BitPay Launches Facebook App for Easy Bitcoin Sharing

Georgia-based bitcoin merchant processing specialist BitPay has announced a new tool aimed at spreading bitcoin adoption through popular social network Facebook.

Called Get Bits, the Facebook application allows users an easy way to trade bitcoin in-person by helping to arrange meetings between friends on the network.

Facebook Breaks Up Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Lecpetex

Facebook has successfully dismantled a major bitcoin botnet operated by a small team of cyber criminals based in Greece.