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Man Pleads Guilty in Harvard Bomb Hoax Bitcoin Extortion Scheme

A New Hampshire resident, William Giordani, confessed on Wednesday to his involvement in a plot last year where he unwittingly…

Bitcoin Value Drops after Reports of Chinese Regulation

Summary: The value of Bitcoin fell dramatically on Thursday.  On Thursday, Bitcoin saw its shares tumble by 13.6%, according to Business…

Bitcoin Ruled as Money by Second Judge

Summary: Another judge has ruled that bitcoin meets the definition of being legitimate money in a criminal case against Bitcoin.mx…

More Lawyers Accepting Bitcoin

Summary: More lawyers are accepting Bitcoins from clients, but not for retainers. Imagine being able to pay your lawyer with a…

Virginia Law Firm Plans to Accept Bitcoin for Payment

Summary: A Virginia law firm hopes to practice law ahead of the curve by accepting Bitcoin, a virtual currency, from its…

Portland Law Firm Represents Party in Recent Bitcoin Settlement

Summary: A Portland law firm represented Ethan Burnside, who recently settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission for his involvement…

Bankrupt Bitcoin Exchange Stumbles upon $120 Million Stashed in Offline Wallets

Bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo last month, and raised doubts about the viability…

U.S. District Judge Loosens Freeze on Bitcoins

U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman, who froze the assets belonging to Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox Co., according to Bloomberg News,…

More Bitcoin Turmoil

The author of The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers – And the Coming of Cashless Society, David Wolman,…

Bitcoin in Money Laundering Operations

One of the first successful implementations of a distributed crypto-currency, Bitcoin was designed around the idea of using cryptography to…

Vice President of Bitcoin Arrested for Laundering

If money is the root of all evil, how about fake money? How about Bitcoins, this made-up currency that is…

Alibaba Ban: China Tightens Rules around Bitcoins

Unlike any currency ever created, Bitcoins are governed by a computer protocol, rather than a central authority. Instead of serving…