Bitcoin

Norwegian business tycoon Bjørn Kjos and his family have allegedly set up a cryptocurrency exchange and arrange to launch bitcoin payments at their airline, Norwegian Air Shuttle. 

The charge has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine amounting to $250,000.

Newegg has announced that it will be offering bitcoin payment options to consumers in 73 countries.

According to a video posted on Facebook, the bold late-evening attack obtained what appeared like receipt tapes from a bitcoin ATM.

The malicious code, called Ryuk, goes after “logistics companies, technology companies and small municipalities” with high data value.

Eastern China police busted a bitcoin mining operation after an unusual increase in local electricity usage.

At the height of its popularity, the company managed to rake in an average of over R2 million ($141,000) in cash deposits every day.

Its initial offer is a bitcoin perpetual contract (XBTUSDM), which is quoted in dollars and with up to 20x leverage.

The creditors of Mt Gox can now receive pennies on the dollar by offering their claims to Fortress Investment Group.

The wallet service’s founder, Thomas Voegtlin, said that Electrum’s lightning network implementation is now close to an official release.

The charity listed the following as accepted cryptocurrencies for general fund donations: bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), ether, (ETH), litecoin (LTC), and Coinbase’s USD Coin stablecoin.

New Twitter study has discovered that the U.S. tops the world in the number of tweets relating to bitcoin and Facebook’s upcoming Libra token.

Crypto security startup Casa has made it easier to manage lightning nodes even when you’re on the go.

A couple from Australia lost more than AU$20,000 (US$14,000) in a bitcoin fraud and were even mocked by the scammer over their losses.

Another defendant has pleaded guilty to charges connected to a fake ID ring said to have netted over $4.7 million in bitcoin.