In response to Google and other search engines’ policies of tracking its users’ searches, DuckDuckGo was established that prides itself on protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding filtered searches. Recently, it has become a venue for bitcoin prices. It was discovered by newsBTC … [Read more...]
Mt. Gox is not bitcoin: mainstream media outlets call Armageddon for bitcoin
If anyone outside of the bitcoin community would have listened to various mainstream media outlets this week, one would think that the virtual currency market has imploded, investors have lost their entire net wealth a la 1929’s Black Tuesday and critics have been proven correct. This … [Read more...]
Have bitcoin speculators come back to earth or is the ‘To the Moon’ sentiment still shared
The value of bitcoin (BTC) has been subjected to both discourse and speculation. Since bitcoin made its triumphant jump from a few dollars to as high as $1,200 late last year – it's now trading at around the $650 mark – many have pondered where the price of bitcoin might be in the … [Read more...]
“The Bitcoaster We’ve Grown to Love and Hate”, A Bitcoin Story
Is Bitcoin's (BTC) nosedive a case of ‘been there, done that’? The Bitcoaster we've grown to love and hate. 2013 was a bit of a rollercoaster for bitcoin. It started off the year worth only a few bucks before skyrocketing to more than $1,000 towards the end of the year. Over the … [Read more...]
Don’t plan on withdrawing Bitcoin from Mt Gox any time soon
So much for Bitcoin's (BTC) month of perpetual stability. After a month of steady prices – bitcoin averaged somewhere between $800 and $900 throughout January – the digital currency dropped 20 percent to as low as $680.50 Thursday evening. The virtual currency has since gone back … [Read more...]
