Pizza for 10 thousands of bitcoins: what could be purchased for the money today

As of 2018, it turns out he ordered $ 83 million worth of food. On May 22, 2010, one of the most famous transactions involving cryptocurrencies took place - the American Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10 thousand bitcoins, having bought ...

US authorities plan to regulate cryptocurrency market

The head of the financial department of the Securities and Exchange Commission, William Hinman, considers blockchain an extremely promising technology. He noted that initial coin offerings are an important way for alternative businesses to do business. According to RBC, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is determined...

In Russia, arrested employees of a closed nuclear center for mining bitcoins

Two engineers of a closed nuclear center in Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia) were arrested for using the power of a working supercomputer to mine bitcoins. The attackers were caught by the security department of the enterprise, after which the case was transferred to the FSB, the issue of bringing charges against them in the state ...

How to give Bitcoin for the New Year

If you do not know what to buy for relatives or friends for the New Year, then the most unexpected gift may be bitcoin. How to gift the most talked about cryptocurrency of the year, Sravni magazine tells. Bitcoin is an address of 27-34 characters. It can be expressed ...

The real value of bitcoin is zero

The team, led by Morgan Stanley analyst James Fawcett, sent out a note to their clients a few days ago stating that bitcoin's real value is zero. Writes about this Lenta.ru, referring to Business Insider. The document emphasizes that it is almost impossible to reasonably assess ...

The man who threw $ 127 million in bitcoins, seeking permission to rummage in a landfill

Bitcoin has made many people millionaires. The happy owners of this currency, who bought it for a pittance a few years ago, keep a close eye on the exchange rate - and add zeros to their fortune. But there are also those who, for one reason or another, have lost their possible wealth ...

Co-founder of Bitcoin.com has sold all of its bitcoins

Emil Oldenburg, co-founder and CTO of one of the most famous specialized cryptocurrency sites Bitcoin.com, said that he "recently" sold all his savings in bitcoins. According to him, bitcoin is “as good as it is useless,” writes Tjournal. Swedish entrepreneur (last 3 ...

20 thousand dollars for bitcoin: the US exchange opened trading

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) opened trading in bitcoin futures on December 18. At the beginning of trading, January futures cost more than $ 20,5 thousand per bitcoin, but then fell in price by a thousand dollars, writes Meduza. In the first hours after the opening of trading, more than 600 futures contracts were sold. CME Group, the largest North American derivatives trading platform ...

A resident of New York was accused of financing bitcoin terrorists

In New York, a woman has been charged with laundering bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies and sending the money to help the Islamic State extremist group, writes BBC. Zubia Shahnaz, 27, is also accused of bank fraud and money laundering. She…

How the government earned 2,5 billion dollars on confiscated bitcoins

In May 2017, the Bulgarian government confiscated about 200 thousand bitcoins when an organized criminal group was caught. Then one bitcoin cost a little more than 2 thousand dollars, however, due to fluctuations in the rate of the cryptocurrency, by November 2017 the government of the country earned on a difference of about 2,3 billion ...

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