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| What is cryptocurrency, how can you buy it and what risks are involved with investing in Bitcoin ... But in the world of cryptocurrency, the production of currency is generally capped. Bitcoin's younger brother Litecoin consists of 84 million units, for example, as opposed to its sibling's 21 million. The same is true of "altcoins" – similar currencies which have been launched in Bitcoin's wake that include ...
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| The risky business of bitcoin: High-profile cryptocurrency catastrophes of 2017 In the last few months, the cryptocurrency industry has exploded with investor interest appearing to be at an all-time high. The price of Bitcoin alone has surged thousands of dollars in the past few weeks, topping $16,500 at the time of writing, and while some investors plea caution and anticipate a crash, ...
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| Cryptocurrency Exchanges Coinbase, Bitfinex Down Bitfinex, another cryptocurrency exchange, tweeted it was under heavy distributed denial of service (DDoS) and its application programming interface was down. DDoS attacks have been common on the internet, using hijacked and virus-infected computers to target websites until they can no longer ...
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| Popular streaming sites secretly mine cryptocurrency while you watch free movies Tremendously popular video-streaming sites, with nearly a billion monthly visitors, have been secretly using the resources from visitors' devices to mine for the cryptocurrency Monero. According to security experts at AdGuard, the four sites involved in the crypto-jacking schemes are Openload, ...
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| Bitcoin BUMPED OFF? Ethereum SURGES 8000% to become world's second-largest cryptocurrency The cryptocurrency was valued at £710 (£531.96) per unit as of today (Wednesday) – having begun the year trading at $8.34 (£6.25). Currencies such as ethereum and bitcoin are forms of digital currency which are created and held electronically, and not currently subject to any form of financial ...
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| Asian regulators get tough on cryptocurrency As regulators in Asia grapple with ways of regulating the booming cryptocurrency market, experts claim the sector is beginning to self-regulate due to concerns over fraud. South Korea is the latest country to mull a ban on bitcoin. The government in Seoul is considering making it illegal to trade any ...
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