# bitcoin - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
Conor Freeman was jailed for just under three years today.
# bitcoin - Saturday 18 July, 2020
# Bitcoin
# Bitcoin
More than $100,000 (€87,000) worth of the virtual currency was sent to email addresses mentioned in the tweets
# bitcoin - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Hack
# Hack
High-profile figures were hit by the security breach.
# bitcoin - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Bitcoin
# Bitcoin
The hack appears to suggest that those who donate bitcoins will have their donation doubled and returned.
# bitcoin - Friday 10 May, 2019
# Extradition
# Extradition
Conor Freeman now faces extradition to the US over the alleged offences.
# bitcoin - Thursday 3 January, 2019
# Bitcoin
# Bitcoin
The records of those who had signed up for the Luas newsletter had been compromised, Transdev said this afternoon.
# bitcoin - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
# Actual Fake News
# Actual Fake News
D’Arcy says he is bemused by the posts.
# bitcoin - Sunday 19 August, 2018
# Not Nice
# Not Nice
Once the transaction was completed in a hotel in the city of Nice, the South Korean realised the 500-euro notes he had been handed were photocopied fakes.
# bitcoin - Saturday 3 March, 2018
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
Icelandic police arrested 11 people.
# bitcoin - Monday 12 February, 2018
# Global Hack
# Global Hack
It said that there are no indications at this stage that members of the public are at risk.
# bitcoin - Saturday 10 February, 2018
# Lloyds Bank
# Lloyds Bank
The cryptocurrency has surged in value recently, but there are fears it’s on the verge of plummeting.
# bitcoin - Monday 5 February, 2018
# Crack The Code
# Crack The Code
The puzzle was created by crypto artists @coin_artist and Rob Myers in early 2015.
# bitcoin - Friday 12 January, 2018
# Crypto
# Crypto
Turns out the President was up to speed on cryptocurrency.
# bitcoin - Sunday 3 December, 2017
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
A Bitcoin ‘mine’ was discovered in a raid on the cartel last month.
# bitcoin - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase has called bitcoin a “fraud”.
# bitcoin - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
# Up And Up
# Up And Up
The unprecedented surge has worried analysts that the growth is a bubble.
# bitcoin - Sunday 20 August, 2017
# Column
# Column
Some of the most talented software developers in the world are working on Bitcoin , writes John Gleeson.
# bitcoin - Friday 21 July, 2017
# Alpha Bay
# Alpha Bay
Underground websites AlphaBay and Hansa Market had tens of thousands of sellers.
# bitcoin - Saturday 15 July, 2017
# Coining It
# Coining It
Mark Karpeles, former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, went on trial this week over the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency.
# bitcoin - Friday 12 May, 2017
# Held To Ransom
# Held To Ransom
Theresa May has said the cyber attack wasn’t specifically targeting the NHS.
# bitcoin - Sunday 8 January, 2017
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
“Once I sat in the library for 13 hours straight and didn’t even take a break. I did my thesis in one whole night.”
# bitcoin - Wednesday 3 August, 2016
# Disappearing Act
# Disappearing Act
The volatile cryptocurrency lost more than 20% of its value after the breach.
# bitcoin - Monday 30 May, 2016
# On The Up
# On The Up
The currency is now valued at €477 per coin, matching the valuation it had back in August 2014.
# bitcoin - Thursday 5 May, 2016
# Backing Out
# Backing Out
Craig Wright said he would offer “extraordinary proof” to support his claims, but said he’s “not strong enough for this”.
# bitcoin - Monday 2 May, 2016
# Outed
# Outed
But Craig Wright says he doesn’t want fame or fortune – he just wants to be left alone.
# bitcoin - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
# Australia
# Australia
The property was searched just hours after reports identified the possible founder of the controversial cryptocurrency.
# bitcoin - Monday 30 March, 2015
# Bitcoin-ing It
# Bitcoin-ing It
Two agents have been charged with stealing the online currency after Silk Road was seized by the FBI.
# bitcoin - Thursday 5 February, 2015
# End Of The Road
# End Of The Road
He adopted the name Dread Pirate Roberts and was accused of brokering over $200 million in drug deals.
# bitcoin - Tuesday 3 February, 2015
# Credit Check
# Credit Check
Critics say that the digital currency lacks transparency – and a group of students have been trying to fix that.
# bitcoin - Thursday 11 December, 2014
# Spend Spend Spend
# Spend Spend Spend
Those in the US can now purchase goods from Microsoft’s Windows and Xbox stores using the cryptocurrency.
# bitcoin - Friday 7 November, 2014
# Tor
# Tor
An investigation coordinated by Europol covered the United States and 16 countries in Europe.
# bitcoin - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
# Baby Steps
# Baby Steps
The company has teamed up with three bitcoin payment processors, allowing sellers to accept bitcoin as payment for digital goods.
# bitcoin - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
# New Challenger
# New Challenger
The new currency has been backed by Stripe, founded by the Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison, but is it worth taking note of?
# bitcoin - Monday 21 July, 2014
# Virtual Currency
# Virtual Currency
The computer giant’s CEO Michael Dell made the announcement on Twitter.
# bitcoin - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Regulation
# Regulation
The Director of Markets Supervision, Gareth Murphy, urged the virtual currency industry to work with financial institutions and avoid the “culture of indifference” which led to the last financial crisis.
# bitcoin - Monday 16 June, 2014
# Virtual Currency
# Virtual Currency
Coin Pocket has become the first bitcoin trading app to be approved by Apple since it updated its App Store review guidelines.
# bitcoin - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
# 5 At 5
# 5 At 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# Virtual Currencies
# Virtual Currencies
Apps can now accept payments from “approved virtual currencies” although Apple hasn’t said which ones qualify.
# bitcoin - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
# Investigation
# Investigation
The FBI has issued subpoenas to a number of bitcoin exchanges as it continues its investigations into the site.
# bitcoin - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# Cold Storage
# Cold Storage
Both BitVendo and Merrion Vaults are allowing bitcoin owners to store the crypto-currency through cold storage, a service which stores them offline and protects them from security breaches.
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