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Bitcoin.com - 21 Jul 2026 04:30
Americans filed 181,565 cryptocurrency-related complaints in 2025 and reported more than $11.366 billion in losses, with...
UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company
The Guardian - 14 Jun 2026 12:20
Some fighters will receive bonuses in stablecoins issued by Trump family business World Liberty FinancialThe Ultimate Fi...
Trump Family Reportedly Made About $2.3 Billion on Crypto While Investors Lost About $2.3 Billion on...
Gizmodo - 10 Jun 2026 02:28
It's nice and symmetrical, and also sad.
S Korean crypto firm accidentally pays out $40bn in bitcoin
BBC - 7 Feb 2026 13:56
The company quickly realised its mistake and managed to recover virtually all the missing tokens from customers.
Trumps National Bitcoin Reserve Is Still in the Works. Some States Have Already Taken Action on Thei...
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2026 10:00
Arizona, New Hampshire, and Texas have enacted laws aimed at creating their own reserves.
US Crypto Policy Flips Pro-Growth as SEC Rulemaking Replaces Enforcement Crackdowns
Bitcoin.com - 31 Dec 2025 00:30
U.S. crypto regulation has flipped pro-growth as the SEC embraces clarity, rulemaking, and institutional adoption, slash...
Another Crypto Trader Tortured and Executed Over His Digital Wallet - How Many Have Been Killed in 2...
IBTimes - 11 Dec 2025 03:41
A crypto trader in Spain has allegedly been tortured and killed in a brutal attempt to steal his digital wallet, marking...
Insider Trading Suspicions and Shafted Token Holders at the Heart of Latest Coinbase Controversy
Gizmodo - 24 Nov 2025 11:05
A move that should have simplified trading is fraught with drama.
Homeland Security Is Reportedly Probing Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain for National Security Reasons
Gizmodo - 23 Nov 2025 10:00
And there's an additional Trump family connection.
U.K. Police Just Seized £5.5 Billion in Bitcoin - The Worlds Largest Crypto Bust
The Hacker News - 30 Sep 2025 13:53
A Chinese national has been convicted for her role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme after law enforcement authoriti...
SEC Declares Crypto Milestone With GENIUS Act Pushing Toward Trump's Desk
Bitcoin.com - 18 Jul 2025 02:30
The SEC is celebrating a regulatory revolution as landmark crypto legislation races toward final approval, promising swe...
Crypto Scores Huge Win: House Passes 3 Landmark Crypto Bills
Bitcoin.com - 18 Jul 2025 01:40
Crypto just hit warp speed in Washington as three landmark bills cleared the House, laying powerful groundwork for U.S. ...
US passes first major national crypto legislation
BBC - 18 Jul 2025 01:17
It marks a milestone for the once fringe industry, as it expands its power in Washington.
US Senate passes stablecoin bill in 'major milestone' for crypto industry
New York Post - 18 Jun 2025 01:38
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for US-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens known as...
Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No.
The New York Times - 4 Jun 2025 00:57
The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts among the family's web of digit...
Ripple Proposes Legal Framework to Help SEC Regulate Crypto
Bitcoin.com - 30 May 2025 03:30
Ripple is shaking the foundation of U.S. crypto regulation with a sweeping legal framework challenging SEC oversight, pu...
Binance Under Fire as US Senators Probe Trump Crypto Ties
Bitcoin.com - 11 May 2025 04:30
Binance's alleged ties to a Trump-backed crypto venture are igniting Washington, as Senate Democrats demand urgent answe...
Blackrock Discusses Crypto Regulation With SEC to Push Urgent Rule Overhaul
Bitcoin.com - 11 May 2025 01:30
Blackrock is pushing a bold crypto rule revamp at the SEC, spotlighting urgent reforms for staking, tokenization, and ET...
SEC Officially Files Settlement Agreement With Ripple Over XRP--Lawyer Outlines Next Court Moves
Bitcoin.com - 9 May 2025 01:30
The SEC has finally filed its long-awaited settlement agreement with Ripple, signaling a pivotal moment that could unlea...
