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Bitcoin Price Plunges By $1.4K In Minutes

August 2, 2020

Bitcoin price plunges by $1.4k in minutes. On Sunday, Bitcoin suffered a fall in price of $1,458 in less than an hour. The sudden slide caught off guard many traders, forcing a considerable amount of market b...

Federal Court Rules Bitcoin Is A Form of Money In DC

July 25, 2020

Federal Court rules Bitcoin is a form of money in DC. In the case of United States v. Harmon, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote that money is "commonly means a medium of exchange, method of payment, or store ...

Bitcoin Mining Operations Banned In Venezuela

July 19, 2020

Bitcoin mining operations banned in Venezuela. Venezuela's United Socialist Party has opted not to allow cryptocurrency mining in particular neighbourhoods, especially low-income areas with subsidized electri...

US Agency Sanctions Chinese Drug Traffickers Using Bitcoin To Launder Proceeds

July 18, 2020

US Agency sanctions Chinese drug traffickers using Bitcoin to launder proceeds. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has sanctioned four Chinese nationals for reportedly using cryptocurrency to l...

Global Bitcoin Scam Leaked Personal Data Of 250,000 People

July 5, 2020

Global Bitcoin scam leaked personal data of 250,000 people. This week, a global threat hunting and intelligence company, Group IB, revealed that it has “discovered thousands of personal records of users from ...

4th Amendment Does Not Protect Bitcoin Data

July 5, 2020

4th Amendment does not protect Bitcoin data. A three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit courts ruled that the American government’s Fourth Amendment does not extend to bitcoin transactions used in a crime, if...

Bitcoin Price Dips As Concerns Mount Over A Potential Second Wave Of COVID-19

June 15, 2020

Bitcoin price dips as concerns mount over a potential second wave of Covid-19. Rising concern over the potential second wave of COVID-19 has frightened the world's stock markets, which means that the short-te...

Bitcoin Spacex Scam Includes BTC Giveaway, Elon Musk, And NASA Launch

June 14, 2020

Bitcoin Spacex scam includes BTC giveaway, Elon Musk and NASA launch. A bitcoin scam alleging that Spacex and its CEO, Elon Musk, are giving away bitcoin has become more popular. Videos advertising that Space...

Microsoft Releases Identity Platform On Bitcoin Mainnet, Beta Testing Underway

June 14, 2020

Microsoft releases identity platform on bitcoin main net, beta testing underway. Microsoft just released the public beta of its decentralised identity ecosystem, ION, on the Bitcoin mainnet. ION announced la...

Small Bitcoin Mining Farms Quit As Mining Rigs Become Worthless

June 11, 2020

Small Bitcoin mining farms quit as older mining rigs become worthless. The mining competition increased after the bitcoin halving. This makes it harder for smaller mining farms to continue competing, accordin...