Tag Archives: Bitstamp hack

About a week ago, one of our favorite Bitcoin startups introduced a $10,000 guarantee for their services. If you've never heard of Purse.io before, we'll explain it how it allows you to spend Bitcoin at Amazon while getting a ...

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Earlier this week, a popular Bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp, lost about $5 million to a hacker. Today, we'll be chatting about that event. Fortunately, the administrators claim that their customers' deposits will be honored in full, but we'll discuss the ...

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On January 4, 2015, one of the more popular Bitcoin exchanges, Bitstamp, suffered a costly security breach. The administrators promptly suspended services and later announced a loss of nearly 19,000 BTC, worth roughly $5 million. This is simply wild. ...

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