Crypto plunges as Trump tariff 'medicine' brutalizes global stock markets
Coin Telegraph - 7 Apr 2025 04:16
Cryptocurrency prices tumbled as the US stock futures market opened sharply lower on April 6 as the Trump administration...
Bitcoin Tumbles Below $85K as Trump's Crypto Reserve Order Sparks Sell-Off
Bitcoin.com - 7 Mar 2025 03:50
Bitcoin and all the major cryptocurrencies plummeted following Donald Trump’s bitcoin reserve executive order, with BT...
How Social Engineering Sparked a Billion-Dollar Supply Chain Cryptocurrency Heist
SecurityWeek - 7 Mar 2025 00:56
The $1.4 billion ByBit cryptocurrency heist combined social engineering, stolen AWS session tokens, MFA bypasses and a r...
Crypto prices rally after Trump backs five coins for 'crypto reserve'
BBC - 3 Mar 2025 00:29
Trump named five cryptocurrencies he wanted in a potential national reserve so the US could become "the Crypto Capital o...
North Korea stole $659 million in crypto assets last year, the US says
Engadget - 15 Jan 2025 15:30
The United States, Japan and South Korea have issued a warning against North Korean threat actors, who are actively and ...
Crypto bill passes House with wide bipartisan support in historic vote
American Banker - 23 May 2024 01:16
The bill includes a provision that would codify Republicans' and the banking industry's complaints with a Securities and...
Craig Wright Lied About Creating Bitcoin And Faked Evidence, Judge Rules
Wired - 20 May 2024 13:01
A UK judge has determined that Craig Wright forged evidence in a campaign to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bi...
El Salvador Will Keep Buying 1 Bitcoin Daily Until BTC 'Becomes Unaffordable' With Fiat Currencies, ...
Bitcoin.com - 17 Mar 2024 03:30
El Salvador has been buying one bitcoin a day since 2022, according to President Nayib Bukele, who confirmed that his co...
Prosecutors urge 40-50 years for crypto fraudster Bankman-Fried
Phys.org - 16 Mar 2024 12:20
US prosecutors have requested that a court sentence disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years ...
El Salvador Moves 'Big Chunk' of Its BTC to Cold Wallet -- President Bukele Says 'Call It Our First ...
Bitcoin.com - 16 Mar 2024 03:30
El Salvador has transferred “a big chunk” of its bitcoin holdings to a cold wallet, President Nayib Bukele has annou...
Judge rules computer scientist not Bitcoin inventor
BBC - 14 Mar 2024 16:50
Judge says Dr Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the cryptocurrency's mysterious inventor.
El Salvador gained $84M from Bitcoin holdings
ReadWrite - 12 Mar 2024 15:23
El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings have yielded an unrealized profit of $84 million, with the treasury’s value inc...
SEC approves bitcoin ETFs (for real this time)
Engadget - 11 Jan 2024 00:41
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the applications of 11 spot bitcoin ETFs in a highly anticipated dec...
How One False Viral Tweet Cost Bitcoin Investors $84 Million in Minutes
Motherboard - 17 Oct 2023 15:27
A viral tweet caused a huge price movement that burned investors. It was false.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration scammed out of $55K in confiscated cryptocurrency
NY Daily News - 25 Aug 2023 02:06
A grifter who scammed more than $50K from the DEA is being searched for by the FBI. That crook intercepted a transfer in...
Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Breaks Down Ruling in SEC Lawsuit -- Says 'As a Matter of Law, XRP Is N...
Bitcoin.com - 14 Jul 2023 02:30
Ripple Labs’ chief legal officer has broken down Thursday’s ruling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S...
Ripple Labs Ruling Throws U.S. Crypto-Token Regulation into Disarray
Coin Desk - 14 Jul 2023 00:42
The only thing this ruling guarantees is continued uncertainty in the cryptocurrency markets - uncertainty only Congress...
Key Bitcoin developer calls on FBI to recover $3.6M in digital coin
Ars Technica - 4 Jan 2023 02:23
So much for enthusiasts championing the decentralization of cryptocurrencies.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried allowed $250 million bond, house arrest
Business Standard - 23 Dec 2022 03:03
The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried can post USD 250 million bond and live in his parents' home in Califor...
