Weekly Bitcoin Recap for February 7, 2015
Welcome to the latest edition of the NewsBTC Weekly Bitcoin Recap, where we highlight our top bitcoin news stories of the week. Let's take a look at the biggest headlines for the week of February 1 - 7, 2015. 1. Bitcoin Startup Bonafide.io Raises $850,000 to Further Secure Bitcoin's Reputation - as reported on February 2nd. Recently, the startup known as Bonafide managed to raise almost $1,000,000 ($850,000 to be exact) through a special funding round. The money is slated to be used to build a reputation system for the bitcoin industry. Investments came from a number of prestigious....
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Welcome to the latest edition of the NewsBTC Weekly Bitcoin Recap, where we highlight our top stories of the week. Let's take a look at the biggest headlines for the week of February 15-21, 2015. 1. Chinese Bitcoin Exchange Bter Hacked - as reported on February 15th. Popular Chinese Bitcoin exchange Bter went offline after being struck by a 7,170 BTC theft. The incident first came to the spotlight when some of the Bter users noticed a number of elite transactions moving from Bter's cold wallet to a random Bitcoin wallet address. 2. Third US Marshals Service Bitcoin Auction to Take Place in....
Welcome to the latest edition of the NewsBTC Weekly Bitcoin Recap, where we highlight our top stories of the week. Let's take a look at the biggest headlines for the week of February 8-14, 2015. 1. Hong Kong "Bitcoin Exchange" Mycoin Reportedly Goes Bankrupt - as reported on February 9th. Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange MyCoin.hk is reported to have gone bankrupt, taking away US$390 million worth investors' funds with it. In reality, only 8.1 million was stolen from gullible ponzi scheme victims. According to The South China Morning Post, the lost money belongs to a total of 3,000....
Welcome to the latest edition of the NewsBTC Weekly Bitcoin Recap, where we highlight our top stories of the week. Let's take a look at the biggest headlines for the week of January 25 - 31, 2015. 1. Bitcoin Price Rockets Past $300 on Coinbase News. $375-380 Bitcoin High Next? - as reported on January 26th. Bitcoin exchange and wallet Coinbase is experiencing constant growth. After they received $75 million in Investments little less than a week ago, they launched their service and they've now opened the first U. S. Based Bitcoin Exchange available in 25 states. The price climbed above....
Welcome to the first NewsBTC Weekly Bitcoin Recap, where we highlight our top stories of the week. Let's take a look at the biggest headlines for the week of January 18 - 24, 2015. 1. ChangeTip Comes to Facebook - as reported on January 18th. Microtransactions bitcoin startup ChangeTip can now be used on Facebook. According to newly appointed vice-president for product Dan Held, adding Facebook has been on the company's to-do list for quite some time. Held states, "With over 1 billion users, enabling this on Facebook opens up a unique way to bring new people into bitcoin... Facebook is the....
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