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Latest update to Bitcoin makes investors in the virtual currency anxious
8월 1일은 비트코인 운명의 날?
Bitcoin investors are feeling anxious today after devolopers announced an update to the virtual currency.
It had enjoyed a blistering first half of the year, where its value rose from around one-thousand U.S. dollars a coin at the start of the year, to near two-thousand five hundred at the end of June.
But many experts have speculated Bitcoin's price is likely to fall heavily, ahead of today's software update, dubbed 'Bitcoin Improvement Proposal...
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Latest update to Bitcoin makes investors in the virtual currency anxious
8월 1일은 비트코인 운명의 날?
Bitcoin investors are feeling anxious after devolopers announced an update to the virtual currency.
It had enjoyed a blistering first half of the year, where its value rose from around one-thousand U.S. dollars a coin to near two-thousand five hundred.
But many experts have speculated Bitcoin's price is likely to fall heavily, ahead of today's software update, which is being installed to prevent hacking and currency manipulation, and reduce users'...
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Bitcoin's biggest exchange Mt. Gox halts all transactions
Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest trading platform for the virtual currency bitcoin, abruptly halted all of its transactions on Tuesday, raising concerns among users and prompting questions about the future of bitcoin itself.
The Mt. Gox website and Twitter accounts went blank and its Japan-based office was empty.
All Mt. Gox's chief executive said by way of explanation was that the business was at "a turning point."
The CEO of Mt. Gox resigned on Sunday and the company stopped withdrawals...
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Bill to be submitted on regulating cryptocurrencies
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Korean lawmakers are working on ways to regulate the use of Bitcoin and other digital currencies within the country.
Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-jin will submit a proposal this month aimed at revising the current digital transaction law,... to require permission from financial authorities before trading, issuing, depositing, or doing any kind of business using so-called "cryptocurrencies."
According...
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Hacking group threatens to compromise major Korean banks unless Bitcoin ransom is paid
A global hacking group has threatened to conduct cyberattacks on major South Korean banks, unless a ransom payment is made by its imposed deadline, next Monday.
The Financial Supervisory Service says hackers calling themselves the "Armada Collective" sent an email containing their threat to seven South Korean lenders.
The group warned they will launch continuous DDoS attacks on the targeted banks, unless a certain amount of Bitcoins are wired to their account.
Bank officials say they will step...
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