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Criminals have made off with a whopping US$5 million after raiding bitcoin exchange Bitstamp. The attack, in the early hours of Monday, pilfered the site's online operation wallets used for rapid currency exchange. Administrators called police and moved to assure customers their bitcoins would be refunded provided they did …

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  1. Anonymous Coward 101

    FAITH IN MATH...

    ...and a couple of guys that look like this:

    https://i.imgur.com/XVRTdeS.jpg

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  2. Afernie
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    Apparently...

    Bitstamp 'regulates itself'. The registered company address is the one for UK PLC, that company that provides company formation services in the UK. Certainly sounds like a legit setup choice for an brokerage outfit based in Slovenia, so what could possibly have gone wrong?

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    For another view on Bitcoin and all associated with it...

    Try here (registration needed): http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/01/05/2079012/who-needs-caveat-emptor-when-youve-got-bitcoin/

    The author of the piece is trying to make a name for herself as the anti-champion of Bitcoin and has written many, many, many articles on the subject. I think a book is in the offing. She's greatly loving Bitstamp's problems.

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    1. yoganmahew
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      Re: For another view on Bitcoin and all associated with it...

      Erm, Ms Kaminska's name is already well made; her posts on contango in the commodities markets are a pretty good read - see this summary item from July 2013 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/07/22/1575852/commodities-and-banks-a-recap/

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: For another view on Bitcoin and all associated with it...

        Her name certainly is getting well known, but maybe not for the reasons she was hoping for: http://www.freebanking.org/2014/11/24/dizzy-miss-izzy/

        And my god, she is banging on about Bitcoin isn't she?

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