One of world’s largest bitcoin exchanges by volume gets go-ahead to operate in Europe, Tokyo-based business says.
Hackers steal $400m from cryptocurrency startups by exploiting ‘information chaos’
Cybercriminals exploit hype and basic coding errors to target Initial Coin Offerings in phishing attacks, Ernst & Young research finds.
What is SpriteCoin Fake cryptocurrency scam delivers ransomware, installs more malware if you pay up
The discovery comes as cybercriminals increasingly tap into cryptocurrency as lures, payment options or attacks.
50 Cent is a bitcoin millionaire after ‘forgetting about cryptocurrency from 2014’
The rapper 50 Cent has reportedly become a bitcoin millionaire after discovering that an account used to accept cryptocurrency for a 2014 album now holds a fortune.
Physical Bitcoins Our Hands-On, End-to-End Review of Opendime
Opendime is a tiny USB flash drive that can be loaded with bitcoin by the first user and given to another user, who is, in turn, able to pass it along to a third user and so forth.The private key attached to each Opendime is generated by the device …
Edge’s Paul Puey Digital Security Will Take Place on the Edges
Security is one of the hottest topics in todays ever-evolving digital world. A steady flow of debate continues to take place at tech forums worldwide on topics like encryption, passwords, two-factor authentication, hardware wallets and the like.As c…
South Korea Allows Cryptocurrency Trading for Real-Name Registered Accounts
Six Korean banks will begin allowing the simultaneous opening of accounts, deposits and withdrawals, as well as transfers of funds between these accounts and exchanges, beginning on January 30, 2018, but with some new restrictions.South Koreas gover…
Op Ed Heres What Paul Krugman Got Wrong in His Bitcoin Tweetstorm
Like many other mainstream economists, Paul Krugman has long-shown a complete disdain for Bitcoin. In late 2013, he went as far as to write a piece titled Bitcoin Is Evil for his column in The New York Times.Moral objections to bitcoin are one thing…
Study Suggests 25 Percent of Bitcoin Users Are Associated With Illegal Activity
In anewly published paper on the use of bitcoin for illegal activity, researchers from the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga indicate that a quarter of all bitcoin users are assoc…
Storing Your Bitcoin
Don’t forget to safely store your Bitcoins so you don’t lose them! If you buy your Bitcoins from an exchange, it’s a good idea to move them off of the exchange into either a desktop wallet, hardware wallet, or paper wallet. Desktop Wallet A desktop wallet is safer than leaving your Bitcoins on an exchange,…