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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Week of Feb 16

The hacker group known as DD4BC, who previously attacked Bitalo.com and Nitrogensports.eu appears to be behind the Exco.in hack. Exco.in is also accusing CCEDK of withholding his info.

Chinese exchange BTER loses up to US$1.75 million in cold wallet hack. Meanwhile, fiat banks may have lost over US$300 million in the last 15 months through hacking. Bitcoin Core updated to version 0.10.0 and much more news that happened on February 15.

When asked about ways to get bitcoin anonymously, many users would likely already about services like LocalBitcoins. Similarly, the site Wall of Coins offers sellers (though not buyers) similar privacy for their transactions.

As more details emerge about the latest hacking of exchanges Bter, HitBTC and Excoin, hundreds of millions of dollars are being reported stolen from a wide range of international banking institutions.

What will a Greek or Spanish exit look like for the European Union and what will be its implications for the global economic picture?

According to China-based exchange BTER, 7,170 bitcoin have been stolen from a wallet. What makes matters more interesting is that the stolen coins were in cold storage.

Bitcoin and sanctions--there is an interesting interplay between these two words. The word “sanction” is defined as “an economic or military coercive measure adopted usually by several nations in concert for forcing a nation violating international law to desist or yield.”

Vaultoro.com launches a Bitcoin gold exchange, enabling users to instantly convert their bitcoins to gold and back, “100% bank independently.”

Weekend Roundup from Cointelegraph

Toronto’s Decentral, a blockchain technology hub home of Ethereum and host of 2014’s Bitcoin expo, announces new “Blockchain and Fintech Expo” as well as a move of their home base after a bearish winter.

Imagine you’re the kind of person who wants to create jobs, but you don’t have any wealth of your own from which to make payroll.

BitPay Releases Bitcore Playground, LedgerX Endorsed for CFTC Approval and more.

Co-Founder and CEO of BItmagnet, which is a digitally disruptive South African based cryptocurrency startup based on 3 principles and 3 key focus areas which the company wholeheartedly believes are fundamental to the mass adoption of Bitcoin/Blockchain/Crypto’s: ADOPT.EMPOWER.CHANGE.

In the spirit of lovebirds who like Valentine’s Day, and those who don’t, ChangeTip, Newegg and BitPay have announced a Valentine’s Day contest.

Amid a spate of services promising instantaneous confirmation of Bitcoin transactions, core develop Jeff Garzik has spoken out against the concept, calling them “by definition not secure.”

Businesses operating a digital currency automated teller machine (ATM) or an exchange platform in Quebec must obtain the appropriate license from the financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), in accordance to the Money-Services Businesses Act.

DarkSend releases InstantX payments update. Allows for sub five second confirmation of transactions of DarkCoin.

An American survey conducted by the Boston Retail Partners, suggests that 8% of North American retailers are planning on accepting Bitcoin within 12 months, and 5% within 1 to 3 years.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis debates Bitcoin with Andreas Antonopoulos as a 2014 radio show resurfaces, Utah considers bitcoin for the payment of state services, Cointelegraph turns one and much more.

A reclassification of how Value Added Tax (VAT) is to be applied in the EU will force merchants to log user’s location, and make the user pay VAT twice.

A resolution put before state lawmakers in Utah could see the Beehive state legitimize Bitcoin as a le-gal payment method.

It was almost a year ago – MtGox had just collapsed and Newsweek pointed to Dorian Nakamoto as Bitcoin’s creator – that Andreas Antonopoulos come onto the Australian radio show Late Night Live to debate Bitcoin with a professor of economic theory at the University of Athens. The professor’s name: Yanis Varoufakis.

Take for instance BitMesh, which is asking: Why not take the sharing economy to purchasing Internet? Most people don’t use up their entire data plans. People work from 9 to 5 during the day or go on vacations, and even while using the Internet there is often extra bandwidth floating around.

Admittedly, I will lose a lot of purchasing power if the price of a bitcoin falls to US$5. Hell, I’ve already lost money in Bitcoin – I didn’t really get interested in it until the fall of 2013. Yeah, I repeat: that fall of 2013, the famous run up to the US$1,000 bitcoin.

We are delighted announce what is a rather significant event for us. Today, February 11, CT is celebrating one year since it was founded.

We are delighted to announce what is a rather significant event for us. Today, February 11, CT is celebrating one year since it was founded.

Coinbase expands to further European countries and announces shutting down its tipping button, BitQuick planning to ‘kill LocalBitcoins,’ Bitnet partnering with UATP to enable Bitcoin payments for 260 airlines, and more news from February 11.

While practical Bitcoin applications continue to gather speed in the developing world, a Canada-based businessman has been quietly working on an alternative he says addresses many of the current challenges facing the market.

It’s time to announce the winner of the 2015 Cointelegraph and Ziftr competition for the best answer to the question of “what will it take for Bitcoin to gain mass acceptance?”