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Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous identity masking Bitcoin's creator or creators, has enough of the crypto to be the world's 19th richest person.

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakomoto Is Now One of the World’s Wealthiest People

By Dan Robitzski

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel suggested during a virtual seminar that China may use its centralized digital currency as a weapon against the US dollar.

China Could Use Bitcoin as a Weapon Against the US, Billionaire Warns

By Victor Tangermann

A man from Missouri was just sentenced to 12 years in prison after he repeatedly tried to buy chemical weapons with Bitcoin.

Man Sentenced for Buying Chemical Weapons With Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

A man referred to by the BBC as "Sebastian" lost over half a million dollars after falling for a Elon Musk-related Bitcoin giveaway scam.

Man Loses Half a Million Dollars in Elon Musk Reply “Crypto Giveaway” Scam

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto scammers are publishing apps that imitate real bitcoin wallet companies to scam crypto owners out of their savings.

Man Downloads Wrong App, Losing $600,000 in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla has officially started to accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles in the US, according to CEO Elon Musk.

You Can Now Officially Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates told The New York Times that Bitcoin is "not a great climate thing."

Bill Gates Says That Bitcoin Sucks

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter early Wednesday morning to post a meme about the alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin, sending it soaring by 25 percent.

Single-Word Elon Musk Tweet Sends Crypto Dogecoin Soaring

By Victor Tangermann

Philippines-based PDAX, Southeast Asia's largest crypto exchange, just accidentally sold bitcoin at an incredible 88 percent discount, for just $6,000.

Whoops: Crypto Exchange Accidentally Sells Bitcoin at 88% Discount

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin fell 11 percent over the weekend — and that could be in large part due to a tweet by Elon Musk and a comment by Treasury Secretary Janet Yelle.

Bitcoin Falls 11 Percent After Saucy Elon Musk Tweet

By Victor Tangermann

Hidden in Tesla's 2020 annual report was an announcement that the electric carmaker will soon accept Bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles.

Tesla Reveals Plan to Sell Cars With Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

Janet Yellen, Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, suggests that it's time to crack down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

Top Biden Appointee Suggests Cracking Down on Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

The Iranian government is shutting down some 1,6000 cryptocurrency mining operations after several major power outages sweeped the country.

Iran Blames Bitcoin For Massive Electric Grid Blackouts

By Victor Tangermann

Programmer Stefan Thomas has thousands of Bitcoin tucked away, but he forgot his password and only has two guesses left before he loses it forever,

Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236 Million in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin miners and PC gamers are keeping their homes warm using the heat generated by their computers, as The Wall Street Journal reports.

Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Chicken Coops With Their Rigs

By Victor Tangermann

Man Accidentally Buried $275 Million of Bitcoin in Landfill

Man Accidentally Buried $275 Million of Bitcoin in Landfill

By Victor Tangermann

Responding to writer Ben Mezrich, who said that he's "never turning down getting paid in bitcoin again" in a Friday tweet, Musk replied with "me neither."

Elon Musk Says He Would Take a Salary in Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian oil company Gazpromneft built a Bitcoin mining facility in its Siberian oil field to make use of energy from excess gases.

Russian Oil Company Builds Bitcoin Farm in Siberia

By Dan Robitzski

The Justice Department seized $1 billion worth of bitcoin after analysts found about 70,000 bitcoins were taken out of a Silk Road-related account.

US Government Seizes $1 Billion in Silk Road Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

An anonymous bitcoin wallet holder transferred $1 billion worth of bitcoin from accounts linked to darknet marketplace Silk Road.

Someone Just Moved $1 Billion in Bitcoin From a Busted Darknet Market

By Victor Tangermann

After federal law enforcement seized millions of dollars' worth of crypto from terrorist organizations, Congress is left with questions.

The IRS Seized Millions in Terrorists’ Crypto. Congress Has Questions

By Dan Robitzski

The Marine Corps just issued a memo banning all servicemembers from mining cryptocurrency like Bitcoin on government-issued devices.

