21WIRE + AFP | Hong Kong-registered Global Bond Limited shut down before users could withdraw investments from their accounts.
BITCOIN FILES
Cryptocurrency began to take the world by storm in 2010, led by the mercurial godfather of crypto coins, BITCOIN. It’s origins are shrouded in mystery, as are many of its overnight millionaires and billionaires who (while the mainstream and Wall Street scions weren’t looking) quietly ascended to new financial heights - the vanguard of the movement towards blockchain decentralisation of digital finance. Where is it all heading, and who is driving this sector now? Browse our archive for some important clues…
Vanishing Bitcoins: $5 million in crypto-currency lost down Chinese memory hole
November 12, 2013 By 4 Comments
21WIRE + RT | Was Bitcoin cache a victim of a fiendish plot by Dr Fu Man Chu?
Bit-Hacked: Over a million stolen in ‘crypto-currency’
November 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
21Wire + RT | The crypto-currency has been hacked, stolen and used by some as a digital Ponzi scheme over the course of its short history.
Bitcoin Drug Bust: Fed Raid ‘Silk Road’ and Seize $3.6 Million in Virtual Dosh
October 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
WP | In addition to narcotics, Silk Road also had listings for fake drivers’ licenses, counterfeit currency, and hacking services.
Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Forces US Court Ruling Declaring it a ‘Real Currency’
August 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE + RT | A Bernie Madoff protégé from East Texas managed to dupe a lot of Bitcoin lovers…
Bitcoin helps fund world’s first 3D-printed gun, now test fired and available for download
May 6, 2013 By 3 Comments
21st Century Wire | This cat is now out of the bag, and governments are freaking out over 3D printing…
Bitcoin and Instawallet Hacked: Price Shows Bubble Behavior Thursday, Recovers on Friday
April 6, 2013 By 3 Comments
21st Century Wire | Bitcoin showed some volatility before the weekend amid reports of denial of service…
Is Murdoch’s media trying to scare people away from using Bitcoins?
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sky News | Sky News trying to scare people away from using Bitcoins. Oh no, it’s unregulated!
In Cyprus’ Woes Deepen, Interest in Bitcoin Soars
March 29, 2013 By 2 Comments
Daily Finance | Cypriots are keen to get their hands on cold, hard cash, some investors are placing their bets in virtual currency.
Cashless Society Trending: Amazon to launch its own virtual ‘Amazon Coin’
February 6, 2013 By 11 Comments
Marketing Week | Big rewards for developers when customers make purchases using Amazon Coins.
The Cashless Society Is Coming – And With Some Very Sinister Implications
November 29, 2012 By 13,114 Comments
Patrick Henningsen | In this sterile and controlled Orwellian hi-tech society, the idea of cash being passed from hand to hand would be as archaic as the thought of carrying around a rucksack of tally sticks today.
