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• Bitcoin value spirals to 2-month low after cryptocurrency exchange hacked

  A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange said Monday hackers have stolen about one-third of the coins traded on its market, an announcement that sent bitcoin prices tumbling to a two-month low.

  Tech

  Jun 11, 2018
  
• Russians arrested for crypto-mining at nuclear facility

  Two employees of Russia’s top nuclear research institute have been arrested for using the facility’s supercomputer for crypto-currency mining.

  World

  Feb 10, 2018
  
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• Bitcoin price falls below $6,000; half its value lost in 2018

  Bitcoin slid another 13 per cent to below USD $6,000 on Tuesday, bringing the world’s best-known cryptocurrency’s losses to more than half since the start of 2018.

  Economy

  Feb 6, 2018
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• Bitcoin price plunges 18% on crackdown fears; cryptocurrency rivals also fall

  Bitcoin tumbled 18 per cent on Tuesday after reports that a ban on trading of cryptocurrencies in South Korea was still an option drove fears grew of a wider regulatory crackdown.

  Money

  Jan 16, 2018
• Bitcoin’s value plunges, heads for worst week since 2013

  Bitcoin plunged below USD $13,000 on Friday after losing around a third of its value in just five days.

  Economy

  Dec 22, 2017
• Bitcoin more of a gamble than investment, Bank of Canada governor warns

  Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is sounding the alarm on Bitcoin, likening it to the tech boom and bust, roughly two decades ago.

  Money

  Dec 15, 2017