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Senate hosts hearing on Bitcoin and other virtual currencies
Monday was a big day for the decentralized virtual currency Bitcoin as Congress held its first hearing on the matter. Experts from the US government, the Bitcoin community and the nonprofit sector all weighed in on the growing popularity of virtual currencies during the hearing.
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Brilliant But Evil: Gaming Company Fined $1 Million For Secretly Using Players' Computers To Mi
Back in April, an online gamer noticed that his computer seemed to be working harder than it should be given what he had running on it. When he checked his logs, he realized that his computer, much to his surprise, had joined a Bitcoin mining pool in the Czech Republic and was helping someone to
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Gaming company hit with $1 million fine for turning customer PCs into Bitcoin miners
A gaming company by the name of E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has been hit with a $1 million fine stemming from a Bitcoin mining incident earlier this year. The company is being forced to pay $325,000 upfront and will only be charged the remainder of the penalty if they are...
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. Go to this univeristy and you can pay for your tuition in Bitcoin
Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now If you love Bitcoin and want to be in the middle of all that is digital currency, you’d best pack up and move to Cyprus. The University of …
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University in Cyprus becomes world's first to accept Bitcoin payments
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Richard Branson: Buy your space flight with bitcoin
Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson announced on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Friday that his commercial space flight venture will accept bitcoin as payment. He called it "a new exciting currency." Virgin Galactic accepted its first purchase with bitcoin from a flight attendant in Hawaii. Branson
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Cryptolocker ransomware scammers offering discounts as Bitcoin prices soar
Cryptolocker has been making the headlines lately after National Cyber Crime Unit of UK warned of a large spam attack involving the ransomware and more recently because Swansea Massachusetts police department in the US agreed to pay the asking price ... Read More
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Black Friday deals offered for Bitcoin users
Good news from everyone's favorite cryptocurrency. If you happen to be among the digital vanguard holding Bitcoins, then you're in line for some exclusive deals on Black Friday. A group of online activists, Bitcoin boosters and retailers have launched a website called Bitcoin Black Friday. The site
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Bitcoin Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Money
The price of a bitcoin topped $900 last week, an enormous surge in value that arrived amidst Congressional hearings where top U.S. financial regulators took a surprisingly rosy view of digital currency. Just 10 months ago, a bitcoin sold for a measly $13. The spike was big news across the globe
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Bitcoin exchange rate tops $1,000 for first time ever
Digital crypto-currency starlet Bitcoin reached the $1,000 mark for the first time ever overnight as the virtual currency continues to soar in popularity. The value of Bitcoin has doubled in the past week alone and is up around 4,000 percent on the year.
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