Bitcoin
Legal
Crooked Silk Road Investigator Arrested Again
The former Secret Service agent who was caught stealing bitcoins during the Silk Road case appeared to be fleeing the country ahead of a nearly 6-year sentence.
Bitcoin
10 People Arrested in Connection With Bitcoin Money Laundering Scheme
The 10 men, all in their 20s and with Dutch nationality, were arrested in coordinated raids at 15 locations across the Netherlands.
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Prominent Bitcoin Developer Declares the Digital Currency a Failure
'The fundamentals are broken and whatever happens to the price in the short term, the long-term trend should probably be downwards,' developer wrote.
Make More Happen
Mike Tyson and His Face Tattoo Will Represent New Bitcoin Digital Wallet Product
'Mike Tyson's Digital Wallet' is a mainstream service that lets consumers buy and sell bitcoin at any bitcoin ATM.
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Has the True Identity of the Bitcoin Founder Finally Been Revealed?
The latest name to float to the surface in the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto is Craig Steven Wright, an Australian entrepreneur and academic.
Security
EU Cracks Down On Bitcoin, Anonymous Payments Systems to Curb Terrorism Funding
EU interior and justice ministers will gather in Brussels on Friday for a crisis meeting in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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Bitcoin Hits $300 Mark
The last time the cryptocurrency was priced this high was in July.
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Bitcoin Is Now Tax Free in Europe
The European Court of Justice ruled the virtual currency can be treated in the same way as traditional money.
Bitcoin
New York Just Issued Its First BitLicense
A bitcoin startup called Circle Internet Financial is now permitted to offer digital currency services in the state.
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Bitcoin Is Now Classified as a Commodity in the U.S.
The digital currency has the same designation as gold or oil.
Bitcoin
Japanese Court: Bitcoin Can't Be Owned, People Can't Sue Mt. Gox for Compensation
A judge ruled that bitcoins don't have the 'tangible qualities' needed to constitute owned property by Japanese law.
Crime
Ex-CEO of Defunct Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Arrested in Japan
Hundreds of millions of virtual currency dollars are missing.
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Tech Glitches Ground Planes, Freeze the NYSE: This Week's Headlines (VIDEO)
Plus: CitiGroup dips its toe in Bitcoin's pond and how Elon Musk's money is being used to protect AI from obliterating humanity.
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Citigroup Is Testing Its Own Bitcoin: 'Citicoin'
Taking a page out of Bitcoin's playbook, the banking giant is exploring innovative ways to transact across borders without a bank account.
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that can be exchanged directly from peer to peer created by an unknown person who went by the alias “Satoshi Nakamoto” who published the bitcoin payment system in 2009. Some of the advantages of using bitcoin is that purchases can be made without any middle men or transaction fees and can be made anonymously.