April 2014

Scotcoin Project announces Virtual IPO on 15th May 2014 – Distributing the Remaining Pre-Mined Scotcoins (Ⓢ950M) directly to the Scottish People.

April 30, 2014

The Scotcoin Project announced today that it will Virtually IPO Scotcoin and issue the remaining pre-mined coins on an equal percentage basis to ALL that […]

Heartbleed Compromises Bitcoin Wallets: Digital Currency Also Built Using OpenSSL

April 12, 2014
Heartbleed Compromises Bitcoin Wallets: Digital Currency Also Built Using OpenSSL

By Ryan W. Neal, ibtimes.com Bitcoin is the latest digital entity to be added to a growing list of organizations compromised by the Heartbleed bug. […]

Bitcoin Price Bounces Back After China-Induced Selloff

April 12, 2014
Bitcoin Price Bounces Back After China-Induced Selloff

By Jason Del Rey, recode.net The price of bitcoin rebounded 16 percent on Friday after a week of price drops, in response to new fears […]

Bullish on Bitcoin: These Travel Companies Want Your Virtual Money

April 12, 2014
Bullish on Bitcoin: These Travel Companies Want Your Virtual Money

By Mark Chesnut, huffingtonpost.com Bitcoin — the alternative currency created in 2009 by an unknown founder — has been making headlines, and not always for […]

6 Things a Bitcoin Millionaire Would Probably Buy

April 12, 2014
6 Things a Bitcoin Millionaire Would Probably Buy

By Destiny Lopez, fool.com Whether you are for or against digital currency, there is no denying that Bitcoin is making headlines. Created in 2009, Bitcoin […]

eDigiCash Crypto-Currency Payment Gateway Released

April 12, 2014
eDigiCash Crypto-Currency Payment Gateway Released

By Mike Weber, pr.com Belize City, Belize, April 11, 2014 -(PR.com)- SoftPark Technologies Corp. is pleased to announce immediate availability of eDigiCash Express, a Crypto-Currency […]

Ripple Labs’ Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

April 12, 2014
Ripple Labs’ Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

By Daniel Cawrey, Coindesk.com It’s no coincidence that Ripple Labs was formed in 2012 to be a part of a payments revolution. In 2013, the […]

Bitcoin Falls Below The $400 Mark, Down More Than 60% From Its All-Time High

April 12, 2014
Bitcoin Falls Below The $400 Mark, Down More Than 60% From Its All-Time High

By Alex Wilhelm, Techcrunch.com Bitcoin reached another milestone today, with the cryptocurrency falling below the $400 per-coin mark. Bitcoin sold for over $1,100 inside of […]

China’s Bitcoin Exchanges Say Banks Will Close Their Accounts

April 12, 2014
China’s Bitcoin Exchanges Say Banks Will Close Their Accounts

By Bloomberg News, businessweek.com Chinese Bitcoin exchanges said domestic banks closed their accounts after the nation’s central bank barred financial institutions from handling transactions in […]

Robotic Charlie Shrem Appearance Unlikely at Toronto Bitcoin Expo

April 12, 2014
Robotic Charlie Shrem Appearance Unlikely at Toronto Bitcoin Expo

By Danny Bradbury, Coindesk.com Bitcoin Expo 2014, the Toronto-based bitcoin exhibition organised by the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, started today (11th April) and will run […]

Bitcoin Mining Boom Sputters as Prospectors Face Cash Losses

April 12, 2014
Bitcoin Mining Boom Sputters as Prospectors Face Cash Losses

By Olga Kharif, businessweek.com The bitcoin mining rush is sputtering. Speculators, known as miners, use powerful computers to solve complex software problems and verify transactions […]

Preparation For Toronto Bitcoin Expo 2014 Event, All You Need To Know

April 12, 2014
Preparation For Toronto Bitcoin Expo 2014 Event, All You Need To Know

