BitX, a leading international Bitcoin company, has strengthened their position as the leading Bitcoin player in Africa by launching in…
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Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Founders Series where we get insights and analysis from founders of various different companies in the tech industry. Craig Vodnik is a co-founder and the vice president of operations at cleverbridge –…
Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox says it has found 200,000 coins worth $116 million in an old “digital wallet”, after it collapsed in February admitting it had lost half a billion dollars in a possible theft. The Tokyo-based digital currency exchange filed…
In the wake of this morning’s news that Mt. Gox has filed for bankruptcy protection, some players in the field of cryptocurrency and bitcoin have weighed in on just where Mt. Gox seems to have gone wrong. The consensus? The missing 750,000 bitcoins…
After yesterday’s news of the shutdown of Mt. Gox—formerly one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world, and certainly still the most famous (or infamous)—people have been watching and waiting for any signs of life at the Tokyo-based company…
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and most notable virtual currency, is experiencing a major crisis as Mt. Gox, once one of its biggest exchanges, has gone dark, its CEO having disappeared. As a result, Bitcoin owners the world over may have lost a sizeable…
India’s biggest Bitcoin trading platform said on its website Friday it had suspended operations after the central bank warned against the risks of using virtual money. BuySellBitCo.in closed its platform, citing an advisory by the Reserve Bank of India…
The virtual currency Bitcoin crashed in China on Wednesday, falling almost 50 percent after the country’s biggest trading platform BTC China banned deposits in yuan following new restrictions imposed by the central bank. Chinese speculators have driven…
A British IT worker has launched a frantic search of a landfill site after realising he accidentally threw away a computer drive holding $7.5 million (5.5 million euros) in the online currency bitcoin. James Howells, 28, obtained 7,500 bitcoins in 2009…