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Bitcoin's value was hammered following a pause in withdrawals by one major exchange. After trading at around $850 this past week, the virtual currency fell both Thursday night and Friday morning and is now hovering at around $732, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index . So wha...
This dress costs 0.0450 BTC, at the moment. (Credit: Samuel Cox) You walk into a store, your virtual wallet full of bitcoins. You see a nice shirt and check the digital price tag dangling from the collar. You know exactly what fraction of a bitcoin it will cost you to buy it. That's t...
In our efforts to resolve the issue being encountered by various bitcoin withdrawals, it was determined that the increase in the flow of withdrawal requests has hindered our efforts on a technical level. To understand the issue thoroughly, the system needs to be in a static state. In ...
The company on Wednesday removed from its App Store the last remaining Bitcoin wallet application, Blockchain. The app allowed Bitcoin owners to store the digital currency and use it for purchases where possible. It was the last of a series of Bitcoin wallet apps Apple has nixed.
It would use an existing currency. As the total number of Bitcoins issued reaches its alleged limit, the Bitcoin miners will depend on transaction fees that are expected to be small. The ease of entry and exit into mining will push the level of transaction fees to a competitive level,...
PayPal President David Marcus. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) It seemed like it was only a matter of time before e-commerce giant eBay and its payment platform PayPal addressed the sale and use of Bitcoin on its sites. And, despite concern from government regulators , it appears the...
TigerDirect.com, is significant US retailer of electronics products, announced Thursday it will except payments made in the Bitcoin currency. The move is a small but notable step in the gradual transformation of Bitcoin from an obscure digital currency into a mainstream payment mechan...
Many of our customers share threat intelligence with our Magna Cloud, so our research lab noticed this unknown malware and attack campaign coming from our customers' networks and investigated the specific case. As part of the investigation, we found a few tools that were downloaded by...
