How a blockchain-based digital photo notary is fighting fraud and fake news
Truepic is an image authentication company that’s taking a high-tech approach to fighting fraud and fake news, verifying images at the point of capture and securely encoding them in the blockchain.
Student cracks DNA code to take home $10,000 worth of bitcoin
A student has managed to reveal a message encoded in DNA just days before its three-year deadline was set to elapse.
Stripe bids farewell to bitcoin, says it will stop supporting the currency
his week, Stripe announced that it would no longer process bitcoin transactions. The change will take effect in its entirety on April 23, 2018.
Hackers steal as much as 10 percent of new cryptocurrency funds
As much as 10 percent of all funds that go toward cryptocurrency initial coin offerings are stolen by hackers according to a new study.
Federal regulators file fraud charges against three bitcoin operators
Following an already rough month for bitcoin, three U.S. virtual currency operators have been charged with fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
How to trade bitcoin for other cryptocurrencies
Would you rather have a broad portfolio of cryptocurrencies? Here's how to trade bitcoin for one of its popular alternatives.
Bitcoin’s value crashes and it’s taking other currencies with it
Bitcoin's value has tumbled to below $10,000 for the first time since early December 2017, leading to many sad stories of lost investments.
Bitcoin miners have extracted 80% of all the bitcoins there will ever be
80 percent of all of the bitcoins that will ever exist have now been mined, edging us ever close to that 21 million maximum.
It won’t power the Matrix, but these suits use humans to mine cryptocurrencies
Looking for a new way to mine cryptocurrencies? You could do so by harvesting the excess heat your body generates. Seriously.
Cryptocurrency expert released after $1 million bitcoin ransom
A cryptocurrency expert has been released after a million dollar bitcoin ransom was paid to his kidnappers.
Cryptocurrency windfall — Pineapple Fund gifts $1 million to Internet Archive
The anonymous Pineapple Fund has donated $1 million worth of bitcoin to the Internet Archive to continue its historical record keeping.
What’s the true value of bitcoin? A Morgan Stanley analyst says it may be zero
Bitcoin currently trades for about 13,000 dollars, but a new report from Morgan Stanley suggests the value of bitcoin might be zero
As bitcoin takes its biggest tumble this quarter, other coins follow suit
Bitcoin has had its biggest slump in recent memory over the past 24 hours and it's pulling down almost all other coins with it.
How to buy Ethereum
Alongside bitcoin, Ethereum is one of the most exciting cryptocurrencies around. Here's how to buy Ethereum so you can join the hype train.
5 things you didn’t know you could buy with bitcoin
Companies as big as Overstock, Dell, and Expedia now accept bitcoin. Here are five things you can buy with your cryptocurrency.
North Korea denies accusations of WannaCry attack involvement
Two days after the White House publicly attributed North Korea to May's WannaCry global attack, a DPRK representative fired back.
Go ahead, pass laws. They can’t kill bitcoin, even if they try
Bitcoin regulation is a waste of everyone's time. Here's why no matter what's done, Bitcoin will continue to flourish.
North Korea suspected of stealing millions in bitcoin from South Korean exchange
Cryptocurrency now worth over $82 million was stolen from South Korean exchange Bithumb, alongside 30,000 users personal information.
Bitcoin approaches $20K, but is the bubble about to burst?
Bitcoin has seen some really impressive growth this year in terms of value and mainstream interest, but what are the risks?
Major investment firms are now offering Bitcoin futures
The Chicago-based Cboe Global Market launched the first Bitcoin futures exchange earlier this year. Now, TD Ameritrade has joined
Can bitcoin see more exponential growth in 2018? Its investors say ‘yes’
A survey of Bitcoin investors found that many are bullish on the idea of 2018 returns exceeding those already seen in 2017.
You can now buy your neighbor’s couch from Craigslist using Bitcoin
In what can only be called a true "Mama I made it moment," Bitcoin is now being accepted on Craigslist. This was initially noticed by Reddit.
HP pops out a patch after dormant keylogging code is found on some laptops
Keylogging code found on some HP laptops, Bitcoin website and app confusion hits Apple App Store, team crashes drones for a good reason.
Bitcoin is still soaring. What’s the limit?
Bitcoin might be worth more than ever today, but is this another dot com bubble waiting to happen?
Nearly $64 million in bitcoin is missing following NiceHash marketplace hack
A major attack on the NiceHash digital currency marketplace has led to the site's bitcoin wallet being drained.
TWB Podcast: Bitcoin; DT Best Tech Products of 2017; iPhone 2018 rumors
Podcast topics: We'll cover a few of the Best Tech Products of 2017, including the LG C7 OLED TV, the iPhone X and the Nintendo Switch.
You’ll need to sell your Bitcoin if you want to buy games with it on Steam
Valve has cut off Bitcoin as a payment method for Steam, meaning you'll need to sell your coins if you want to use them on the platform.
Sell! Sell! Sell! This AI tries to predict when the bitcoin bubble will pop
Is bitcoin in a speculative bubble? A new machine learning tool promises to keep tabs on its meteoric rise, and warn you if things head south.
This Bitcoin collection is worth $75 million — it’s also buried in a landfill
James Howells may be the unluckiest investor ever. His Bitcoin collection is worth $75 million, but its buried under a landfill
CryptoKitties lets you buy, sell, breed virtual cats using real digital currency
What would happen if you crossed Pokémon with Bitcoin? You’d probably end up with something like CryptoKitties on the Ethereum blockchain.
You’ll soon be able to bet on Bitcoin’s future value on NASDAQ
The NASDAQ stock exchange is going to introduce Bitcoin futures contracts in the new year, letting people gambling on Bitcoin's future.
An estimated $30 billion in Bitcoins may be lost forever
New estimations suggest that some $30 billion worth of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency may have been lost over the years since its creation.
Bitcoin’s latest boom sends it scorching past $9,000
Bitcoin has once again eclipsed all of its previous value records, tearing past $9,000 to gain a total market value of more than $152 billion
Survey: Bitcoin buyers prefer investing in it over using it as a payment method
A Bitcoin survey has shown that most investors want to profit from the cryptocurrency rather than use it for any sort of purchase.