Crime

Crime

Bitcoin Banking, Solving ID Theft, and Why Regulators Should Love Pasties

John Law wonders if cryptocurrencies could secure your cash, BLTs could protect your ID and bitcoin is wrongly named.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 March 2014
Exchanges

Australia May Extradite Alleged Silk Road Moderator to US

An Australian alleged to be a Silk Road moderator will likely sent to the United States for trial soon.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 March 2014
Exchanges

CoinEX.pw: We Were Hacked, But Will Cover All Losses

CoinEX.pw has confirmed it recently suffered a hack resulting in the theft of all the bitcoins in its possession.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 March 2014
Europe

Dutch Official Downplays Law Enforcement Need for Bitcoin Ban

One Dutch official is saying international cooperation, not a bitcoin ban, is needed to deter digital currency crime.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 March 2014
Europe

Polish Bitcoin Exchange Bitcurex Targeted by Hacking Attack

Poland’s leading exchange temporarily shutdown today, following a hack which targeted funds in its users’ bitcoin wallets.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 March 2014
Exchanges

Chicago Court Freezes Assets of Mark Karpeles in the US

The court has apparently frozen all US-based assets controlled by Mark Karpeles, CEO of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 March 2014
Crime

Pirate Treasure Resurfaces at Bitcoin’s First Academic Workshop

The first academic workshop to feature peer-reviewed research on bitcoin included a hunt for Dread Pirate Roberts’ lost coins.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 March 2014
Markets

Economist Nouriel Roubini Slams Bitcoin, Calls it a ‘Ponzi Game’

The US economist has published a spate of heavily critical tweets aimed at bitcoin and its advocates.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 March 2014
Crime

Will Linux Flaw Leave Bitcoiners Vulnerable to Attacks?

A longstanding error with the Linux gnuTLS package could have a wide-ranging impact on the bitcoin community.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 March 2014
Exchanges

Poloniex Loses 12.3% of its Bitcoins in Latest Bitcoin Exchange Hack

Withdrawals are once again live on Poloniex after it lost 12.3% of its bitcoins to hackers.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 March 2014
Hacking

Bitcoin Bank Flexcoin to Close After $600k Bitcoin Theft

Flexcoin has revealed 890 BTC were stolen as part of a breach of its hot wallet storage.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 March 2014
Exchanges

Japan Mulls Bitcoin Tax Following Mt. Gox Failure

Japan’s Ministry of Finance and national tax agency are reportedly studying ways of governing and taxing digital currency transactions.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 March 2014
Exchanges

Mt. Gox Lawsuit Targets Mark Karpeles’ Personal Wealth

A London law firm says it will go after the Mt. Gox CEO personally to recover clients’ lost bitcoins.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 March 2014
Regulation

Will Florida’s Money Laundering Laws Apply to Bitcoin?

Lawyers of two men arrested for bitcoin transactions claim state legislation only applies to fiat, but are they right?

Policy & regulation  ·  2 March 2014
Bitcoin

Coin Miners Dogged By Mining Pool Security Flaws

Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 March 2014