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$50 million stolen by hackers who used fake ads
The Ukrainian criminal group called Coinhoarder has weaponized Google Ads for his own purposes, the media reports. Find out below what they did exactly and how Blockchain.info is connected to this story
14 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Bulgarian thieves stole 21 mining rigs from local businessmen who lost €160,000
When mining hardware meets crime: an unknown group of thieves found the door to the hangar with mining hardware open and stole twenty-one of them, the media speculates on inside job
14 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Miners of Tanzania consume more power than all residents of the country

Bitnewstoday has decided to discuss the state of Bitcoin in Tanzania and to analyze why the central bank of Tanzania is sceptical about bitcoin

14 February 2018 21:00, UTC Dennis WAFULA
News
NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman: Bitcoin ETFs require deep analysis before implementation
Bitcoin ETFs are not going to be adopted by the US regulators due to the fact that the market of Bitcoin is itself not very fair, tells Adena Friedman who heads NASDAQ. Read below about Bitcoin ETNs
13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Analytics
Russian miners put in pledge 2-3 coins in the cryptolombard
A guest of Bitnewstoday is a founder of a microloans company which offers loans secured by the pledge of cryptocurrency. In the cryptolombard for one bitcoin is paid 50% of a price with real money, an interest rate is quite low, co-founders believe that blockchain has a big future and do not worry about rate collapses
13 February 2018 21:00, UTC Oleg Klutchkin, founder and managing director of cryptolombard
News
Coincheck sends security report to FSA, gets sued by 10 users

The insecurity of Coincheck exchange led to the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, now they explain to Japanese regulators how they are going to prevent future hacks. Meanwhile, customers sue the organization

13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
California wants to put municipal bonds on the blockchain

Municipal bonds based on blockchain are proposed to develop in the town of Berkeley, California. The initiative comes from one of the city council members who’s aiming to partner with startups

13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Western Union tests Ripple’s financial blockchain

Rumors about WUMT using XRP circulated since the beginning of the previous month and now they are confirmed by the chief financial officer of Western Union. Necessary to note that blockchain does not equal cryptocoin

13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Brexit is the perfect time for UK to implement blockchain - MEP

The British member of the European Parliament believes that after Brexit, the City of London will need blockchain to stay in touch with the world of finance and without the EU’s influence it would be easier to introduce it

13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Mining viruses spotted in Telegram chats, the software itself not infected
Bitnewstoday analyzes the latest cases of cryptocurrency-mining viruses, this time - in the popular cryptographically-enhanced Telegram messenger
13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Not so latent: news website to offer ads-free space in exchange for in-browser mining

Salon has invented a way to fight those who use plugins similar to AdBlock. It will get the advertisement from the website, but the user will have to agree to provide computational power to mine Monero for the site owners

13 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
JPMorgan: Bitcoin will either lose minus $4000 or gain plus $6000-$8000

The famous financial organization tells where Bitcoin can land in its drop we are witnessing since the beginning of this year and what they assume about the recent price rebuilding

12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Bloomberg analyst: Bitcoin can drop to $900

Another opinion on the future of Bitcoin provided by the employees of one of the most respected business media. Find out below why Mike McGlone thinks so and how he reached this conclusion

12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
LoopX gets $4.5 mln and vanishes after holding ICO

Once again, a criminal group uses the new investment attraction mechanism for its own benefit and disappears right after acquiring the sum the fraudsters deem enough. This time it’s LoopX disguised as a trading program

12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Bank of Thailand tells financial companies to stay away from cryptocurrency

The leader of the Thai regulator has issued an announcement with instructions for financial organizations of the country. Find out below what exactly he orders and how it will affect the local crypto market

12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Coinbase to introduce an easy way of payment similar to PayPal
Find out below for whom this new payment mechanism would prove beneficial and what other major digital currency exchange has recently had a new invention aimed to improve scalability issues
12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Iceland miners use more electricity than all other residents combined

Find out below why exactly the world’s mining community has become so interested in Iceland and how much power they would all consume in case the authorities decide to open the gates for everybody

12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Charlie Lee: Litecoin Cash is a fraud
Recently it became known about a new hard fork called Litecoin Cash. Find out below why exactly the creator of Litecoin calls Litecoin Cash a fraud and what makes this supposed “hard fork” a laughable endeavor
12 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
Will bitcoin price go up?
Will bitcoin go up in 2018 and when will it happen - these are the two major issues of concern of the crypto community. Bitnewstoday asked experts, when the bitcoin correction will end, whether we should expect the trend turnaround in the nearest future, and also, when will bitcoin go up in 2018?
12 February 2018 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
Regulation
Ramzan Kadyrov: I bought Bitcoin too
The leader of Chechnya, the Russian region in the south of the country, follows the popular trend and buys Bitcoin, as well as voicing governmental technology blockchain initiatives
11 February 2018 21:00, UTC