Sam Bankman-Fried, ex-CEO of failed crypto firm FTX, arrested in Bahamas at US request
Chicago Tribune - 13 Dec 2022 03:51
US authorities say former CEO of failed crypto firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in Bahamas at US request.
'FTX Accounts Drainer' Now Holds Over 250,000 ETH, Address Is the 27th Largest Ethereum Wallet
Bitcoin.com - 20 Nov 2022 01:35
The exploiter responsible for siphoning millions of dollars in ERC20 tokens and ethereum from FTX has added more ether t...
Binance walks away from FTX crypto exchange bailout
BBC - 10 Nov 2022 00:31
Binance will not pursue the deal for its smaller rival citing reports of 'mishandled customer funds'.
US justice department seizes bitcoins worth more than $3bn stolen a decade ago
The Guardian - 8 Nov 2022 01:10
A search of James Zhong's Georgia home uncovered 50,000 bitcoins found on a circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin...
Feds freeze $30m in cryptocurrency stolen from Axie Infinity
The Register - 10 Sep 2022 00:08
But the North Korean criminals are still over half a billion digicash dollars up Federal investigators and private compa...
Dutch arrest man linked to currency mixer Tornado Cash
Phys.org - 14 Aug 2022 09:51
Dutch financial prosecutors say they detained a man suspected of involvement in "concealing criminal financial flows and...
U.S. Sanctions Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash for Alleged Use in Laundering
The Hacker News - 9 Aug 2022 16:13
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday placed sanctions against crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, citing its use by th...
Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens
The Guardian - 24 Jun 2022 13:49
Consumption down by third since 11 June, with even sharper falls among other cryptocurrency networks The amount of elect...
Elon Musk says he never told people to invest in crypto. Here's what he has said.
Mashable - 22 Jun 2022 00:50
With the entire cryptocurrency market currently tanking and major crypto firms becoming insolvent, one would think Elon ...
El Salvador's Bitcoin investment suffers amid crypto meltdown
CNN - 15 Jun 2022 02:38
El Salvador has embraced Bitcoin like no other country, with the government purchasing hundreds of coins last year as it...
'Crypto muggings': thieves in London target digital investors by taking phones
The Guardian - 8 May 2022 13:58
Exclusive: Thousands of pounds stolen in cases seen by the Guardian in reports from City of London police Thieves are ta...
Biden's New Executive Order On Digital Assets Fuels U.S. Crypto Economy
Forbes - 12 Mar 2022 05:51
Brett Harrison, President of FTX.US, said, "Some amount of regulation is important to allow institutions to come in and ...
Crypto.com Finally Admits It Lost $30 Million in a Hack
Wired - 22 Jan 2022 16:00
Plus: Scammer arrests, the NSA plays defense, and more of the week's top security news.
Legal Experts Say It's Too Late to Ban Crypto, India Needs Comprehensive Regulation
Bitcoin.com - 29 Dec 2021 06:30
Indian legal experts reportedly say that it is too late to ban cryptocurrency despite calls for a complete crypto ban by...
Bored Ape Yacht Club: Someone accidentally sold a $300k NFT for $3K - CNET
CNET - 13 Dec 2021 05:06
"Fat finger" errors occasionally happen in traditional finance, but they're usually stopped or reversed. Not so with NFT...
Italy makes life uncomfortable for unvaccinated people
Fox News - 6 Dec 2021 15:08
Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaura...
El Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled 'Bitcoin City' at the base of one of its volcanos
Daily Mail - 22 Nov 2021 03:35
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced plans to build a bitcoin city called 'Bitcoin City' in a circular form at...
Bitcoin futures ETF debuts with highest ever first day 'natural' volume of $1B
Coin Telegraph - 20 Oct 2021 03:24
ProShares' Bitcoin Strategy ETF saw around $1 billion volume on its opening day, with 24.313 million BITO shares changin...
Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
ABC News - 17 Oct 2021 01:12
Operation took over a power plant to find cheap energy for currency mining.
British Museum enters world of NFTs with digital Hokusai postcards
The Guardian - 24 Sep 2021 14:30
Partnership with new platform LaCollection aims to inspire next generation of art collectors The British Museum is ventu...
