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How Prosecutors Might Nail Ross Ulbricht Using The Supposedly Anonymous Bitcoin

Post written by Nicholas Weaver Nicholas Weaver is computer security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in BerkeleyMany have quipped that the cryptocurrency known as bitcoin are really “prosecution futures,” because rather than being anonymous, bitcoins can be remarkably easy to trace since every transaction between pseudonymous addresses…
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January 15, 2015
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Bitcoin Rebounds

First a little recap from yesterday’s bloodbath ! Continuing to its prevailing bearish momentum, the Bitcoin value fell extensively during the Jan 14 th trading session – dropping almost $60 in 12 hours on every major exchange . The volume reports were indicating heavy trading…
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January 15, 2015
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Bitcoin Price Crashes Through $250 Mark

The bitcoin price has plunged below $250 and appears to be falling further, as sell orders pile up at major exchanges. The price opened the day at $267.08, but quickly fell after just two hours of trading. Soon after 3am (GMT), the price plunged through the…
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January 13, 2015
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Ross Ulbricht Trial Set to Begin

Alleged drug kingpin Ross Ulbricht , who is currently facing charges of running a criminal enterprise, money laundering and drug trafficking, is set to begin his trial in Manhattan tomorrow on January 13th.Ulbricht was arrested in the San Francisco Public Library over a year ago…
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January 12, 2015
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Academic Research on Bitcoin Tripled in 2014

Bitcoin graduate Academia is increasingly focusing on bitcoin, and hundreds of papers on the subject have now been published, according to research by author and alternative finance commentator Brett Scott.Notably, more than three times as many papers were published in 2014 as in the previous year.Scott pieced together a database…
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January 8, 2015
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My Experience in ‘Bitcoin City’ Arnhem

Arnhem Bitcoinstad In October of 2014, CoinTelegraph reported that the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands had become the densest concentration of Bitcoin merchants in the world. And in November, the organizers held a successful six month anniversary event entitled “Arnhem Bitcoin Metropolis,” which attracted…
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January 7, 2015
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Bitstamp: an update

Related Articles A little earlier on today one of our reporters – Yashu Gola – published this piece outlining the suspected RNG attack on, and the resulting service halt, of leading bitcoin exchange platform BitStamp. While the exact details surrounding the attack – along with…
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January 5, 2015
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Bitcoin Slumps

2015 has not been kind to bitcoin thus far. The cryptocurrency, which has endured a stiff price decline since its late-2013 heights, is back below the $300 mark. Bitcoin’s total transaction volume, as measured by Blockchain.info, has also slipped in recent days. Theories about why…
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January 4, 2015

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