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Free service protects your images through the use of blockchain technology

Blockai is a new, free online service that uses Bitcoin-inspired technology to keep tabs on when and where your photographs are being used online.
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Here are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016, according to the WEF

What will be this year’s biggest technological breakthrough? The WEF recently tackled that question with a list of the top ten emerging technologies.
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Mining for bitcoins just got a lot harder

They might be up in value, but they're down in supply. Bitcoins are in high demand, but they're getting harder and harder to mine for.
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Cybersecurity firm: Crypto-ransomware infections have reached ‘epidemic’ level

Ransomware is booming. Kaspersky Lab has tracked more than 700,000 crypto-ransomware infections over a one-year period.
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Great Britain may be out of the EU, but bitcoin is definitely in the black

Even as stock markets and world currencies flail in vain at Brexit, the bitcoin suddenly spiked in value
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Ether investors lose close to $80 million in monster heist

A theft of close to $80 million in digital currency Ether has left many investors out of pocket and others concerned about the currency's future.
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Going once, going twice: A big bitcoin auction is set to take place in Australia

Next month, around $11.49 million worth of confiscated bitcoins will be auctioned off in Sydney, Australia.
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Ransomware attackers refuse to decrypt hospital's files after being paid off

Paying off criminals doesn't always work, as Kansas Heart Hospital learned this week. They paid off a ransomware demand, only to be asked for more money.
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The Pirate Bay pulls in a whopping $9 a day in bitcoin donations

Although the authorities were worried that bitcoin donations could provide big funding for pirate sites, the reality couldn't be further from the truth.
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Bitcoin creator finally shows his face

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Valve tells devs bitcoin payments are inbound to Steam

A message from Valve to Steam developers states that Bitcoin payments will soon be accepted on the storefront.
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Ransomware learns the art of customer service to help victims pay up

As ransomware threats grow and grow cyber criminals are maximizing profitability by using customer service and support tactics.
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Get paid by agreeing to see ads using Brave

If seeing ads in your Web browser makes you see red, try seeing green instead. At least, that's what Brave wants you to do by paying you in Bitcoins.
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Bitcoin botch: Microsoft apologizes, says it will support the currency after all

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Microsoft quietly drops Bitcoin support for Microsoft Store payments

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KeepKey Bitcoin Wallet video review

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Bitcoin Group to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange in February

An Australian bitcoin company called the Bitcoin Group is on the brink of being listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
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Will you buy into Bitcoin if Mike Tyson tells you to?

Hot off of endorsing Bitcoin ATMs, Mike Tyson is now putting the value of his name and unique way with words behind Bitcoin Direct's digital wallets.

Secret Service agent gets nearly six years in prison for stealing bitcoin

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10,000 people bought into an elaborate Bitcoin pyramid scheme

Ten thousand people thought they were buying hardware for a massive Bitcoin mining operation. They were really joining an old-fashioned pyramid scheme. 
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Satoshi Nakamoto, mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, nominated for Nobel Prize

The anonymous inventor of Bitcoin, who goes by Satoshi Nakamoto online, has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics. No one knows who Nakamoto is.
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The bitcoin was just recognized as an official commodity by the CFTC

Late last week, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) defined bitcoin and other digital currencies as commodities.
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Police arrest boss of failed Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange

The Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange shuttered its doors over a year ago, but the repercussions haven't stopped yet.
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4 men arrested over JPMorgan Chase hacking allegations

Four men, two in Florida and two in Israel, have reportedly been arrested for the JPMorgan Chase hack, an incident which occurred in October of last year.
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Former DEA agent pleads guilty to extorting $700,000 in Bitcoin

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Plex resets users’ passwords after forum hack, attacker demanding ransom in Bitcoin

A hacker looking for ransom paid in Bitcoin compromised popular media streaming app Plex's forums on Wednesday. Plex has reset users passwords as a result.
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Online payments halted in Greece, citizens eye Bitcoin to protect savings

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Ransomware is the new hot threat everyone is talking about; what do you need to know?

We're going to break down everything you need to know about the spread of ransomware, and how it affects average users in the threat landscape.
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Bitcoin technology may power your next money transfer, if IBM’s plan comes to fruition

IBM is reportedly developing a system of transferring conventional currency with Bitcoin technology.
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Torrenting app denies it’s ‘secretly’ mining Bitcoins

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U.S. Marshals are going to auction more than $11 million in Bitcoin

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Parking tickets hurt, but NYC plans to ease the ache with Apple Pay

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What’s the worst performing currency of 2014? It’s Bitcoin