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Hack attacks hit Bitcoin value

2013-04-04 13:28:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Online services and exchanges dealing in Bitcoins have been hit by hack attacks that led to a drop in the value of the virtual currency.

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Surging Bitcoin plunges $30 after exchange outage, hack

2013-04-04 00:54:23| CNET News.com

The peer-to-peer currency's value has surged 50 percent in recent days, but an exchange outage and unrelated hack knocked its value down a bit. [Read more]

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Bitcoin isnt illegal because it isnt real money

2013-04-03 17:40:50| Extremetech

As it falls in and out of public view, Bitcoin is once again all the rage. However, rather than just tech blogs and internet culture sites covering the cryptocurrency, more mainstream sites and esteemed financial analysts are now weighing in on the matter. Instead of just providing yet another explanation of what Bitcoin is, though, analysts are now wondering why the pseudo currency has caught on, and why it's not illegal. As it turns out, it's not illegal because of that "pseudo" moniker.

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Bitcoin hits record exchange values with Cyprus banking crisis

2013-03-29 01:53:43| CNET News.com

The peer-to-peer virtual currency is up nearly 350 percent in the past two months, thanks largely to uncertainty in Europe's banking community. [Read more]

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