Silk Road vendor Casey Jones had Bitcoins “seized” by DEA
On April 12, 2013, the Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated ฿11 (then $935) “in Charleston, SC from Eric Daniel Hughes AKA Casey Jones,” reports Lets Talk Bitcoin. LTB is reporting that this is...
View Article“Bernie Madoff of Bitcoin” charged in $4.5M Ponzi scheme
Just published on The Daily Dot: Trendon T. Shavers has been called the Bernie Madoff of Bitcoin. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) charged him on Tuesday with defrauding investors in a...
View ArticleHow did Nakowa win $1m this weekend in the biggest Bitcoin gambling win ever?
In just one weekend of furious gambling, a single Internet high roller has taken home close to 11,000 bitcoins—or about $1.3 million. The man, known online as Nakowa, has turned one of Bitcoin’s most...
View ArticleThe post–Silk Road Bitcoin crash is over
When the Deep Web black market Silk Road was seized by the FBI last week, the Bitcoin community braced for impact. The difficult-to-trace digital currency was perceived to be most popular on the...
View ArticleBitcoin rapidly approaching $500 price tag, $5 billion market cap
At a $400 exchange rate and a $4.6 billion market cap, Bitcoin is booming. More skeptics, cheerleaders, and curious potential investors are talking about it than ever before. As the world wonders why...
View ArticleAs Bitcoin booms, over $5.3 million stolen in heists this month
Currently sitting at an all-time high of $400, Bitcoin, the world’s most popular digital currency, doesn’t seem ready to stop climbing. It’s on pace to hit $500 by the end of November, to amass a $6...
View ArticleBitcoin skyrockets to $600 after U.S. agencies label it ‘legitimate’
The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission told senators that bitcoins are “legitimate financial instruments,” Bloomberg reports. The news comes just three days ahead of a U.S....
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