Bitcoin virtual currency users and motivations
A new study uses Google Trends data in an attempt to understand who uses the anonymous crypto-currency Bitcoin, and for what purposes.
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Trading in bitcoin made simpler through new exchange
Investors can for the first time bet on the value of bitcoins through an established stock exchange after Nasdaq launched an index based on the cybercurrency in Stockholm, Sweden.
Internet
May 18, 2015
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Researchers investigate how conflicting interests threaten to negatively impact the Bitcoin ecosystem
Bitcoin, a peer-to peer online payment system that was conceived in 2008, has experienced considerable growth in popularity and has increasingly been adopted as a viable payment scheme in mainstream electronic commerce. However, ...
Internet
Apr 9, 2015
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Governments want to regulate bitcoin – is that even possible?
The UK government has shown its intention to regulate bitcoin and other digital currencies, drawing them into the realms of financial regulation applied to banks and other financial services. But bitcoin is not a bank or ...
Internet
Mar 26, 2015
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Students aim to enhance crypto-currency transparency
Students at Trinity College Dublin are "looking under the Bitcoin bonnet" in an attempt to make the crypto-currency more transparent. Increasing the transparency should reduce the risk of fraud while maintaining sufficient ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 3, 2015
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Bitcoin scams steal at least $11 million in virtual deposits from unsuspecting customers
Fraudulent schemes have scammed at least $11 million in Bitcoin deposits from unsuspecting cyber customers over the past four years, according to new cyber security research from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
Internet
Jan 28, 2015
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Computer scientists improve the privacy of the Internet currency Bitcoin
It is traded on special stock exchanges and is accepted not only by various online shops, but also by thousands of brick-and-mortar stores across the globe: the virtual currency Bitcoin. The users benefit from its advantages: ...
Security
Jan 22, 2015
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Four years in prison for bitcoin exchanger who helped Silk Road
A Florida bitcoin exchanger who admitted he enabled the digital currency to be funneled to the black market website Silk Road for drug sales was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison.
Internet
Jan 21, 2015
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Is bitcoin the wave of the future or a dangerous fad?
As customers ate lunch at a popular restaurant in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood, few had any inkling they were on the front lines of an international monetary war that's featured FBI raids, the Deep Web, allegations ...
Internet
Jan 14, 2015
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Bitcoin's development plagued by scandal and speculation
Several sensational scandals in the United States and abroad have increased U.S. and foreign governments' scrutiny of bitcoin, an expanding digital currency that critics say is ripe for criminal abuse.
Internet
Jan 14, 2015
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