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Former president Donald Trump told Fox Business today that Bitcoin "seems like a scam" and that it only serves to undermine the US dollar.

Donald Trump Says Bitcoin Is a “Scam”

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.

This Country Plans to Be the First to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

By Tony Ho Tran

In a series of cryptic tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he has broken up with cryptocurrencies.

Elon Musk Says He’s Broken Up With Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

British police raided a facility they thought was hiding an indoor police farm because of its heat signature but found a Bitcoin mine instead.

Police Raid Suspected Weed Growery, Find Bitcoin Mine Instead

By Dan Robitzski

Regulators in China's Sichuan province are gathering information on cryptocurrency mining, potentially leading to a full crackdown on the practice.

Chinese Officials Are Investigating Crypto Mining Operations

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new announcement by the Chinese government, the country is looking to crack down on cryptocurrency mining.

China Announces Huge Crackdown on Cryptocurrency Mining

By Victor Tangermann

CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to argue that top Bitcoin miners should reveal how much renewable energy they are using.

Elon Musk: Bitcoin Miners Should Prove They’re Using Green Energy

By Victor Tangermann

A new cryptocurrency called STOPELON is dedicated to raising awareness surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk's extraordinary influence on the crypto market.

New Cryptocurrency Called $STOPELON Is Dedicated to Bashing Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

China has banned any financial institutions and payment companies from doing any business related to cryptocurrencies.

China Bans Banks From Using Cryptocurrency, Causing Worldwide Crash

By Victor Tangermann

During the week since Musk's announcement, almost every mainstream cryptocurrency has plummeted in value, from Bitcoin to Dogecoin.

Cryptocurrency Has Absolutely Tanked Since Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Announcement

By Jon Christian

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

Tesla chief Elon Musk is now officially the company's "Technoking," according to an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Elon Musk: Tesla Immediately Suspending All Bitcoin Car Purchases

By Jon Christian

Cryptocurrency Is Now Worth More Than All US Currency in Circulation

By Tony Ho Tran

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

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

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

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.

Science & Energy

Man Sentenced for Buying Chemical Weapons With Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

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

Science & Energy

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

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

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

Bill Gates wants everyday Bitcoin investors to remember that Elon Musk can afford to cut and run, but they likely cannot.

Bill Gates: You Should Probably Not Follow Elon Musk ‘To The Moon’ On BTC

By Dan Robitzski

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

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

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

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

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

Man Accidentally Buried $275 Million of Bitcoin in Landfill

Man Accidentally Buried $275 Million of Bitcoin in Landfill

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

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

U.S. federal law enforcement reportedly funneled millions in crypto from terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS in a record-breaking seizure.

Science & Energy

The US Seized Millions in Crypto From Terrorist Groups

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

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

Science & Energy

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

By Dan Robitzski

A new crypto platform called SpankPay wants to become the go-to payment service for porn and adult entertainment, circumventing more hostile financiers.

Science & Energy

Finally, Porn Is on the Blockchain

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

Hackers hijacked critical computer networks in Riviera Beach, Florida. Without another option, the city paid a $600,000 ransom in Bitcoin.

Science & Energy

Florida City Pays Hackers $600,000 to Restore Hijacked Network

By Dan Robitzski

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