A British man has been forced to hand over Bitcoin (BTC) at gunpoint in what is the first armed cryptocurrency theft in the country, say reports. Danny Aston, 30, called the police to his home in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, at 9:40 am GMT on Monday after four masked robbers forced entry. The robbers reportedly demanded that…
Have you ever visited or watched a video on the Website YouTube? I’m sure most of us have at some point. Last week it was discovered that hackers have used the video streaming giant to mine cryptocurrency on users computers. Just recently the company started implementing more advertisements into its videos, as it has always…
Have you ever visited or watched a video on the Website YouTube? I’m sure most of us have at some point. Last week it was discovered, in a YouTube ad hack, that hackers have used the video streaming giant to mine cryptocurrency on users computers. Just recently the company started implementing more advertisements into its…
Everyone’s heard of Bitcoin, but how many people can actually afford it? Sure, you could buy 0.0001 BTC, but where’s the fun in that (not to mention the huge transaction fees right now)? Wouldn’t you rather get an entire token? If you’ve got the crypto-itch, then I’ve got the cure. Here are 5 cryptocurrencies under…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) increased sharply over the weekend and hit a high of $12,000 on Sunday. The jump from Friday’s low of $10,400 was short-lived however as the market was suddenly hit by the Coincheck hack resulting in the theft of $530 million worth of NEM coins (NEM). Bitcoin price has been volatile since the…
Ripple (XRP) outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in Monday trading, thanks to the news that XRP is likely to be listed on a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange. Ripple was trading around $1.34 at the time of writing, up almost 3% from the previous day. Ripple has lost a huge portion of its value in the…
Earlier in the week, I reported that the English version of Tron Dogs had just been launched on Tron.Game.com. By the time the news broke to most of the Tron (TRX) community, it had been taken down by its development team. The website read: “To all our respected users, we’re very sorry that the release of…
2017 was the breakout year for cryptocurrency. Starting at the beginning of the year, the total market cap for all cryptocurrencies was just over $17 billion and at the end of December, it reached just under $600 billion. Bitcoin (BTC), the original cryptocurrency, from the year 2013 to the beginning of 2017, held almost 90%…
If someone mentions the name ‘Katy Perry’, what do you think of? Bright colors? Cotton candy? Pop Hollywood elite? Probably all of the above. Would you ever associate the name Katy Perry with digital currency Bitcoin? Before yesterday, I highly doubt that you would. That said, Ms. Perry completely changed the game on Thursday. Now,…
The cryptocurrency market grew over 3200% in 2017 alone. Towards the end of the year, there was an influx of investors flooding the market. As tax season has just begun, some have been left wondering how they need to report their cryptocurrency with their taxes. If that’s you, you’ve come to the right place. The United…
