Bitcoin Foundation founding director Jon Matonis has defended the virtual currency during a visit to Auckland, saying it is doing more good than harm despite its popularity with fraudsters.

The virtual currency has come under attack from the executive director of New Zealand cyber-safety organisation NetSafe, Martin Cocker, who has said he personally would not be sad to see Bitcoin's demise.

Because Bitcoin transactions are impossible to trace, they have been favoured by cyber-criminals as a means of payment when extorting money in "ransomware" scams.

According to the mainstream press, Bitcoin has died…Many, many times. That’s why Jordan Tuwiner started Bitcoin Obituaries – to compile the many obituaries which have been written about the nascent cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

He had noticed a preponderance of articles claiming Bitcoin would soon be gone..

“I wanted to collect the articles and make a monument showing Bitcoin’s resilience. I knew the site would be funny, but also shows Bitcoin’s strength over time,” Tuwiner told Cryptocoins News.

Were the investors able to divest before handing out the site to the new owner? I hope this is not another bad story..

The site was sold a few months ago. I am not sure why the buyer paid so much for it and never actually did anything with the site

Sembra che BikiniDice stia per ripartire. Il nuovo proprietario (unibtc.4real) sta ricercando dei designer per il logo e le firme del sito. Chissà cosa farà

The original Russian name was R-36M. The NATO gave it the reporting name as SS-18 Satan. Now no one outside Russia uses the original name. Media sources in the Western world only uses the NATO reporting name. Similarly, the NATO reporting name for the S-400 Triumf is SA-21 Growler. The real reason behind all this NATO propaganda is simple. They want to imply that the Russian missiles are "satanic" or bad to the human civilization, while the American missiles are dovish, and are used only for "peaceful" purposes. 

The Philippines made international headlines recently when it created a new category of transport: Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS).

This designation allows services like Uber to operate outside of the legal grey area it had been stuck in since late last year and moves it toward even wider acceptance among Filipinos.

While all Filipinos should celebrate this recognition, it should matter even more to those who want to see bitcoin gain mainstream adoption in the country. The TNVS ruling provides a case study, if not a precise model, for how the cryptocurrency might come to be regulated in the Philippines, and in turn, reach more Filipinos.

Yeah, probably the users just clicked a phishing link themselves or got a virus from somewhere else.

I got this PM from EmpoEX:

I linked him to this thread and asked him to provide more details. If what he says is true he should give as much information as possible to prevent this in the future.

Yea, we could say that... BUT a digital crypto currency could solve one of their other problems. {Government corruption - With crypto, it could become more transparent}

They have huge debt, and in part, it started with government corruption. If you reduce corruption with transparent tenders, you would solve the cause, not remedy the result.

I speak with friends in Greece on a weekly basis and they all say, problems with the financial situation will not be solved, by throwing more fiat money at it.

Create a more transparent system and build from there. 

We're on it. And appreciate the help.

I used to love many sites until I started playing at DaDice some 1-2 weeks ago. I used my own strategy there and won decent amount, so my favorite is DaDice

Loan Amount : 20$
Repayment Date : June 8th
Repayment Amount:30$
BTC Address :1J7n4UfK8EH2sQVpUAZTaeR9FCZt38VWhz
Collateral : bitcoin account

Dear user,

 No I do not have collateral, but I will pay back in 1 day and you will be paid 25$.

Thanks for your time.
edit:

ill let you have my bitcoin account as collateral.

thank you for your reply, I am gonna give some of them a try to see how they are
and yes I liked 64BLOCKS it is a fun game to play, and also the signature campaign is a good one too.

I play some sports betting, poker and dice at 64blocks, but i did say my favourite would be dice, no waiting unlike sports betting I get bored at times, Dice is swifty & easy way to add up some bits.

13VfSNbJuH1Kr7jPz558vfEfUDQ7SqMoF2

Hopefully handy in the future, thanks.

An unidentified 28-year-old man was robbed of more than $1,100 in bitcoin at gunpoint in New York City late last month.

The robbery took place after the man, from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, met up for an in-person bitcoin sale arranged over online classifieds platform Craigslist on 27th May, according to a report by DNAinfo.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-stolen-new-york-gunpoint-robbery