At the same time, there are fresh concerns about the security of bitcoin and other virtual currencies after NiceHash, a company that mines
bitcoins on behalf of customers, said it is investigating a breach that may have resulted in the theft of about $ 70 million worth of bitcoin.
Also, users do not technically hold the Bitcoin they purchase through the app themselves, as Square plans to keep safe
all bitcoins on behalf of its customers.
Since the start of the year, however, more and more established investment houses have started to invest in
bitcoin on behalf of their customers.
The brokerage buys
bitcoin on behalf of its customers from international digital currency...
The Coinbase platform stores billions of dollars worth of
bitcoin on behalf of its customers and Romero notes that any changes to the platform's infrastructure require «significant planning and consideration for the security and stability of our platform.»
Not exact matches
Mt. Gox claimed insolvency in 2014 after the alleged theft
of around 850,000
bitcoins that it was holding for itself and
on behalf of its
customers.
Bitcoin brokers are individuals and companies that take buy and sell orders and execute those orders
on an exchange
on behalf of their
customers.
Account services manage a
bitcoin wallet
on behalf of users, much like a bank manages a
customer's funds.
While early
Bitcoin wallet companies made people keep track
of their own private keys — the secret 64 - character passwords that alone provide access to one's cryptocurrency — Coinbase's pioneering innovation was its offer to store keys
on customers»
behalf.
The US - based cryptocurrency holding has decided to cease paying
bitcoin transaction fees
on behalf of customers starting from 21 March.