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Israeli taxman looking BitCoin over

17 Sep 2013

The Israeli taxman may be putting the cart in front of the horse if he tries to tax transactions in the virtual currency Bitcoin, given that the country has yet to recognise the virtual cash as an official currency, but he’s looking the possibilities over, according to a report this week in the business publication …

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Betting on Bitcoin

27 Aug 2013

Cashing in on the growing popularity of the Bitcoin virtual currency, Swiss software developer Betting has launched a new online sportsbetting platform designed for operators who intend to use the currency in wagering operations. Betting is the trading name of Swiss Interactive Software GmbH, a Swiss gaming supplier founded in 2008 with extensive experience in …

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Germany accepts Bitcoin as a currency

22 Aug 2013

The virtual currency Bitcoin received an important boost this week when the German Finance Ministry announced that the product can be used as a “unit of account” or “private money”, allowing it to be used in commercial transactions. The ruling does not mean that Bitcoin is recognised as legal tender, officials stressed, although transactions carried …

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Bitcoin is officially a currency?

8 Aug 2013

The specialised publication CoinDesk reports that a judge in Texas has ruled that Bitcoin is a currency or form of money, which gives the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the go-ahead to sue Ponzi scheme operator Trendon Shavers. US magistrate judge Amos L. Mazzant heard the SEC’s case against Shavers, founder and operator of …

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Bitcoin currency online casino sold for $11.5 million

19 Jul 2013

BITCOIN CURRENCY ONLINE CASINO SOLD FOR $11.5 MILLION Satoshi Dice transaction appropriately conducted in Bitcoins The first major acquisition of an online gambling company accepting the Bitcoin virtual currency has taken place, with online casino firm SatoshiDice sold to an undisclosed buyer for 126,315  Bitcoins, or about $11.5 million, reports the publication TNW. The buyer …

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Bitcoin exchange “temporarily” suspends U.S. Dollar deals

22 Jun 2013

In a move that it claims is due to excessive demand presumably overloading its systems, the main Bitcoin exchange, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, has ‘temporarily’ suspended U.S. dollar withdrawals on its system for at least the next two weeks. The virtual currency exchange said in a statement this week that rising volumes of deposits and withdrawals …

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U.S. Homeland Security moves against Bitcoin

15 May 2013

Creating a buzz on internet gambling message boards late Tuesday were Ars Technica and CNN reports that the virtual currency Bitcoin is under siege by US Homeland Security and Department of Justice authorities. The agencies have apparently served seizure warrants on key mobile payments accounts associated with Mt. Gox, the largest Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange. Intermediary …

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Bitcoin trading halted

15 Apr 2013

Following a roller coaster month of the Cyprus banking debacle, rocketing Bitcoin value, DDoS attacks and then a huge sell-off of the virtual currency, the principal Bitcoin exchange, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, ceased trading Thursday. Immediately before the shutdown, the currency dropped over half its value only hours after it had peaked. Worth around a unit …

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Virtual currency fighting off a DDoS attack

5 Apr 2013

Bitcoin, a virtual currency used in some online casinos and other e-commerce industries, recently saw demand soar due to the Cyprus banking crisis , but the positive news appears to have attracted the unwanted attention of entities at present unknown that have launched a major Distributed Denial of Services attack on the website. The publication …

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US to tighten virtual currency controls

23 Mar 2013

The US government is applying money laundering regulations to virtual currencies amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit activities, reports the Wall Street Journal. Last Monday the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released its first “guidance” on the subject. The Journal says that …

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Virtual gambling currency firm hacked

5 Sep 2012

Bitfloor, an exchange for virtual betting currency Bitcoin, has had to suspend its operations following a criminal hack of its servers which made off with 24,000 Bitcoins, worth almost a quarter-million dollars, leaving the company cash-strapped, reports the publication Arstechnica. The company’s founder reported that the exchange no longer has enough cash to cover all …

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