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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Biggest Bitcoin Exchange OKCoin Suffers Cyber Attack; Price Plummets

The world’s largest bitcoin exchange OKCoin has suspended some of its services indefinitely, following a malicious cyber attack from unknown hackers.

Kraken DDoS Attack Leaves Traders Unable to Sell at $500 Peak

Kraken has tried to implement advanced DDoS protection, after a series of large DDoS attacks were launched by an unidentified group of hackers.

Apple Watch Turns Gold with Bitcoin

Honey Dipped Plating has announced its accepting bitcoin for its gold plating service for Apple Watches and bands as of November 3.

BitMarkets Beats OpenBazaar to Market - for OSX, Anyway

BitMarkets is an already-launched P2P marketplace similar to the much-touted OpenBazaar.

J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: ‘Bitcoin Is Going To Be Stopped!’

J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon declared Bitcoin dead at the Fortune Global Forum in San Fransisco yesterday.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Why the Exploding Bitcoin Price Really Doesn’t Matter

Bitcoin price is on another epic bull run, almost exactly 24 months after the last epic bull run. In 2013, it gained upwards of 1000% in relative value to fiat currencies worldwide.

FinTech and Blockchain investments in Asia-Pacific skyrocketed in 2015

Resent report from Accenture forecasts that financial institutions and services in Asia-Pacific will be investing in cloud technology, mobile wallets and blockchain.

Bitcoin has become the method of PR for entering into a new state body - CyberPolice of Ukraine

The search within the house of Bitcoin Foundation head Ukraina Michael Chobanyan was carried out under the camera flashes.

How a Bitcoin Mogul Helps Charlie Shrem Speak Freely From Prison

Before there was Ross Ulbricht, Charlie Shrem was the most famous convicted felon in Bitcoin’s short history.

Hacker in Africa Codes Bitcoin to M-Pesa Bot: 'I Had Some Spare Time'

Michael Bumann has been in Nairobi, Kenya for several months updating himself on the tech scene there.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Reddit Bitcoin Censorship in Focus as 30 CEOs Join Roger Ver’s AMA

Over the past few months, Reddit bitcoin moderators including Theymos, who controls major bitcoin forums and discussion panels such as Bitcointalk.org and Bitcoin.org have censored any discussion of b

Bitcoin Price Hits $400 in China as Marketcap Passes $5 Billion

While bitcoin price peaked US$376 across major bitcoin exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken and Bitfinex due to the surging demand from Chinese investors, whose local exchanges are seeing prices of US