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Biostar Risks Criticism After Unveiling iMiner A588X8D2 Pre-Built Mining System
Getting a graphics card continues to remain an exceptionally difficult and (generally) expensive task. – While there are, of course, many factors that have led to this situation, it’s hard to deny that the growth in cryptocurrency mining has undoubtedly played a significant role. – In something that may represent…
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Bitcoin Slumps to $30,000 in Latest Crash
Since the latter part of 2020, there has definitely been a significant renewed interest in Cryptocurrency. Something that has certainly been reflected with the rapid rise in the value of Bitcoin. Hitting an all-time high of just under $65,000 last March, however, the trend since has certainly been more in…
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Bitcoin Plunges Just Days After Hitting Record Value
Late last week, Bitcoin hit a brand new record price of just under $65,000. Although this was certainly impressive given that at one point just a couple of years ago you could pick a ‘coin’ up for around $4,000, there didn’t seem to be much indication that the predicted direction…
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Tesla Starts Accepting Car Payments in Bitcoin!
It’s not exactly a secret that Elon Musk is quite a strong supporter of Cryptocurrency. I mean, the fact that he just spent (or invested, if you prefer) around $1.5BN in Bitcoin should be a fairly solid indicator of that. Despite its growing popularity, it should still be noted that…
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Bitcoin Sets New Record With $60,000 Barrier Broken
It’s hard to deny that since the latter part of 2020, the value of Bitcoin has been rising quite significantly. Now, of course, the impact of this growth has undoubtedly played a major role in the current shortage of graphics cards as mining organizations look to capitalize upon this. Overall…
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Bitcoin Smashes $50,000 Barrier – Just How High Will It Go?
I don’t think many would’ve predicted this time last year that Bitcoin would’ve seen a boom as huge and practically vertical as it has over the last few months. Sure, the value of the Cryptocurrency, in general, was always likely set to go up, but following the latest update on…
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Bitcoin Soars to Over $34,000!
Around 3 weeks ago, we reported that Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrency in general, seemed to be hitting a brand new boom period with the value of various coins increasing quite sharply and significantly over a notably short period of time. In specific regards to Bitcoin, however, which is one of the…
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Bitcoin is Booming Again – But No One Seems to Know Why
Since around the middle of the year, I’ve been getting something of a feeling that Bitcoin (and likely Cryptocurrency in general) was on the verge of something pretty major again. Don’t ask me why, but it’s hard to deny that demand for graphics cards has again been on the rise…
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Steam May Soon Accept Bitcoins
When it comes to PC gaming, everyone knows the feeling that happens when the Steam sales come on. Your bank account starts to hate you and you wish you didn’t save your card details as you click and drain your funds for games you won’t get to play for a…
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Ransomware Just Got Worse By The Use of JavaScript
Ransomware is probably one of the peskiest and most annoying things that your computer can catch. Not only do you lose access to your files, you have to pay a criminal to release them again. Even if you should choose to pay, there is no guarantee what-so-ever that the criminal…
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US Federal Agent Admits To Stealing $820,000 Bitcoins From Silk Road
Shaun Bridges, a former US DEA agent who was investigating the online drug marketplace Silk Road, has been charged with obstructing justice and money laundering. He has since admitted the charges that were levelled against him. So, how did Mr Bridges nick quite so many Bitcoins with a huge resale figure? According to…
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Now You Can Buy Your Diamonds with Bitcoins
By now there really isn’t any question anymore whether Bitcoins are here to stay or not, with big companies and organisations such as Microsoft, NewEgg, Greenpeace, and Mozilla already accepting the virtual currency. The eRetailer iDIAMONDS has now announced that they’ll follow and accept Bitcoins for all diamonds and diamond…
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Microsoft Now Supports Bitcoin Payments
Microsoft has very, very quietly announced it is now accepting Bitcoin payments through third-party payment processors such as BitPay. The company announced the digital currency being accepted on its blog, and entering it into its FAQ for billing and payment queries. For a company as big as Microsoft stepping out,…
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Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Busted by French Police
The French police recently dismantled an illegal Bitcoin exchange website, marking the first time an illegal Bitcoin money exchange was targeted in Europe. There were raids last week conducted in Cannes, Nice and Toulouse, along with a separate raid in Brussels, Belgium, with 388 bitcoins seized. At least two suspects…
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Bitcoin Supporters Hope to See EU Provide Regulatory Guidance of Cryptocurrencies
European Union countries need to make adjustments to outline regulatory guidance on bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, according to bitcoin supporters. The European Commission recently noted that it plans to create virtual cryptocurrency rules as quickly as possible – there is a higher level of regulatory scrutiny of bitcoins, while governments…
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