US Government Files Stern Response to Ongoing IRS-Coinbase Case
Not too long ago, the Bitcoin world learned of an ongoing court case involving the IRS and Coinbase. The US government agency sought to pull data from Coinbase users to ensure …
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Bitcoin Ransomware Education: SynAck
September 7, 2017
Education, Ransomware
Virtually every other week, a new type of ransomware starts causing many headaches. The latest malware strain to surface is called SynAck, and it has been a relatively dormant malware up to this …
Bitcoin Tipping Website Taringa Suffers Major Data Breach
Any website related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is often a big target for hackers. Although properly secured platforms are protected from major incidents, a successful hack will occur every now …
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Ledger Begins Monero Integration
Ledger – the leading bitcoin and cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer – has officially begun preparing to support the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero. The Ledger development team, led by CTO Nicolas Bacca, …
Australian Bullion Dealers and Students Show Increased Interest in Bitcoin
People often like to draw parallels between Bitcoin and gold. In the minds of many industry experts, both assets are direct competitors. That is rather strange, considering Bitcoin and …
Three Russian Bitcoin Sellers Arrested for Evading Taxes
Just when things are looking up for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in Russia, bad news arrives. In the first-ever criminal case in Russia related to the sale of bitcoins, three men …
NEO Price Bounces Back to $22 Thanks to 16% Gain Against Bitcoin
With the cryptocurrency markets still trying to find their new equilibrium, there isn’t much positive momentum to speak of right now. The Bitcoin price has been trying to mount a comeback, …
Ukraine Will Determine the Legality of Bitcoin in 3 Weeks
Defining Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency as a legal asset is not as straightforward as some people may think. Various countries around the world are currently in the process …
The Number of Bitcoin Network SegWit Transactions Remains Very Small
Now that Segregated Witness has been deployed on the Bitcoin network, the scaling debate has officially been solved. That would be the case, assuming there were at least some SegWit …