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Who's wrong on Bitcoin – The Simpsons or Warren Buffett?

Traditional investors have often been wary of the emerging asset class, questioning what underpins its value, while many millennials have rushed to add riskier cryptocurrencies to their younger portfolios.

Feb 29, 2020

By Brian Hankey

Bitcoin

Microsoft claims more than 80,000 computers were infected by new Dexphot malware

Microsoft issues an advisory regarding the Dexphot malware, which silently uses a computer's resources to mine for cryptocurrency.

Nov 27, 2019

By John Diente

Microsoft

Ethereum co-founder criticizes Facebook\'s Libra: It\'s all about trust

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin asks how Facebook can be trusted with Libra privacy when it has misused data of its users.

Jun 24, 2019

By Nandika Chand

Ethereum Facebook

Independent foundation to manage Facebook\'s cryptocurrency, may debut in June

Facebook is trying to get outside backers for its cryptocurrency, dubbed GlobalCoin, in an attempt to build trust and insulate it from the wild swings in the crypto space.

Jun 7, 2019

By Nandika Chand

Facebook

How cryptocurrency scams work

Cryptocurrency fraudsters have swindled their victims out of hundreds of millions – even billions – of dollars. What do they do to earn people's trust and then take their money?

May 15, 2019

By Nir Kshetri

Bitcoin

Binance hacked: $40M worth of bitcoin stolen from exchange

Binance admits to having been hacked and losing $40 million in Bitcoin.

May 8, 2019

By Arthur Villasanta

Bitcoin

Here's what Warren Buffett just said about bitcoin

Buffett has made some negative remarks about bitcoin in the past, and he just renewed his criticism.

May 7, 2019

By Matthew Frankel

Bitcoin

SpaceX cryptocurrency possible, Binance CEO pitches idea to Elon Musk

Going by the frenzy on Twitter where Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk is solicited to join the cryptocurrency crowd, an impression builds up that Musk is on the cusp of joining the cryptocurrency industry.

May 3, 2019

By Kalyan Kumar

Mark Zuckerberg Bitcoin

Hackers who infiltrated Microsoft Outlook also stole cryptocurrency from users

Earlier in April, cybercriminals hacked into Microsoft Outlook emails. The hackers reportedly also stole from victims' cryptocurrency accounts.

Apr 30, 2019

By India Ashok

Are Stablecoins the next big thing? Why they're critical for crypto adoption

Stablecoins are designed to be less volatile and are centralized as opposed to the decentralized approach taken by bitcoin and most other digital currencies.

Mar 5, 2019

By Rodrigo Marques

Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency predictions for 2019: Where will Bitcoin and others go?

From the highs of 2017 to extreme volatility of 2018, from regulatory action around the world to increasing adoption among institutional players, it's been a wild ride.

Jan 31, 2019

By Rodrigo Marques

Bitcoin

Bitcoin v Stablecoin: Protecting crypto investors on both sides of the coin

A growing desire to bring stability to the cryptocurrency market has paved the way for the advent of 'stablecoins'.

Oct 10, 2018

By Thomas Coughlin

Bitcoin Gold

Ripple to launch payment service, XRP price surges 74%

Ripple has major institutions and companies — including MoneyGram, Western Union, Mercury FX and Cambridge Global Payments — testing xRapid, which could use the XRP token.

Sep 21, 2018

By Ranjitha Shastry