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Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of the Securities and Exchange Commission coming after him for tweets about the cryptocurrency dogecoin.

Dogecoin Creator Said Elon Musk Is a “Self-Absorbed Grifter”

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lost a considerable amount of his wealth, more than $20 billion, since he made his appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Elon Musk Has Lost $20 Billion Since Hosting “SNL”

By Victor Tangermann

A new cryptocurrency called Chia, founded by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen, is promising to make mining cryptocurrencies at home a whole lot easier.

New Cryptocurrency Kills Your Hard Drive to Mine New Coins

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin won't magically become environmentally friendly over night. In fact, making Bitcoin sustainable would be incredibly difficult.

It Would Be Incredibly Hard to Make Bitcoin Sustainable, Experts Say

By Victor Tangermann

"Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency," Musk tweeted, referring to Dogecoin. Its value soared as a result.

Dogecoin Spikes After Elon Tweets About Helping Its Developers

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the car company would suspend car purchases using Bitcoin. The market reacted negatively.

Bitcoin Loses Enormous Amount of Value After Elon’s Flip Flop

By Victor Tangermann

After Elon Musk announced Tesla would no longer sell Bitcoin or accept it for car payments, crypto investors are furious over perceived manipulation.

Bitcoin Fans Are Absolutely Furious at Elon Musk

By Dan Robitzski

In a poll posted to Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked his millions of followers if his car company should start accepting the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

Elon Musk Hints Tesla Might Soon Accept Dogecoin

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated that people should be cautious with how they approach investing in cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin.

Elon Musk Isn’t So Sure About Dogecoin: “Invest With Caution”

By Victor Tangermann

A new bill in front of the New York state senate would impose a three-year ban on all crypto mining to take stock of its environmental impacts.

New York May Ban All Bitcoin Mining

By Dan Robitzski

Charlie Munger, vice chairman of the Warren Buffett-led investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, had no kind words to spare for Bitcoin.

Warren Buffet Associate Calls Bitcoin “Disgusting and Contrary to the Interests of Civilization”

By Victor Tangermann

Wall Street is warning that the value of Bitcoin could soon fall off a cliff, as CNBC reports.

Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop in Bitcoin Value

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla Just Sold a Large Amount of the Bitcoin It Just Bought

Tesla Just Sold a Large Amount of the Bitcoin It Just Bought

By Victor Tangermann

The value of fell down to just below $50,000, the first time it did so since early March. Analysts suggest it could be related to Biden's capital gains tax.

Bitcoin Crashes, Wiping Over $200 Billion Off Crypto Market

By Victor Tangermann

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

On the holiest of pot smoking days, joke-but-not-actually-a-joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin hit 42 cents, or $0.420, as Bloomberg reports.

Dogecoin Hits $.420

By Victor Tangermann

Dogecoin is now worth $40 billion, CNBC reports, after values skyrocketed, adding $20 billion in value in just 24 hours.

Dogecoin Is Spiking and People Are Losing Their Minds

By Victor Tangermann

A single pixel, a part of an NFT by digital artist Pak, sold for $1.36 million worth of Ether at auction house Sotheby's.

Artist Sells NFT of Single Pixel for $1.7 Million

By Victor Tangermann

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

Digital artist Beeple, otherwise known as Mike Winkelmann, decided to sell his share of $53 million in ether he got for selling an NFT.

The Guy Who Sold a $69 Million NFT Thinks NFTs Are Pretty Dumb

By Victor Tangermann

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

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of the Securities and Exchange Commission coming after him for tweets about the cryptocurrency dogecoin.

Elon Musk Invites SEC Into Battle Over Dogecoin, Because ??!??!?!??!

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

The US Department of Justice indicted three state-backed North Korean hackers for stealing a massive pile of cryptocurrency.

WANTED: Three North Korean Hackers For Trying to Steal $1.3B In Crypto

By Dan Robitzski

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

According to Russian state-owned news, hired assassins are taking cryptocurrencies as payment for their crimes making them extremely difficult to track.

Russia Complains That Assassins Are Getting Paid in Cryptocurrencies

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

The Wyoming Banking Board just voted to approve Kraken, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, as a special purpose depository institution.

For the First Time, a Cryptocurrency Exchange Is Becoming a US Bank

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 patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

By Dan Robitzski

Almost a year after it was announced, Facebook's Libra project looks almost unrecognizable in its updated white paper that was announced today.

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Has Failed Spectacularly

By Victor Tangermann

YouTube deleted hundreds of cryptocurrency videos earlier this week. Now it says they're back and called the whole thing a mistake.

YouTube Calls Mass Deletion of Cryptocurrency Videos a Mistake

By Dan Robitzski

The Venezuelan government is now paying people to start using its official altcoin by airdropping crypto to public employees, retirees, and the military.

Here’s Why Venezuela Is Giving Retirees Free Altcoins

By Dan Robitzski

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

PayPal left Facebook's cryptocurrency project last week. Visa, MasterCard, Stripe, and eBay have decided to abandon the crumbling project as well.

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency is Collapsing in Front of Our Eyes

By Victor Tangermann

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

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance said that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will be barred from the country if it's released as planned.

French Gov Official Warns Facebook: Libra Is Not Welcome Here

By Dan Robitzski

China's central bank is set to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and hand it out to several major institutions in the country, according to Forbes.

Report: China’s Central Bank is Ready to Launch Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

The government of Venezuela is urging people working abroad to send remittances back home through its new cryptocurrency payment platform.

Venezuela Is Seriously Pushing Its State-Run Cryptocurrency

By Dan Robitzski

Backers for Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency are reportedly considering pulling their support in the face of increased scrutiny and regulation.

Backers for Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency May Jump Ship

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

The IRS announced that it's sending out 10,000 letters to warn taxpayers that they may owe back taxes for their cryptocurrency holdings.

The IRS Is Sending Warning Letters Over Cryptocurrency Back Taxes

By Dan Robitzski

China Is Obsessed With Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

China Is Obsessed With Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

A leaked IRS training document reveals how the agency may begin subpoenaing tech companies to find people's undisclosed cryptocurrency wallets.

The IRS Is Coming for Your Secret Crypto Stash

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