# bitcoin - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
The couple face up to 20 years in prison.
# bitcoin - Sunday 23 January, 2022
# Your Say
# Your Say
Cryptocurrencies have soared in popularity in recent years.
# bitcoin - Saturday 22 January, 2022
# Coining It
# Coining It
Spain and the United Kingdom have both unveiled new rules aimed at tightening advertising standards for crypto-assets.
# bitcoin - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
Police “confiscated 272 different anti-miner devices used for the production of Bitcoin ”, a statement said.
# bitcoin - Thursday 27 May, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
Alpha Wealth’s Nick Charalambous and our own Ian Curran explain the highs and lows of crypto.
# bitcoin - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# Cryptocurrency
# Cryptocurrency
People are being conned out of up to €50k.
# 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.
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