British finance minister George Osborne said Wednesday the government would further explore the potential of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. The regulation of virtual and digital currencies, and the risks associated with them, will be examined in a bid to boost Britains Financial Technology (FinTech) sector, Osborne said. The government is set to publish a […]
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe should update its laws to reflect the rise of digital currencies, the head of a bitcoin start-up said, after a successful U.S. auction of bitcoins was seen as a sign of their broadening appeal. One of the challenges is that without clear guidance from the EU, from the […]
Although Bitcoins are valuable as digital currencies go, mining them is a relatively inefficient way of making money, due to the incredible amount of processing power required to produce them. This has not deterred the malefactor behind the BadLepricon Bitcoin-mining malware, which has made it past Androids first line of defense and into the Google […]
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