DDOS attacks target bitcoin mining pools
Mar 13, 2015 06:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
The distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks have hit a number of bitcoin mining pools and operations, including AntPool, BW.com, NiceHash, CKPool and GHashin recent days. The incidentsare expected to have started...
Markets speculate winners of US Marshals bitcoin auction
Mar 13, 2015 05:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
The third US government auction of the seized Silk Road bitcoins held last week has raised the question as to who won the two biggest blocks of 27,000 and 20,000 coins. ibBit announced this week that it is third winner and...
Mar 13, 2015 05:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading around $290 and is facing resistance around $295 (trend line resistance joining $265 and $285). Overall trend is bullish as long as support $279 (55 day EMA) holds. It is facing short term resistance...
Intuit Expands PayByCoin to Australia
Mar 13, 2015 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Intuit, a financial management specialist, has recently announced that it will expand its PayByCoin product to Australia.Launched in June,PayByCoinincorporates bitcoin into the QuickBooks service, which enables its small...
Wall Street Bitcoin Alliance to promote bitcoin
Mar 13, 2015 04:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Wall Street Bitcoin Alliance (WSBA) is a new organisation that aims to promote bitcoin and blockchain technology in the financial markets. The alliance plans to lobby government authorities and regulators for...
Coinbase Exchange Adds FIX protocol
Mar 12, 2015 11:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a major move, Coinbase Exchange has added support for the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol. The protocol, launched in 1992, increases the speed and efficiency of processing orders in the financial markets....
SNAPCARD launches bitcoin wallet offering
Mar 12, 2015 11:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
In order to support its merchant integration service, SNAPCARD has launched a bitcoin-wallet offering, which willenable transactions via QR code, SMS or email, transaction history and price quotes.The users will now be...