Crypto: Why did Visa just buy a 'CryptoPunk' NFT for $150,000? The payments giant wants 'a seat at t...
Market Watch - 25 Aug 2021 03:52
Visa said it purchased a "CryptoPunk" nonfungible token, or NFT, for nearly $150,000, jumping into the growing frenzy in...
Poly Network hacker returns nearly all $610M in stolen assets
AppleInsider - 14 Aug 2021 05:04
One of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in history has turned into one of the oddest, with the perpetrator or perpetrat...
Poly Network Offers $500,000 Reward to Hacker Who Stole and Then Returned $611 Million in Crypto
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2021 00:45
A cryptocurrency platform that was hacked and had hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from it has now offered the thi...
'White hat' hacker behind $610m crypto heist returns most of money
The Guardian - 13 Aug 2021 04:04
About $33m in frozen coins yet to be returned as still-unidentified hacker claims attack was carried out 'for fun' to 'e...
Record Cryptocurrency Heist Valued at $600 Million
SecurityWeek - 11 Aug 2021 02:32
A firm specializing in transferring cryptocurrency said Tuesday that hackers cracked its security, making off with a rec...
Bitcoin price slides amid EU call to make transfers traceable, and rise of 'stablecoins'
The Guardian - 21 Jul 2021 04:09
European regulator want banks to hold personal details of cryptocurrency clients, while US wants swift work to establish...
Tesla will resume accepting bitcoin when it uses more clean energy, says Musk
The Guardian - 14 Jun 2021 02:12
Musk announced in May that Tesla would no longer accept the cryptocurrency for car purchases, citing environmental conce...
El Salvador will adopt bitcoin as legal tender, president says
CNN - 6 Jun 2021 14:45
El Salvador could become the first county to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender, Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele announc...
China's vast bitcoin mining empire risks derailing its climate targets, says study
The Guardian - 7 Apr 2021 03:54
China powers nearly 80% of the global cryptocurrencies trade, but the energy required could jeopardise its pledge to pea...
Elon Musk says he's going to put Dogecoin on 'the literal moon'
SPACE.com - 2 Apr 2021 02:30
It might be April Fools' Day for a few more hours, but this is no joke.
Terry Crews Has His Own Cryptocurrency Because Why Not?
Gizmodo - 12 Mar 2021 01:30
Soon you could be spending money minted by Terry Crews--certainly an exciting piece of news if that's been an ambition o...
Apple Pay now supports Bitcoin payments for the first time
BGR - 16 Feb 2021 00:03
With the new BitPay app, users can now use Apple Pay to make payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. BitPay is p...
Warren Buffett blasted Bitcoin as a worthless delusion and 'rat poison squared.' Here are his 16 bes...
Business Insider - 16 Jan 2021 14:13Bitcoin Keeps Moving On Up, Reaching $33,000 in Value
Gizmodo - 3 Jan 2021 05:03
Just weeks after it shattered its yearslong aspiration of reaching $20,000 in value, Bitcoin is at it again. On Saturday...
The Winklevoss twins said buying Bitcoin is the 'trade of the century' and predicted a 30x return in...
Business Insider - 14 Dec 2020 14:03Libra changes name to Diem for 'organisational independence'
ZDNet - 2 Dec 2020 01:59
The cryptocurrency association is hoping to seize the day with the name change.
Bitcoin is back, hitting record high price - CNET
CNET - 1 Dec 2020 03:11
Bitcoin prices have surged in 2020, and on Monday the cryptocurrency reached an all-time high price just short of $20,00...
Logic Says He Purchased $6 Million in Bitcoin: 'YOLO'
Complex - 20 Nov 2020 04:32
Logic took to his Instagram Stories to claim he purchased $6 million worth of the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
Bitcoin explodes above $18,000, taking its market capitalization to an all-time high -- and it's eve...
Business Insider - 18 Nov 2020 14:20Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin jumps to three-year high as investors jump in
BBC - 18 Nov 2020 05:30
The digital currency is close to an all-time record although experts warn about its volatility.
