unjustly inflated the balance” of an account in his name by manipulating Mt. Gox transaction records. “He created false information that $1 million had been transferred into the account, when in fact it had not been.” The New York Times reports: On Saturday, the Japanese police arrested Mark Karpeles, ... read more ...
Wed 15th July 2015
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Bodis To Offer Bitcoin as a remuneration option - Popular parking service Bodis will now allow customers to be paid in Bitcoin if they like. Matt wrote you can find the option in payment settings and the minimum payout will be just $10. From the Bodis Blog: Starting today, you may choose Bitcoin as a payment method for your domain parking earnings. As the first domain parking company to offer this feature, we hope to please a range of users that would prefer to receive future payments to their Bitcoin wallet. Payments will be converted from the ... read more ...
Mon 25th May 2015
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CoinDesk Reports On "War" Over Bitcoin.com Domain Name - CoinDesk.com is reporting a dispute between Roger Ver and OKCoin over the domain name Bitcoin.com which is describes as a War over the domain: The issue stems from the management of the Bitcoin.com domain, after the two sides struck a five-year deal last December to control the property. Under the agreement, OKCoin was set to redesign the site and pay Ver a percentage of the revenue generated each month, with a minimum of $10,000 per month. according to the article. There is a reported contract dispute ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2015
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Bitcoin Exchange PSCoin.com ReBrands to LZF.com - According to CryptoCoinsNews.com (CCN), Bitcoin exchange PSCoin.com is re-branding to LZF.com. “The Co-founder of PS Coin Daniel Pusateri told CCN that LZF.com stands for Laissez Faire, which means the free market, a market without government interference. At present, LZF.com redirects users to pscoin.com. The replacement will become complete within the coming weeks.” “Pusateri said his partner, Andrew Tepper, owned the LZF.com domain name and agreed to sell it to the company for $20,000 in ... read more ...
Fri 24th April 2015
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How a blockchain could change a domain business - Mike Ward wrote a very interesting piece on Coin Telegraph with regards to the Blockchain and domain names. Ward takes a look at how the DNS can run on a decentralized platform, he talks about the flexibility this would provide and how it would create greater freedom, reduce costs and provide less exposure to risk. I thought the most interesting part of his article was talking about how some see domains as becoming obsolete. He points out, “Despite the claims from many that a perfect storm of factors ... read more ...
Tue 7th April 2015
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The Bitcoin Foundation is "effectively bankrupt" according to one house member - Ars Technica published an article that the Bitcoin Foundation according to one board member, is bankrupt. The organization was created a couple of years ago to bring some sense of official community face for users and investors of Bitcoin. It seems the wheels are coming off as some of the original members have not had a great go of it lately. Of course some have always held that the beauty of Bitcoin was anonymity and open with no central command so to speak. The flip side of the crypto coin is ... read more ...
Thu 19th March 2015
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Great Britain Looking to Regulate Digital Currencies - Reuters had a story on Britain announcing it would be looking to regulate digital currencies like Bitcoin. From the story: Britain took a significant step towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulate digital currencies for the first time by applying anti-money laundering rules to exchanges. Already the center of the $5-trillion-a-day market for traditional currencies, the UK is fast emerging as a center for digital currencies too, cementing its ... read more ...
Sat 21st February 2015
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Government Set To Auction Another 50,000 Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road Bust - Joel Dalais reported on BitcoinMagazine.com that the third government auction of Bitcoins that were seized during the Silk Road bust will take place March 5, 2015. Joel points out that some of the coins seized were not used in any illegal business. There were merchants on Silk Road that operated perfectly legit businesses. From the article: The U.S. Marshals Service is holding its third Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) bitcoin auction this March 5th, 2015. These bitcoin were seized from Ross Ulbricht, ... read more ...
Wed 18th February 2015
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Jered Kenna The Man Who Lost The Rights To Bitcoin.com And How He Bounced Back - Coin Desk/ ZapChain  Interview with Jered Kenna Jered Kenna is someone who got into Bitcoin early and not only did he get into Bitcoin, but his company according to the interview says his company Trade Hill owned the mother of all domain names, Bitcoin.com. The confusing part in the video he uses the words we owned Bitcoin.com, but had an agreement with the owner that if the exchange closed down he would get the domain back. So it may be fair to say they were leasing the domain but he used the word ... read more ...
 
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Canada's Largest Bitcoin Exchange Shutting Down After Security Breach - The hits just keep coming in the exciting world of cryptocurrency, The Next Web is reporting thatCavirtex, the largest Canadian Bitcoin exchange is shutting down after a security breach. This adds on to $1.75 million worth of BTC stolen from Chinese exchange BTER last week. Bitstamp lost $5million in January. Cavirtex said it did not lose any customer funds and will be returning them. Canadian Bitcoin exchange Cavirtex has announced that it may have suffered a security breach and is shutting down ... read more ...
Sun 25th January 2015
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Coinbase Receives Approval to Launch Regulated U.S. Bitcoin Exchange - Coinbase to launch regulated Bitcoin exchange Monday Coin Desk reported that Coinbase will be rolling out a regulated Bitcoin exchange that has been approved by half of the nation’s state regulators. The Winklevoss  Twins announced on Friday that they plan to start a regulated Bitcoin exchange called Gemini, which they are financing out of their own pockets. They will only be dealing with American banks. From the article: Coinbase has until now acted largely as a brokerage for bitcoin users. By ... read more ...
