Daily BeastThe Government?s Perilous Bitcoin ChaseDaily BeastTo be fair, there is nothing uniquely nefarious about Bitcoin. It is merely the reigning rock star of the digital currency world, thanks in part to heavy promotion by the Winklevii of The Soc…
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The Government?s Perilous Bitcoin ChaseDaily BeastTo be fair, there is nothing uniquely nefarious about Bitcoin. It is merely the reigning rock star of the digital currency world, thanks in part to heavy promotion by the Winklevii of The Social Network fame. But, as Cohen and Carlin explain it ... |
SEC Says Texas Man Operated Bitcoin Ponzi SchemeNew York TimesA Texas man, Trendon T. Shavers, was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday and accused of running a fund that collected bitcoins from investors, promising them 7 percent …
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SEC Says Texas Man Operated Bitcoin Ponzi SchemeNew York TimesA Texas man, Trendon T. Shavers, was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday and accused of running a fund that collected bitcoins from investors, promising them 7 percent weekly returns. Mr. Shaver ended up selling some of the ... |
Bitcoin Ponzi scheme alleged by SEC in suit against TexanKansas City StarThe defendant, Trendon T. Shavers, raised at least 700,000 bitcoins through his firm Bitcoin Savings and Trust and improperly used currency from new investors to cover investor wi…
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Bitcoin Ponzi scheme alleged by SEC in suit against TexanKansas City StarThe defendant, Trendon T. Shavers, raised at least 700,000 bitcoins through his firm Bitcoin Savings and Trust and improperly used currency from new investors to cover investor withdrawals, the SEC said in a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in ... |
CoinDeskBitstamp bitcoin trading volume overtakes leading exchange Mt. Gox for first timeCoinDeskMt. Gox has long been the leader of the bitcoin exchange market, but earlier this week Bitstamp revealed itself as a serious contender. On Monday (22nd Jul…
Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. Following last week’s report of Avalon ASICs arriving in China, the first European batch of 10,000 Avalon ASICs arrived in Switzerland today. These ASIC chips are customized components used in bitcoin mining, and require being set in PCB boards before they can be used. Each Avalon ASIC chip runs at 282 MH/s standard clock and an estimated 300 MH/s overclock. The chips will now be shipped to customers to be set in PCB boards themselves, or to companies such as Burnin who sets them in PCB boards as a service. Zefir, an organizer of a group buy, posted pictures on the bitcointalk.org forums. This is the first of a total seven batches (10,000 chips each) organized over a two week period in April. The order was originally placed on April 16th, arriving 99 days later. Avalon’s bulk pricing placed the chips at 0.078 BTC per chip, and Zefir added an addtional 9.9% fee for his…
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Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. Following last week’s report of Avalon ASICs arriving in China, the first European batch of 10,000 Avalon ASICs arrived in Switzerland today. These ASIC chips are customized components used in bitcoin mining, and require being set in PCB boards before they can be used. Each Avalon ASIC chip runs at 282 MH/s standard clock and an estimated 300 MH/s overclock. The chips will now be shipped to customers to be set in PCB boards themselves, or to companies such as Burnin who sets them in PCB boards as a service. Zefir, an organizer of a group buy, posted pictures on the bitcointalk.org forums. This is the first of a total seven batches (10,000 chips each) organized over a two week period in April. The order was originally placed on April 16th, arriving 99 days later. Avalon’s bulk pricing placed the chips at 0.078 BTC per chip, and Zefir added an addtional 9.9% fee for his…
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Bitcoin Magazine had an opportunity to interview Mentor Palokaj, founder of BlueVPN. Mentor is currently …The post An Interview with Mentor Palokaj of BlueVPN appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Bitcoin Magazine had an opportunity to interview Mentor Palokaj, founder of BlueVPN. Mentor is currently …
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EntrepreneurSEC Cracks Down on Alleged Bitcoin Ponzi SchemeEntrepreneurAnother first for Bitcoin, but an ignominious one: The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed its first fraud lawsuit involving the virtual currency, claiming it was used in a…
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SEC Cracks Down on Alleged Bitcoin Ponzi SchemeEntrepreneurAnother first for Bitcoin, but an ignominious one: The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed its first fraud lawsuit involving the virtual currency, claiming it was used in a Ponzi scheme. The SEC filed suit against Trendon T. Shavers, founder ... |
NewsdayTexan charged in $4.5M Bitcoin Ponzi scamNewsdayUsing online monikers like pirate and pirate40, Trendon T. Shavers, of McKinney, raised at least 700,000 Bitcoin starting no later than September 2011 through his firm Bitcoin Savings and Trust and…
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Texan charged in $4.5M Bitcoin Ponzi scamNewsdayUsing online monikers like pirate and pirate40, Trendon T. Shavers, of McKinney, raised at least 700,000 Bitcoin starting no later than September 2011 through his firm Bitcoin Savings and Trust and improperly used currency from new investors to cover ... |
Victims of the largest scam in Bitcoin’s brief history can find solace today as the …
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Victims of the largest scam in Bitcoin’s brief history can find solace today as the …
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