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Twitter

Twitter Scammers Use Verified Accounts to Trick Crypto Holders

Scammers hoping to steal cryptocurrency are hacking verified Twitter accounts to swindle users.

Markets  ·  28 February 2018
Twitter

What Venezuelans Are Saying About the Petro

The South American country's plan to launch its own cryptocurrency has sparked global headlines and a range of commentary on social media.

Business  ·  21 February 2018
Crime

Copycat Twitter Accounts Seek to Scam Crypto Users

A new type of scam sees Twitter users copying cryptocurrency developers and companies and asking the public to send "donations."

Policy & regulation  ·  2 February 2018
Bitcoin

Baseball Great Jose Canseco Predicts $10,000 Bitcoin By 2018

Former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco is apparently a big believer in blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Markets  ·  22 November 2017
Investments

Investor Naval Ravikant Wants to Disrupt Twitter With Blockchain ‘XPRIZE’

Early Twitter investor Naval Ravikant to back "XPRIZE" for a blockchain-based Twitter using Blockstack technologies.

Business  ·  16 August 2017
Bitcoin

Square CEO: Blockchain Can Help Solve ‘So Many Problems’

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and Square, recently said he believes blockchain can be used to solve problems in a range of different areas.

Markets  ·  14 August 2017
Twitter

Bitcoin Tweets of the Week: Forking Drama and Black Monday

Bitcoin XT and Black Monday – CoinDesk takes a look at the topics that have dominated the bitcoin Twittersphere over the past week.

Markets  ·  25 August 2015
Twitter

Bitcoin Tipping Service Bans User For Attempted Donation to Islamic State

A ChangeTip user has been banned from the service for attempting to tip the terrorist group, the Islamic State.

Business  ·  4 March 2015
Crime

16,500 Retweets for Cash in Support of Ross Ulbricht

Bitcoin magnate Roger Ver pledged $10 for every retweet in support of the Free Ross Ulbricht campaign.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 July 2014
Exchanges

Coinbase Launches Payment Pages to Make Bitcoin Socially Shareable

The popular wallet has launched the new feature with charitable efforts from Nas, Marc Andreessen and Code.org.

Business  ·  28 May 2014
Bitcoin

How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon

Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.

Business  ·  10 April 2014
Twitter

A Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Bet, Making Cents of Twitter, and Indian Brews

This week has provided two excellent counter-examples against the inherent badness of bitcoin – one small, one very big.

Markets  ·  10 January 2014
Twitter

TipperCoin Co-Founder on Micropayments, Dogecoin and Bringing Bitcoin to the Masses

CoinDesk talks to TipperCoin's Scott Li about micropayments, dogecoin and how social media can further bitcoin's adoption worldwide.

Business  ·  6 January 2014
Coinbase

Social Experiment: Twitter Users Prefer Bitcoin to Hard Cash

Andrew Torba's social media experiment indicates that both bitcoin enthusiasts and non-users see value in the cryptocurrency.

Markets  ·  11 December 2013
Twitter

Top nine bitcoin tweets – June 10-17, 2013

CoinDesk looks at the top bitcoin tweets of the week

Markets  ·  17 June 2013