Thu 22nd January 2015
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Braintree now lets all U.S. merchants accept Bitcoin - Braintree will now make it possible for all merchants in the U.S. to accept Bitcoin. Venture Beat is out with an article that Braintree after making partnerships earlies in the year with Coinbase and Pay Pal will make it possible for all merchants in the U.S. to accept Bitcoin. I guess for those not that savvy when it comes to Bitcoin but still want to seem modern and cool, this will be an attractive feature. From the article: Today, Braintree announced that merchants in the U.S. can now accept ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2015
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Bitcoin Drops Below $200 - Bitcoin slipped below $200 today and traded down as low as $179 and change. Ruth Reader covered it for Venture Beat: Very early this morning the coin’s price fell below the $200 mark to $179.13, before somewhat rebounding. As of this writing the coin is worth $194.29. Yesterday, the value of Bitcoin started descending quickly. Its value depreciated from its opening price of $267 to a low of $224 by 4 a.m. PT, according to Coindesk’s chart. Those who watch the market have long said that ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2015
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xHamster regulating Bitcoin as a primary approach to accept online payments – A demeanour during a tip sites regulating Bitcoin - CryptoCoinsNews.com took a look at the top 100 sites using Bitcoin. The article started off looking at Xhamster.com the popular adult tube site. Mega porn site xHamster has not only accepted Bitcoin as a prime way to receive online payments, but is very happy with the results and is looking to expand services with the leading digital currency. Over the last six months, xHamster and many others have joined Bitcoin as a new way to pay online going forward. The article went on to list the top 100 sites ... read more ...
Tue 6th January 2015
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Hackers Get over $5million in Bitcoin from Europe’s Largest Exchange - Europe’s largest Bitcoin Exchange Got Hacked CNN Money reported that Bitstamp, the largest Bitcoin exchange in Europe was hacked. The take was over $5million. The exchange says that most of their reserves are held offline in secure storage systems. From the article: Cyber thieves have run off with about 19,000 bitcoin ($5.2 million) from Bitstamp accounts. The company said it has suspended services after some digital wallets were compromised on Jan 4. Bitstamp told customers not to make any deposits ... read more ...
Thu 25th December 2014
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Bitcoin to Sponsor Bowl Game - With all the talk and stories on Bitcoin over the last 18 months it only made sense for them to get involved in College Football. One of the most popular activities in the U.S. and with so many college age people driving the future of Bitcoin, sponsoring a bowl game seems to be the next step. Years ago many outside of domaining did not know who Go Daddy was and their Superbowl commercial helped grow their popularity. Go Daddy has a bowl game which will be played Jan 4, 2015 between Toledo and Arkansas ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2014
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Second Auction Of Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road Completed - John Biggs just posted on Tech Crunch that the second auciton of Silk Road Bitcoins. There were 50,000 BTC in this auction. Current Bitcoin pricing courtesy of CoinDesk.com From Tech Crunch: The US Marshals Service has completed the second auction of Bitcoin seized from the original Silk Road. The auction, consisting of 50,000 BTC, is the latest in a seized BTC sell-off that began in June. The USMC reported that 11 registered bidders placed 27 bids for the bitcoin, down from 45 bidders in June. ... read more ...
Wed 26th November 2014
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A demeanour during Bitcoin/Crypto Related Domain Sales - CryptoNames.com is a site that specializes in domain names related to the Bitcoin/Crypto Currency Niche. They compiled a list of BitCoin, Crypto and Coin related sales. I have posted a partial list from each category. Check out the full list at CryptoNames.com. Bitcoin Related Bitcoin.com.au    $31,200    November 2014 BitcoinOption.com    $1,600    September 2014 BitcoinAnalysis.com    $X,XXX    September 2014 BTC.com    $1,000,000    August 2014 PriceOfBitcoin.com    $X,XXX    ... read more ...
Tue 25th November 2014
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Bitcoin.com.au sells for $31,200 as owners loses a domain due to bad registrant info - DnTrade.com.au and a few others have been buzzing about Bitcoin.com.au being auctioned off on Netfleet. Cazalla at Qntra.net wrote the best explanation of what happened, this was the second time Bitcoin.com.au sold this year. Apparently it is a popular tactic to report domains with bad info in Australia, the author explains, “Australian domainers employ in order to secure premium domains is to look for ones which contain outdated or expired registrant details before lodging a complaint with auDA.” From ... read more ...
Sun 2nd November 2014
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Fidor and Kraken Looking To Launch The First Ever Crypto Currency Bank - Fidor and Kraken looking to team up to form the first Crypto Currency bank Stan Higgins published an article on Coin Desk looking at the formation of the first bank that will specialize in crypto currencies. On the project’s official website, visitors are being asked to vote on a name for the proposed cryptocurrency bank. The three names are: BICONDO, BYSE Bank and Cryptocurrency Bank. From the article: German Internet direct bank Fidor and digital currency exchange Kraken are teaming up on what ... read more ...
Wed 8th October 2014
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Overstock Looking To Democratize Wall Street With New Bitcoin Related Project - Overstock is looking to change things on Wall Street In an article on Wired.com it seems that Overstock is straying from their core business and working on a side project that hopes to democratize Wall Street. Building on top of the existing Bitcoin protocol. If the project is successful there is a plan to spin the business off as a separate company. Overstock has certainly been one of the ecommerce companies that has been at the forefront of exploring opportunities with Bitcoin. It will be interesting ... read more ...
Sat 27th September 2014
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Mark Cuban Does Not See Long Term Future for Bitcoin as a Currency - Mark Cuban does not see Bitcoin being a long term play as far as being a currency. Cuban told Entrepreneur that if ever got into Bitcoin it would be purely for the entertainment value, kind of like buying and selling baseball cards. This is not the first time Cuban has expressed a disinterest in the crypto currency, back in March at SXSW that he did not see the long term play. From the article: Like many, Cuban compares Bitcoin to gold and says central banks will never let it truly succeed. He also ... read more ...