Security Expert Predicted Bitcoin to Be Close to $1,000 by 2016’s End
Mikko Hypponen, a prominent security and privacy expert, TED speaker and Chief Research Officer of F-Secure, predicted the price of bitcoin to be close to US$1,000 by the end of 2016. On Safe & Savvy, F-Secure’s news outlet, Hypponen stated: “Bitcoin value will rise to close to $1000 by the end of 2016, re-fueling criminal interest in botnet attacks using Bitcoin.” During an interview with Safe & Savvy about major hacking attacks, bitcoin and other trending discussions within the security and privacy communities, Hypponen explained that his team at F-Secure is directing day-to-day....
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