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Elon Musk fired up his X-formerly-Twitter fingers on November 24 to tell the world, with a madman's glee, that he's a time-traveling vampire.

Elon Musk Suggests That He Is an Ancient Being Who Assumes Human Identities

By Ashley Bardhan

A group of digital sleuths have accused YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson of getting crypto-rich from several scams.

MrBeast Accused of Massive Crypto Fraud

By Noor Al-Sibai

Filmmaker Cullen Hoback accused software developer Peter Todd of being Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Todd has since gone into hiding.

Man Accused of Being Satoshi Nakamoto Goes Into Hiding

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's entire hoard of over $760 million worth of bitcoin was emptied out earlier this week, transferred to unknown wallets.

Tesla’s $750 Million in Bitcoin Just Vanished From Where It Was Being Stored

By Frank Landymore

The website selling the crypto token backed by Donald Trump crashed, while sales have barely reached 4 percent of the project's goals.

Trump’s Dubious Crypto Scheme Falls Flat on Its Face Immediately After Going Live

By Frank Landymore

In the micronation of Liberland, a crypto bro who's been accused of fraud has just become one of the most powerful men in the tiny country.

Crypto Bro and Alleged Fraudster Appointed Leader of a Tiny “Micronation” in Eastern Europe

By Noor Al-Sibai

Before checking into federal prison today, disgraced former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame took to LinkedIn to issue a career update.

Former Crypto CEO Posts Hilarious LinkedIn Update Right Before Going to Prison

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Donald Trump's ailing Truth Social is once again crashing to an all-time low — and the timing does not seem coincidental.

Truth Social Stock Crashes After Trump Reveals His Scammy New Crypto Venture

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump Seems Completely Baffled by His Own Crypto Project

By Noor Al-Sibai

So-called "stablecoins" are far from stable. But Donald Trump's sons have a new stablecoin-forward crypto venture — which Trump is backing.

Trump’s New Crypto Project Is a Type Linked to Organized Crime and Terrorism

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Adam "WeWork Guy" Neumann's crypto company has been discreetly refunding investors after years of failing to do anything said it would do.

You’ll Be Shocked to Hear That the WeWork Guy’s Crypto Startup Is Shriveling Up and Dying

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure reveals something shocking: that the onetime Bitcoin hater is actually a crypto millionaire.

After Calling Crypto a “Scam,” Donald Trump Now Owns Millions in Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

When it comes to the profitability of mining Bitcoin, JPMorgan analysis suggests that it has never been more over.

It Has Never Been Less Profitable to Mine Bitcoin, JPMorgan Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

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Tucker Carlson Says the CIA Created Bitcoin

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump attempted to woo crypto voters by appearing at this weekend's Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

Crypto Fans Disgusted by Trump’s Rambling Appearance at Bitcoin Event

By Victor Tangermann

After claiming to be the Bitcoin creator for over a decade, a UK High Court firmly ruled that Craig Wright is not, in fact, Satoshi Nakomoto.

That Guy Who Kept Insisting He Was Satoshi Nakamoto Just Admitted He Was Lying

By Frank Landymore

Noise levels from the Bitcoin mine can exceed 90 decibels, and residents of Granbury, Texas, are powerless to stop it.

Residents Blame Bizarre Medical Symptoms on Huge Bitcoin Mine

By Frank Landymore

It shouldn't come as a surprise that former president Donald Trump has completely flip-flopped on cryptocurrencies.

Trump Has Completely Flip Flopped on Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

Rapper Iggy Azalea launched a sketchy crypto token dubbed "MOTHER" that can soon allegedly be used to purchase phones.

Iggy Azalea Launches Extremely Dubious Crypto Literally Minted by Company Called “Pump.Fun”

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin may be up for now, but a sizable portion of consumers aren't expecting it to stay that way for long.

Many Consumers Expect Bitcoin to Crash and Burn

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin has crushed its highest price ever, blasting past $72,000 for the first time in its history today.

Bitcoin Blasts Up to Highest Price Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin is rallying, breaking past a two-year high of $57,000 — a surge of confidence that could have it break its all-time record.