Marine Corps Bans Service Members From Mining Bitcoin on Military Devices

By Dan Robitzski

A fake livestream on YouTube with 10,000 viewers is playing SpaceX footage, accompanied by a QR code that sends users to a fake Bitcoin giveaway.

A Fake SpaceX Stream That’s Scamming Bitcoins Has 16,000 Viewers

By Victor Tangermann

A team of legal representatives of those whose money disappeared with bitcoin CEO Gerald Cotten's death have sent a letter seeking an exhumation.

They Might Dig Up Body of Bitcoin CEO to See If He’s Really Dead

By Victor Tangermann

There's a correlation between the prices of avocados and the price of Bitcoin. It's all-but-certainly a fluke, but certainly a bizarre one.

There’s a Correlation Between the Price of Bitcoin and Avocados

By Dan Robitzski

Investigators took down a massive child pornography site and arrested hundreds of its users by tracking their bitcoin payments.

Agents Bust Massive Child Porn Site by Tracking Bitcoin Payments

By Kristin Houser

A nuclear engineer in Russia was just fined $7,000 for using his top-secret lab's supercomputer to illegally mine Bitcoin at work.

Russia Punishes Guy Who Mined Bitcoin at Top-Secret Nuclear Lab

By Dan Robitzski

The Iranian government just gave its approval to crypto mining, but only if people get the right clearance and stay on top of their taxes.

Iran Says You Can Mine — but Not Spend — Crypto

By Dan Robitzski

225 mayors from across the United States signed a resolution to stop paying ransomware hackers who target their cities' digital infrastructure.

225 US Mayors Agree to Stop Paying Ransomware Hackers

By Dan Robitzski

Donald Trump tweeted his distaste for cryptocurrency on Thursday, calling the digital assets "not money" and "based on thin air."

Trump: Cryptocurrencies Are “Not Money,” “Based on Thin Air”

By Kristin Houser

The number of crypto ATMs worldwide passed the 5,000 mark this month, which begs the question, who the hell is actually using these things?

Who the Hell Is Using the World’s 5,000 Crypto ATMs?

By Kristin Houser

Thanks to a popularity boost from Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, the value of Bitcoin recently surged to over $11,000.

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Just Resuscitated Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

Samsung tweeted a warning reminding TV owners to "prevent malicious software attacks on your TV by scanning for viruses on your TV every few weeks."

Samsung: Scan Your Smart TV for Viruses Every Week or Else

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Flexa has released a new crypto app called SPEDN that allows users to pay for goods at several major retailers with cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Payments Now Accepted by Whole Foods, Other Big Retailers

By Kristin Houser

Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) urged his colleagues help outlaw cryptocurrency and the purchase thereof by Americans "so we can nip this in the bud."

This Congressman Wants to Make All Cryptocurrency Illegal

By Victor Tangermann

Tech entrepreneur John McAfee has decided to push pause on his plan to reveal Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto's true identify.

Shocker: John McAfee Suspends Plan to Unmask Bitcoin’s Creator

By Kristin Houser

Infamous tech entrepreneur John McAfee says he's going unmask Bitcoin's creator, but the clues he's shared so far do little to narrow the field.

John McAfee Vows to Reveal Bitcoin’s Creator

By Kristin Houser

The Mueller Report, heavily redacted, describes a number of high-tech Russian operations designed to undermine and sway the 2016 Presidential election.

The Mueller Report Confirms We’re Living in a Cyberpunk Dystopia

By Dan Robitzski

A mysterious group of individuals hid the keys to $1 million worth of bitcoin in a twisted game with no rules, CoinDesk reports.

Someone Hid $1 Million In Bitcoin and Left Clues to Find It

By Victor Tangermann

Home invaders tortured a crypto trader with an electric to force him to give up his cryptocurrency, according to a Dutch newspaper.

Robbers Tortured a Man With a Drill to Steal His Cryptocurrency

By Jon Christian

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared his thoughts on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during a podcast interview with ARK Invest.

