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Cryptocurrency insurance examined

Bitcurex faced a hacking attack on Friday morning, forcing the Polish Bitcoin exchange to (temporarily) go offline. Reportedly, the attack was blocked but some funds were still stolen. This is yet another example of counterparty risk faced by investors in digital currencies. Some services have responded by starting …

[Updated] Dogecoin decline and mining explained

To those following Dogecoin it probably hasn’t gone unnoticed that the price has experienced a constant decline in recent history. Although this may be interpreted as a decline in popularity of the young digital currency, it should be noted that the main cause is an unfortanate side effect …