Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoins for free? Japanese cryptocurrency exchange in trouble again
A blunder at a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange let investors briefly buy bitcoins for free - though none were able to profit from the mistake.
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The search for the 'Holy Grail' of cryptocurrencies
It's the Holy Grail of cryptocurrencies -- an asset with all the benefits of decentralisation but none of the volatility.
Bitcoin
Liberland: the nation that bitcoin helped build
Satoshi Nakamoto designed Bitcoin to disrupt central banking, but one man has an even more controversial plan for the blockchain: build a nation-state.
Education
You can now study Blockchain at university
An Australian university is banking on Blockchain, the technology behind the lucrative yet volatile cryptocurrency industry, by launching a nation-first course in the emerging sector.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin's rebound continues as it rises above $US10,000
Bitcoin rose above $US10,000 on Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks.
Commonwealth Bank
CBA bans customers from using credit cards to buy bitcoin
Australia's largest bank says buying bitcoin on credit cards is no longer "appropriate" after the recent plunge in the cryptocurrency's value.
- by Clancy Yeates
Bitcoin
The 18-year-old 'Wolf of Crypto Street' emptied his life savings and is now a millionaire
When Eddy Zillan first started trading in cryptocurrencies, he was too young to open an account on the trading platform, Coinbase, which requires its users to be at least 18 years old.
- by Zoe Bernard
Bitcoin
Dot-com bubble shows that bitcoin is heading back below $1000, says analyst
Bitcoin is heading lower -- much lower -- if the go-go years of the dot-com bubble are any indication.
Bitcoin
As panic gripped sharemarkets, bitcoin soared 53 per cent
What's supposed to be the most volatile asset in the universe is proving to be a bastion of stability compared with wild swings and carnage in global equities this past week.
Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies are like Ponzi schemes, World Bank chief says
The head of the World Bank is the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
Bitcoin
'Huge win': Bitcoin crackdown is good news, says Winklevoss twins
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, long-term cryptocurrency bulls, don't fear regulation. They embrace it.