Bitcoin Hurtling Toward All-Time High

By Victor Tangermann

NBA Sued Mid-Season For Pushing Mark Cuban’s Crypto Scams

NBA Sued Mid-Season For Pushing Mark Cuban’s Crypto Scams

By Noor Al-Sibai

The ad featured Larry David making a tongue-in-cheek endorsement of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Larry David Says He Wishes He Could Join Lawsuit Against Himself for FTX Super Bowl Ad

By Frank Landymore

An online pastor based in Denver, Colorado has been accused of raising nearly $3.2 million as part of a cryptocurrency scam.

Pastor Accused of Crypto Scam Says God Told Him to Do It

By Victor Tangermann

After receiving millions of dollars in cash gifts, the parents of disgraced crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are trying to hold on to the funds.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Aghast at Lawsuit Asking for FTX Money Back

By Victor Tangermann

Regulators had to do some emergency damage control after the X-formerly-Twitter account of the SEC got hacked on Tuesday.

SEC Twitter Account Hacked to Post Fake Bitcoin News

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO of a crypto Ponzi scheme appears, much like the promises his firm made to investors, to be completely fake.

CEO of $1.3 Billion Crypto Firm Appears to Be Entirely Fake

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hut 8, one of the largest digital asset mining companies in North America, made a "stalking horse bid" to buy 4 natural gas power plants.

A Bitcoin Miner Is Buying Four Entire Power Plants

By Victor Tangermann

SantaCon claims to raise money for charity, but that apparently includes Burning Man and failed crypto investments.

SantaCon Spent Charity Funds on Crypto, Burning Man

By Noor Al-Sibai

Computers used to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies' require enormous amounts of energy and cooling that's evaporating water supplies.

The Average Bitcoin Transaction Wastes a Full Swimming Pool of Water, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

A crypto company is working with the feds after an investigation revealed that millions of dollars worth of its coins were being used for human trafficking.

Crypto Company Says Oops, Its Coin Was Being Used in a Human Trafficking Scam

By Noor Al-Sibai

Unbeknownst to one of Poland's highest courts, someone was running a crypto mining rig underground and stealing government electricity.

Crypto Mining Rig Discovered Under Floor of Courthouse, Stealing Power

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin has increased in value to $37,605.53, its highest valuation in a year. But it's nowhere near its highest price in 2021.

We Regret to Inform You That Bitcoin Is Spiking

By Sharon Adarlo

Some of FTX's ex-employees, including an executive who testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, are starting a new crypto exchange.

A Former FTX Exec is Launching a New Crypto Exchange

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer has revealed that the disgraced crypto CEO will take the witness stand at his own fraud trial.

Grab Some Popcorn, Because SBF Is Gonna Testify at His Own Trial

By Victor Tangermann

A Bitcoin "OG" who stole crypto a decade ago spent lavishly but secretly lived a very sad and lonely life before he was caught.

Guy Who Stole Billions in Bitcoin Lived a Sad Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

An astonishing number of celebrities who signed up to be turned into Meta AI chatbots are, or were, really into cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

The Same Celebrities Who Shilled Crypto Are Now Turning Themselves Into Facebook’s AI Chatbots

By Victor Tangermann

Binance was left to clean up the mess last fall when FTX crashed — but now, the world's biggest crypto exchange is itself falling apart.

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Appears to Be Melting Down

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's been over a year since last summer's crypto crashes, and investors who lost on the digital currencies are still licking their wounds.

Amateur Investor Laments Losing $80,000 on Crypto

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Pennsylvania crypto company wants to burn tires to fuel Bitcoin mining — and community members are seeing red.

Community Horrified by Plan to Burn Tires to Produce Bitcoin

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto mining company Riot Platforms has revealed that it got $31.7 million in energy credits in August alone for limiting operations.

Crypto Miners’ New Hustle: Get the State to Pay Them to Shut Down When It’s Hot Out

By Victor Tangermann

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These Anarchists Want to Destroy the Dollar with Crypto

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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The Feds Are Now Using Crypto to Catch Drug Traffickers

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Ethereum-based token called ApeCoin, linked to the once-coveted Bored Apes NFT collection, dropped to an all-time low on Tuesday.

