BitPay Explains How They Handle It When Exchanges Go Down Like Bitstamp's Recent Outage
Bitstamp recently came out that their hot wallet was hacked causing them to lose ~18,866 BTC (~$5 MILLION USD). This incident is bad for the exchange as well as for Bitcoin. What many do not think about is how it can cause issues for other companies. One company that reacted quickly to the situation is BitPay, the largest Bitcoin merchant processor now sponsoring the Bitcoin Bowl. As a company that processes a large volume of Bitcoin transactions for clients, they need timely and accurate exchange rate info. BitPay CFO Bryan Krohn posted on BitPay's blog reporting how they get their....
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