By Jonathan Kinsley, coinreport.net Exciting news for the bitcoin enthusiast, supporters, and community at large, the wait is almost over. The much anticipated “Bitcoin Expo” […]

Bitcoin: All You Need to Know as Virtual Money Gets Real

April 12, 2014
Bitcoin: All You Need to Know as Virtual Money Gets Real

By Kimberly Warner-Cohen, wallstcheatsheet.com Maybe you dismissed digital currency after all the strange headlines. Perhaps from the start Bitcoin seemed too complex and you skimmed […]

The bitcoin mining rush sputters as profitability wanes

April 12, 2014
The bitcoin mining rush sputters as profitability wanes

By Olga Kharif, irishtimes.com The bitcoin mining rush is sputtering. Speculators, known as miners, use powerful computers to solve complex software problems and verify transactions […]

Cyprus Issues Arrest Warrant for Neo & Bee CEO Danny Brewster

April 12, 2014
Cyprus Issues Arrest Warrant for Neo & Bee CEO Danny Brewster

By Stan Higgins, Coindesk.com Danny Brewster, founder and CEO of Cyprus-based bitcoin depositary institution Neo and payment service Bee (known collectively as Neo & Bee), […]

Graduate Level Bitcoin Course Planned for NYU?

April 12, 2014
Graduate Level Bitcoin Course Planned for NYU?

By Ali Najjar, Coinreport.net Two professors from New York University’s Law Schoool and Stern School of Business are planning graduate-level bitcoin mining courses for the […]

Bitcoin ATM Unveiled on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

April 11, 2014
Bitcoin ATM Unveiled on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

ntd.tv Despite skepticism surrounding the security of the federally unregulated Bitcoin digital currency, company Robocoin unveiled to members of U.S. Congress what it considers the […]

Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme

April 11, 2014
Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme

By Monty Sloan, houstonianonline.com When I first wrote about Bitcoin, The Houstonian received a nice letter calling me an idiot. Now, I have to admit […]

Bitcoin ATM to be showcased in front of Canadian Senate Committee

April 11, 2014
Bitcoin ATM to be showcased in front of Canadian Senate Committee

By Andrew Moran, pfhub.com In front of the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Wednesday, developers of BitAccess, a Canadian bitcoin ATM, will demonstrate the kiosk’s […]

What Bitcoin Users Need To Know About Heartbleed

April 11, 2014
What Bitcoin Users Need To Know About Heartbleed

By John Biggs, Techcrunch.com If you’re using a bitcoin wallet or an online wallet or exchange, Heartbleed could be a very real problem for you […]

For Bitcoin, No News May Not Be Good News: ConvergEx Group

April 11, 2014
For Bitcoin, No News May Not Be Good News: ConvergEx Group

By Teresa Rivas, blogs.barrons.com After the string of bad news earlier this year, Bitcoin has remained in the news, from scrutiny from the U.S. government […]

Legg Mason’s Bill Miller: Buffett is Wrong About Bitcoin

April 11, 2014
Legg Mason’s Bill Miller: Buffett is Wrong About Bitcoin

By Pete Rizzo, Coindesk.com In an interview on CNBC’s popular morning program ‘Squawk Box’, Legg Mason’s Bill Miller dismissed Warren Buffett’s statements on bitcoin as […]

Bitcoin Price Drops 10% as Chinese Exchanges Stop Bank Deposits

April 11, 2014
Bitcoin Price Drops 10% as Chinese Exchanges Stop Bank Deposits

By Jon Southurst, Coindesk.com Bitcoin prices crashed today as Chinese businesses began receiving official deposit shutdown notices from banks, confirming recent suspicions of an impending […]

Survey Results: 59% of Merchants Accept Bitcoin to Boost Ecosystem

April 11, 2014
Survey Results: 59% of Merchants Accept Bitcoin to Boost Ecosystem

By Pete Rizzo, Coindesk.com From Californian wineries to bars in Beijing, 2013 was widely considered a banner year for bitcoin, as business owners around the […]