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Major Bitcoin Exchange Ceases Operation

Posted by Unknown on from the but-mom-money-does-grow-on-gpus dept.

First time accepted submitter Sabbetus writes "On Monday the CEO of prominent Bitcoin exchange Tradehill announced that they are shutting down. Ars Technica ran a story on this stating that 'After Monday's news, the currency's value fell from $5.50 to $4.40, a decline of 20 percent.' Tradehill is returning all funds and meanwhile their competitors are fighting over who gets Tradehill's customers."

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  1. Bitcoin's still around? by SleazyRidr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought that Bitcoin must have ceased operating when there stopped being a slashdot story about them every day.

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    1. Re:Bitcoin's still around? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

      You think that Taco left because of a lack of bitcoin articles?

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  2. Re:Oh! The huge manatee! by houstonbofh · · Score: 4, Funny

    On Monday the CEO of prominent Bitcoin exchange Tradehill announced that they are shutting down.

    And not a single fuck was given that day.

    If everyone actually stopped fucking for a day, that would be huge news. (To everyone other than you)