The Bored Ape Crypto Just Hit an All-Time Low

By Victor Tangermann

Shortly after being reported missing, the dismembered remains of a crypto influencer were found in a suitcase outside of Bueno Aires.

Crypto Investor Found Dismembered in a Suitcase

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was in the news for something entirely unrelated to ChatGPT, so we decided to get to the bottom of it.

I Let Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Scan My Eyeballs With a Orb, and They Didn’t Even Pay Me Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

Canadian cops arrested and charged four men for the December kidnapping of a 24-year-old self-described "Crypto King."

Disgruntled Investor Charged With Kidnapping “Crypto King”

By Frank Landymore

A senior invested his entire life savings into crypto — only to discover that the site he used was completely fake.

Man Alarmed to Discover Entire Crypto Site Was Fake, Stealing His Money

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies say they haven't on the lam. They've just been vibing with beach time and shrooms.

After Blowing Up Crypto Industry, Exec Turns to Magic Mushrooms

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tyler Winklevoss believes that an alleged Democratic "war on crypto" will be as impactful in 2024 as the Roe v. Wade decision was in 2022.

Winklevoss Twin Compares “War on Crypto” to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The SEC is officially accusing Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, of breaking US securities rules.

Crypto Falls as SEC Sues Binance

By Victor Tangermann

An ex-Coinbase executive banked big on Bitcoin bouncing back — and cashed out cashing out his bet early once it was clear that he was losing.

Crypto Guy Loses Million Dollar Bet That Bitcoin Price Would Spike

By Noor Al-Sibai

The White House is proposing a 30 percent tax on crypto mining operations to better reflect the effects they're having on the environment.

White House Proposes 30 Percent Tax on Crypto Mining

By Victor Tangermann

Gary James Harmon of Ohio was sentenced for stealing 712 Bitcoin from his brother, fellow Ohioan crypto convict Larry Dean Harmon.

Guy in Ohio Steals $21M in Bitcoin From His Brother

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Another NFT collector just got caught up in a scam, losing millions of dollars worth of crypto in the process.

Crypto Guy Forced to Sell Apes After Falling for Scam

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is moving forward with introducing stock and crypto trading options on the app — and its denizens are calling bull.

Twitter Rips Into Elon Musk’s New Crypto “Ponzi Scheme”

By Noor Al-Sibai

We knew crypto mining uses tons of energy — but new investigations have revealed that the situation is actually worse than we thought.

Mining Crypto Is Even Worse for the Environment Than We Thought

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Space Force official has some bold military advice for the Pentagon: make crypto, not war. Could this idea really work?

Space Force Major Says Countries Should Have Crypto-Mining Contests Instead of Going to War

By Noor Al-Sibai

The crypto platform LunarCrush will be stowing a bounty of 62 Bitcoin on the Moon, currently worth around $1.5 million — and it's completely up for grabs.

SpaceX Flying Bitcoin Bounty to Moon, Where Anyone Can Grab It If They Can Get There

By Frank Landymore

Listen up: the only reason Matt Damon even did those Crypto.com ads for the 2022 Super Bowl was to raise money for his charity, ok?

Matt Damon Says He Only Did That Crypto Super Bowl Ad Because He’s Brave and Selfless

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nvidia has had enough. It's calling for its customers to stop mining worthless crypto and use its cards for AI instead.

Nvidia Wishes People Would Stop Using Its GPUs to Mine Worthless Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin is way up in spite — or, perhaps, because — of the tumult following the federal seizure of Silicon Valley Bank.

Bitcoin Surges As Spooked Investors Seek Shelter in Crypto, of All Places

By Noor Al-Sibai

Financial regulators have shut down Signature Bank, which was known for letting people make deposits via crypto, in an effort to stem a wider banking crash.

Regulators Just Shut Down a Crypto Lender to Stem a Growing Financial Disaster

By Noor Al-Sibai