Report: $64M in Bitcoin Stolen in ‘NiceHash’ Hack
Nearly $64 million in bitcoin has been stolen following a hack that affected “bitcoin mining marketplace” NiceHash.
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Steam Drops Support for Bitcoin Due to ‘High Fees and Volatility’
In a blog post by “Kurtis” on behalf of Valve’s Steam gaming platform, the company outlined why they made the decision to cut support for the popular digital currency Bitcoin.
Venezuela’s Maduro Launches the ‘Petro,’ an Oil-Based Cryptocurrency
Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro has announced the introduction of a new oil-based cryptocurrency to help restore the country’s collapsed economy.
Bitcoin Price Cracks All-Time High of $10,000
The price of one full Bitcoin, the original decentralized digital currency, officially hit 10,000 U.S. dollars early Tuesday morning, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Deletes Tweets About Legalizing Child Porn
Vitalik Buterin — the co-founder of Ethereum, a digital currency and dapp (decentralized app) development platform — deleted tweets from his verified Twitter account Monday night that seemed to defend the idea of legalizing child pornography.
Dash Upgrade Promises Lower Fees — and Strong Competition for Bitcoin, Visa
Dash ($DASH), a decentralized digital currency, released an upgrade to its blockchain code Wednesday that promises to reduce most transaction fees to less than a third of a penny, boasting that it has upgraded its scaling capabilities as Bitcoin struggles under the load of its users’ activity.
Bitcoin Soars Above $7,000 for First Time
The price of Bitcoin smashed another record early Thursday morning — $7,000 for each unit of the digital currency.
Report: Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocoins in Viewers’ Browsers
Websites owned by CBS subsidiary Showtime secretly used viewers’ web browsers to mine cryptocurrency over the weekend, according to a report.
Princeton Researchers Claim Bitcoin Transactions Do Not Guarantee Anonymity
Independent researchers at Princeton University have revealed that they can identify the names of users behind Bitcoin transactions.
AMD Stock Is Soaring Thanks to Help from Ethereum Miners
AMD’s share price is soaring thanks to an influx of hardware purchases from Ethereum miners.
Hackers Steal Millions Worth of Ethereum in Week of Crypto Heists
A group of vigilante hackers stole $75 million worth of Ethereum that was vulnerable due to a bug in the wallet code but claim that they plan to give it back to its rightful owners.
Ethereum Price Continues Rapid Price Growth to Break $400 Mark
The price of Ether has continued to increase in 2017, with the cryptocurrency flirting with U.S. dollar values above $400 as of Monday evening.
Crypto-Project Ripple Owns Potentially $16 Billion of Its Own Currency
The Ripple Project, a blockchain start-up seeking to revolutionize the way that the world transfers money, is potentially sitting on over $16 billion of its own cryptocurrency.
Former Mozilla CEO’s ‘Brave’ Internet Browser Raises $35 Million in ‘Under 30 Seconds’
Brave, a privacy-based and open-source browser, raised $35 Million from its initial coin offering (ICO) in under 30 seconds this week, according to a report.
Bitcoin Rival Ethereum Rallies to over 2,700% Increase in 2017
The increasingly popular crypto-project Ethereum has had a strong 2017, increasing in value by more than 2,700 percent since the beginning of the year.
Cybersecurity Firm: a Larger Global Cyber Attack Is on the Way
A cybersecurity firm has claimed that another, bigger cyber attack is on the way, adding that the next incident could “dwarf” the last.
Bitcoin Value Crashes by Nearly Twenty Percent
Bitcoin value took a dramatic dive Thursday with the cryptocurrency’s value falling by as much as 18% to $820 per coin, according to Business Insider.