Elon Musk: Bitcoin Is “Brilliant” And “Paper Money Is Going Away”

By Kristin Houser

QuadrigaCX has about two weeks left to its stay to raise the money it owes before anyone can sue, but a judge just appointed law firms to its customers.

Users of Crypto Site Where Dead CEO Lost $196M Are Preparing Suit

By Dan Robitzski

Coindesk managed to retrieve hospital records, proving the death of QuandrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten. But will that information be enough?

Indian Hospital Fires Back at Rumors That Crypto CEO Faked Death

By Victor Tangermann

A do-it-yourself biohacker named Bryan Bishop says that he's working on technology to gene-hack designer babies. He says he has a customer lined up.

Rogue Bitcoin-Funded Biohacker Wants to Gene-Hack Designer Babies

By Jon Christian

Analysts with JPMorgan Chase & Co. found that the cost of mining a single Bitcoin outweighed the actual value of the Bitcoin itself

Analysts: Bitcoin Mining Costs More Than Its Worth

By Victor Tangermann

This week, scammers have started emailing hoax bomb threats to schools and hospitals, demanding bitcoin payments in exchange for not setting off explosives.

Scammers Sent Hoax Bomb Threats Worldwide Demanding Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

The Energy Spent Mining $1 of Bitcoin Could Earn You $3.40 in Gold

The Energy Spent Mining $1 of Bitcoin Could Earn You $3.40 in Gold

By Kristin Houser

Bitcoin mining alone has the potential to push us past the global warming limits set by the Paris Agreement, according to a new report.

Bitcoin Mining Will Only Cause a Climate Catastrophe if We Let It

By Kristin Houser

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What Even Is Blockchain? Trust Machine, a New Documentary, Has Answers

A U.S. judge ruled that cryptocurrencies fall under SEC securities law. Here's how crypto investors and lawyers are taking the news.

Here’s What One Judge’s Decision Means for the Future of Cryptocurrencies

By Dan Robitzski

Goldman Sachs is delaying plans for cryptocurrency trading operation due to regulatory uncertainty, according to a Business Insider report.

Maybe Goldman Sachs Isn’t So Keen On Crypto, After All

By Kristin Houser

Here’s The Conspiracy Tearing Bitcoin Crypto Communities Apart

Here’s The Conspiracy Tearing Bitcoin Crypto Communities Apart

By Alexandra Ossola

Starbucks is teaming up with ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, on a new crypto platform called Bakkt.

Starbucks’s New Crypto Platform Could Bring Bitcoin Into the Mainstream

By Kristin Houser

Bitcoin and Ether Aren’t Securities, Says SEC Official

Bitcoin and Ether Aren’t Securities, Says SEC Official

By Kristin Houser

Bitcoin’s 2017 Surge Was the Result of Manipulation, Experts Say

Bitcoin’s 2017 Surge Was the Result of Manipulation, Experts Say

By Kristin Houser

Recent Cryptocurrency Hacks Are Shaking Investors’ Faith

Recent Cryptocurrency Hacks Are Shaking Investors’ Faith

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End

Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End

By Dan Robitzski

Goldman Sachs Just Launched A New Cryptocurrency

Goldman Sachs Just Launched A New Cryptocurrency

By Dan Robitzski

AmeriCoin: This Idea To Tokenize the US Dollar Is Compelling And Thorny

AmeriCoin: This Idea To Tokenize the US Dollar Is Compelling And Thorny

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook Wants To Explore Blockchain Technology. Here’s What They Might Be Up To.

Facebook Wants To Explore Blockchain Technology. Here’s What They Might Be Up To.

By Dan Robitzski

Wall Street is Officially Hip To Bitcoin Trading

Wall Street is Officially Hip To Bitcoin Trading

By Kristin Houser

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

By Dan Robitzski

Got Crypto? Be Careful How You File Your Taxes

Got Crypto? Be Careful How You File Your Taxes

NYC’s Dim Sum King Is Accepting Bitcoin at His New Bar

NYC’s Dim Sum King Is Accepting Bitcoin at His New Bar

By Alexandra Ossola