Bitcoin miners are being allegedly bundled with third party potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that come bundled with legitimate applications, a new report indicates. According to a report by security company Malwarebytes third…
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Amazon Coins now available in the UK
Amazon has announced its Coins virtual currency for UK customers with an initial freebie offer whereby every Kindle Fire owner’s Amazon account will be credited with 400 Amazon Coins worth £4 for…
Coinbase Bitcoin wallet app delisted from Apple App Store
Apple has removed Coinbase’s iOS app from its App Store without any clarification less than a month after it first appeared. First reported by Bitcoin Blogger, the Coinbase app delisting was confirmed…
Bitcash.cz hacked; Bitcoin wallets of 4000 users emptied
What seems to be a trend now, another online repository and Bitcoin exchange, Bitcash.cz, based out of Czech Republic has been hacked and wallets of as many as 4000 users have been…
Bitcoin trading platform GBL shuts down; $5 million in Bitcoin disappears
Global Bond Limited (GBL), a self-proclaimed government registered Bitcoin trading platform, has shut down unexpectedly on October 26 leading to speculations that the trading platform was a scam and scammers have vanished…
Secure Bitcoin wallet Inputs.io hacked; unable to pay all user balances
Update November 7 @ 08:40 We have heard back from Inputs.io. According to a reply we received on our email, the service was hacked on October 24 and the wallet claims that…
Feds seize 144,336 bitcoins valued at $28 million from Silk Road founder
US authorities have claimed to have seized 144,336 bitcoins valued at $28 million from a computer hardware belonging to Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht aka “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Feds seized Silk…
Bitcoin value slides following Silk Road shut down
Value of bitcoin took a beating after FBI seized the Silk Road domain and arrested its founder Ross William Ulbricht. According to data available through Mt.Gox the virtual currency fell to as…
Bitcoin-Central exchange reopens after 6 months hiatus
Bitcoin-Central, a Bitcoin currency exchange based out of France and operated by Paymium, has reopened again after six months of suspension. Bitcoin-Central suspended its operations in late April this year following a…