#bitcoin wallet

Wall Street Market Shutdown Sees $14.2 Million Stolen

April 26, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Bitcoin, Business, Crime, News

Following the shutdown of another prominent dark web marketplace, the Wall Street Market has also shut down, with $14.2 million in customer funds lost, as reported on April 23, 2019. The Great Shutdown One of the biggest ongoing tasks for the crypto community is the shedding of its image as...

Coinbase: BTC Withdrawals to PayPal for EU Nations

February 7, 2019 by Pratik Makadiya at Bitcoin, Business, Finance

On February 5, Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it was extending support for PayPal withdrawals to all their customers in the European Union as well as European Free Trade Association countries. The latter would include countries such as Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. PayPal Withdrawals in the UK The news...

Hacker Infects a Popular Open Source Javascript Library to Steal Bitcoin

November 28, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform, Tech

A hacker with access to a popular open-source Javascript Library has sneaked malicious code that steals Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Funds stored in BitPay Copay wallets. According to ZDNet’s article published on November 26, 2018, the Copay team mentioned that all version between 5.0.2 and 5.1.0. were infected and all...

Who Really Owns Bitcoin Anyways?

March 19, 2018 by Shaurya Malwa at Bitcoin, Commentary, Mining, News

Digital Currency is a revolution that’s here to say. Hence, its safe to say that alternative currency is here to stay. Now, even if you think you own a big stack of bitcoins and that your share weighs up to a sizeable amount in the digital world; you’re probably wrong....

Why Is The Price Of Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency Crashing?

March 2, 2018 by Guest Post at ICO

As I write this article the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are crashing. The big sell-off is happening as we speak and there are a number of things that have caused this. The biggest impact has been the announcement by the Indian Government that they are making cryptocurrency illegal....

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten launches $9bn Blockchain-based Loyalty Program

March 1, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Rakuten, one of the biggest e-commerce corporations in the world has announced that it will be making the transition to a blockchain-based loyalty program. The announcement was made on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, by Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of the company. He made the announcement on stage at the Mobile...

Full SegWit Support with the New Bitcoin Deployment (Version 0.16.0)

February 22, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, News, Tech

After much back and forth, SegWit (Segregated Witness) was rolled out in August 2017. It is now prompting developers to assemble an almost “themed” release that will see a new level of congregation for the Bitcoin creator fraternity. Driven primarily by the imperative to scale the network, another serious benefit...

“Nobody Knows. Some do Say because they are Horrified by the Alternative…”

April 20, 2017 by Christoph Bergmann at Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Tech

The Large Bitcoin Collider (LBC) tries to break Bitcoin addresses through a brute force attack. In the few past weeks, the project announced their first success. Is Bitcoin no longer secure? Is their cryptographic core broken? Rico, the head of the LBC, explains in detail, what is happening. Who Are...

Jaxx Wallet Set to Integrate DASH This Week

August 9, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News

In a recent announcement, CEO of Jaxx Anthony Di Iorio revealed that the cryptocurrency Dash will be incorporated into their multi-asset, blockchain wallets. After lengthy collaboration and research, Jaxx and the Dash developers expect the cryptocurrency to launch on the Jaxx wallet within a week. Jaxx is one of the...

How can Bitcoin Shake Off Bitfinex Hack?

August 4, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Commentary

Following the hack that successfully stole $64 million worth of Bitcoin yesterday from Bitfinex, there are still no answers to the questions on everyone's minds. Who was responsible? At this point, it seems there are two possible answers; a collusive effort between BitGo and Bitfinex, the holders of the keys...