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US shuts dark internet 'Silk Road'
AFP, Published on 04/10/2013
» There is a dark side to the internet, and it can be used for evil as well as for good.
Bitcoin: Big surprise profits
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/10/2013
» Three years ago he bought some bitcoins, forgot about them, then reading about increase in value found they're worth $690,000 now so bought apartment. article about them
NBA's Kings to accept Bitcoin for tickets
AFP, Published on 17/01/2014
» US basketball outfit the Sacramento Kings said Thursday they would begin accepting Bitcoin, the first professional sports team to accept the virtual currency.
Bitcoin world in turmoil after exchange goes dark
AFP, Published on 26/02/2014
» The Bitcoin community was thrown into turmoil Tuesday after the disappearance of what had been its biggest exchange, shaking confidence in the fast-growing virtual currency.
US begins 'unprecedented' auction of Silk Road bitcoins
AFP, Published on 27/06/2014
» The bitcoin world kicked into high gear Friday as the US government began auctioning some of the virtual currency seized in an FBI investigation of dark Web bazaar Silk Road.
Alleged Bitcoin scam leaves millions missing
AFP, Published on 09/02/2015
» HONG KONG - Investors in a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin trading company fear they have fallen victim to a scam after it closed down, a lawmaker said Monday, adding losses could total HK$3 billion ($387 million).
Australian identified as likely Bitcoin founder
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» SYDNEY - Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has been identified by tech publications as one of the suspected secretive founders of online cryptocurrency Bitcoin, as a home reportedly belonging to him was raided as part of a tax probe Wednesday.
Bitcoin's 'blockchain' tech may transform banking
AFP, Published on 19/12/2015
» NEW YORK - The technology that drives the shadowy cryptocurrency bitcoin is drawing interest from the established banking industry, which sees a potential to revolutionize the sector.
Bitcoin's price expected to rise in 2016
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/12/2015
» LONDON: 2016 could prove to be the year that the price of bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational reason -- slower growth in the money supply.
Japan regulates virtual currency after Bitcoin scandal
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has passed a law regulating virtual currency, after the country found itself at the epicentre of a multi-million dollar embezzlement scandal following the spectacular collapse of the Tokyo-based MtGox Bitcoin exchange.