Virtual gold? Bitcoin's rise sparks new debate amid pandemic
Phys.org - 8 Nov 2020 09:30
Bitcoin's rally above $15,000 has reignited debate over whether the cryptocurrency is so-called digital gold or a perilo...
Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years
The Guardian - 4 Nov 2020 15:44
Funds have lain dormant since darknet site founder Ross Ulbricht was jailed in 2013 A billion dollars worth of bitcoins ...
Hacker steals $24 million from cryptocurrency service 'Harvest Finance'
ZDNet - 27 Oct 2020 00:27
Hacker returned $2.5 million while Harvest Finance authors put out a $100,000 reward for anyone who can return the rest ...
Bitcoin value jumps as PayPal says it will accept cryptocurrencies... once it has the kinks worked o...
The Register - 22 Oct 2020 10:39
Online payment goliath wants to encourage global use of virtual dosh The value of Bitcoin spiked on Wednesday after PayP...
Is Bitcoin Building Support Above $11,000?
Forbes - 20 Oct 2020 03:41
Bitcoin has been fluctuating above $11,000 for more than a week, bolstered by positive developments. When will it convin...
Hackers Are Trying To Break Into This Bitcoin Wallet Holding $690 Million
Motherboard - 9 Sep 2020 15:33
Hackers have been trading an encrypted Bitcoin wallet on forums and underground marketplaces in hopes of recovering the ...
Between Crypto, Libra, Stablecoins, And Digital Dollars, Congress Introduced 35 'Blockchain' Bills
Forbes - 18 Aug 2020 05:20
As Project Libra provided the possibility of a 'GlobalCoin' or world currency, the interest in crypto catapulted as Face...
Putin Signs Law Giving Cryptocurrency Legal Status in Russia
Bitcoin.com - 2 Aug 2020 15:15
Russia’s bill to regulate cryptocurrencies has been signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The new law gives leg...
Anti-maskers have found a new way to put everyone in danger
BGR - 18 Jul 2020 01:06
Coronavirus face mask protestors are employing new tactics to comply with local requirements that mandate the use of fac...
FBI moves in to investigate Twitter's massive Bitcoin hack
Digital Trends - 17 Jul 2020 02:30
The hack targeted a number of high-profile accounts on the microblogging service
Bizarrely, the coronavirus has caused a coin shortage in the US
BGR - 5 Jul 2020 01:03
Here's another byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic that's unfolding right now and which most people might not even be ...
Spanish Crypto Users Report Banking 'Freezes' After Using Exchanges
Crypto News - 17 Jun 2020 16:08
Banks in Spain are reportedly closing accounts they suspect belong to cryptocurrency traders, particularly users of the ...
80% of US and European Institutional Investors Find Cryptocurrency Appealing: Survey
Bitcoin.com - 11 Jun 2020 02:20
A new survey of about 800 institutional investors in the U.S. and Europe shows strong cryptocurrency adoption, particula...
You can now buy a Coke with cryptocurrency across Australia and New Zealand
ZDNet - 9 Jun 2020 03:33
Coca-Cola Amatil and Centrapay have partnered to allow vending machine purchases to be made through the Sylo Smart Walle...
Bitcoin wipes coronavirus losses, passes $10,000 again
Mashable - 2 Jun 2020 16:07
There's a popular meme that shows Bitcoin on a perpetual rollercoaster. It's true: The world's largest cryptocurrency by...
China Passes Law Protecting Cryptocurrency Inheritance
Bitcoin.com - 30 May 2020 15:30
China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include crypto...
1000 Corporate Systems Infected With Monero Mining Malware
Coin Telegraph - 27 May 2020 04:40
More than 1000 enterprise computer systems have been infected with a cryptojacking malware that installs a Monero mining...
Facebook's libra wallet is now called Novi
Tech Central - 26 May 2020 16:15
Facebook has changed the name of the digital wallet to be used with its new cryptocurrency, the latest in a number of ch...
Goldman Sachs Hosting Bitcoin Call as Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency Surges
Bitcoin.com - 26 May 2020 03:35
As interest in cryptocurrency grows among institutional investors, global investment banks, like Goldman Sachs and JPMor...