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Mt. Gox Lawsuit Targets Mark Karpeles’ Personal Wealth

A London law firm says it will go after the Mt. Gox CEO personally to recover clients’ lost bitcoins.

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Will Florida’s Money Laundering Laws Apply to Bitcoin?

Lawyers of two men arrested for bitcoin transactions claim state legislation only applies to fiat, but are they right?

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Coin Miners Dogged By Mining Pool Security Flaws

Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.

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EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Shrem Speaks Out About Mt. Gox, His Arrest and the Bitcoin Bromance

Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem speaks candidly about Mt. Gox and maintaining his sanity while under house arrest.

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Tech

Nearly 150 Strains of Malware Are After Your Bitcoins

Dell SecureWorks researchers have identified 146 types of bitcoin malware – and most of them are after your wallet.

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VC Firm Makes Bid for FBI’s Seized Silk Road Bitcoins

Falcon Global Capital has contacted the US government in an attempt to buy 27,000 seized Silk Road bitcoins.

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Pony Botnet Virus Steals $220k from 30 Types of Digital Wallets

A new virus is said to be affecting more than 30 types of digital currency wallets.

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Australian Government Tracks All Bitcoin to AUD Conversions

The Australian government is keeping a close eye on bitcoin – tracking every BTC to AUD conversion, and vice-versa.

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How Cash Would Be Seen by the Media if Invented Today

A new worldwide scheme will allow citizens to carry their wealth and exchange it with others using paper ‘bills’.

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Bitstamp Restores Withdrawals Following Security Scare

Bitstamp is restoring withdrawals to all accounts following criminal attempts to access users’ funds.

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