Baby boomers are turning to Bitcoin as a way of diversifying their portfolio as they hunt returns during an extended period of historically low interest rates.
According to Coinfloor, one of the UK’s oldest crypto exchanges, those born between 1946-1964 are seeing Bitcoin as an increasingly attractive investment proposition.
A teenager from Bognor Regis, England, is one of three people charged over a Twitter hack which targeted the accounts of several high-profile US figures.
The US Department of Justice confirmed that Californian authorities had filed felony charges against Mason Sheppard, 19, also known as ‘Chaewon’.
Power plants in Iran have been given the green light to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
There’s one proviso though – they’re not allowed to use subsidized fuel to do so.
Bitcoin is an “aspirational store of value” according to a new report from global investment powerhouse Fidelity.
Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity, says that as the cryptocurrency matures is may serve many functions, “either foundationally or through incremental layers”.
When hackers stole nearly 120,000 Bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange it was one of the world’s largest Bitcoin thefts, second only to the infamous Mt Gox heist.
Now, in a new twist to the 2016 hack which has been shrouded in mystery ever since, some of the coins have been moved.
The characters of children’s favourite Dr Seuss are entering the digital world as crypto collections thanks to a new collaboration.
Dr Seuss Enterprises has teamed up with Dapper Labs, the company behind Crypokitties and NBA Top Shot, to add iconic characters including The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, The Grinch and Thing One and Thing Two to the Flow blockchain.
Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov has backed Bitcoin as a way for people to gain more control over their money.
The grandmaster and political activist told Forbes that Bitcoin’s strength was that “you known exactly the number – the magic number of 21 million,” referring to the maximum number of coins that can ever be mined.
Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious and enigmatic Bitcoin founder, probably mined some 1,125,150 coins worth £8.3 billion ($10.5 billion) at today’s prices.
The latest estimate of Satoshi’s treasure has been revealed in a Whale Alert report, which suggests that he/they mined up to block 54,316 to protect the network and blockchain.
The world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is often seen as a male-dominated arena.
But this is changing rapidly, according to a report by CoinMarketCap, which suggests the number of women involved in the cryptocurrency sphere – particularly investing – is surging.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) champion Craig Jones has revealed his own tale of Bitcoin regret as he announced a new partnership with CoinJar.
In an interview with the digital currency exchange Jones admitted that he had once bought some Bitcoin with some friends for “shits and giggles” back in 2015.
Mystery surrounds the identity of a Bitcoin scammer who hacked the Twitter accounts of multiple high-profile figures from the world of showbiz, politics and business.
Internet sleuths have been racing to discover the culprit behind the hack, which saw the accounts of former US President Barack Obama, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and reality TV star Kim Kardashian targeted among others.
When Bitcoin originally popped into existence it was billed as a completely untraceable decentralised digital currency for the masses.
The same has been said of the many altcoins that followed, but it’s becoming more apparent as the years roll by that the untraceable part is not entirely true.
The Bank of England (BoE) is considering create a new digital currency because of the “huge implications” of cryptocurrency in the future.
Governor Andrew Bailey announced the news of the potentially ground-breaking move to students at a Speakers for Schools webinar event.
THE UK-based cryptocurrency exchange Cashaa, which lost more than $3 million worth of Bitcoins to hackers, says exchanges around the globe have offered to help catch the culprit.
At the time of writing the company, based in London, had ceased all trades while it investigates the theft.
An artist has been coining it to the tune of more than 1.3 Bitcoins after adorning his work with QR codes asking for donations in crypto.
Pascal Boyart’s latest piece of street art, a mural titled ‘Confessions of a Red Jester’ in Paris, earned him more than 0.05 BTC in first five days of it being produced.
Anyone ‘hodling’ Bitcoin (BTC) can rest easy in their beds tonight – their investment will never be worth absolutely nothing.
British entrepreneur and Bitcoin Bull Alistair Milne has placed a huge buy order for the current circulating total of 18.52 million Bitcoins, currently worth around $18.5 billion, to prevent it from ever reaching $0.
Nearly 90% of cryptocurrency holders are concerned about what will happen to their assets after they die, a new study has found.
Despite this high level of concern, just 23% of investors have created a documented plan for their loved ones, according to The Cremation Institute.
The personal data of hundreds of thousands of people – the majority from the UK – has been exposed in a complex Bitcoin scam.
Some 248,926 sets of personally identifiable details from users around the world, including phone numbers, names and email address, were used to create personalised URLs directing users to malicious websites masquerading as legitimate news outlets.
American rapper and entrepreneur Kayne West’s announcement that he may run for president of the United States has been welcomed by Bitcoin fans across the globe.
Mr West, also known as “Yeezy”, stunned his 30-million Twitter followers on Sunday by announcing his intention to seek office in 2020.
Nearly two million Brits hold cryptocurrency assets, according to new research by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Some 3.86% of the population own cryptocurrencies, assuming there’s around 50 million adults in the UK, double the number who held the assets last year.
In what could be a huge boost for Bitcoin, global payments giant PayPal has started recruiting blockchain experts to develop crypto products.
According to various sources online, PayPal is planning to allow direct cryptocurrency purchases on its platform, potentially opening up the world of bitcoin and other coins to its 300+ million users.