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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

In a letter to the judge overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing, FTX's new CEO argued he's "living a life of delusion."

The New CEO of FTX Blasts Sam Bankman-Fried for Lying to Get Out of Jail

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

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

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

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

By Frank Landymore

The founder and two top executives of the meme coin SafeMoon have been accused of pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars in customer funds.

Execs of Top Meme Coin Charged With Spending Customers’ Money on Luxury Cars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a recent report by crypto platform dappGambl, 95 percent of NFT collections are worthless today.

Study Finds 95 Percent of NFTs Are Now Worthless

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

Jed McCaleb, who founded the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has announced he's planning to launch the world's first private space station.

The Mt Gox Guy Is Back and He Says He’s Launching a Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

A former high school employee in Massachusetts has been accused of running a secret cryptocurrency mining operation in the school's crawlspace.

Man Accused of Running Secret Crypto Mining Operation in High School Crawlspace

By Victor Tangermann

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Harvard Finance Professor: Crypto Is “Magical Thinking” That “Infected Capitalism”

By Frank Landymore

FTX's new CEO John Ray had an unusual explanation for what had happened, telling lawmakers that "this is really just old fashioned embezzlement."

FTX’s New CEO Says Company Did “Old Fashioned Embezzlement”

By Victor Tangermann

A startup in The Netherlands is using the heat being expelled by Bitcoin mining rigs to grow tulips. Ironic, given the historical context.

Dutch Startup Mining Bitcoin to Grow Tulips, and We Can’t Tell If They’re Joking

By Victor Tangermann

The value of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs has absolutely plummeted, leaving celebrities with six figure losses, a perhaps predictable conclusion.

Celebrities’ Bored Apes Are Hilariously Worthless Now

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto exchange Crypto.com is feeling the pressure following the collapse of rival FTX after its CEO admitted to sending $400 million to a competitor.

Crypto.com Accidentally Sent $400 Million to a Competitor

By Victor Tangermann

Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor the World Wide Web. He wants a decentralized internet, but thinks Web3 is one proposal we should ignore altogether.

The Guy Who Invented the World Wide Web Thinks We Should “Ignore” Web3

By Frank Landymore

The value of Bitcoin has slid significantly, and is now hovering at a two-year low, following the news of Binance offering to bail out FTX.

If You Bought Bitcoin in December 2017, You Have Now Lost Money

By Victor Tangermann

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who led one of the biggest exchanges in the world, has lost a stunning 94 percent of his entire net worth in a single day.

Crypto Billionaire Loses 94 Percent of His Wealth in One Day

By Victor Tangermann

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange in trading volume, has been hacked yet again — but this time, the losses are truly staggering.

Hackers Steal Over Half a Billion Dollars From World’s Largest Crypto Exchange

By Victor Tangermann

The Ethereum merge has regulators pondering whether they should treat ether as a security, which could signal a big turning point.

Oops! Ethereum’s Merge May Cause Huge Problems With the SEC

By Victor Tangermann

A crypto token allegedly honoring the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II was sent soaring, before fully collapsing in on itself.

Gullible Idiots Horrified When Queen Elizabeth Alt Coins Crash in Value

By Victor Tangermann

ETHPoW, a popular proof-of-work alternative to ether, crashed after Ethereum's merge, leaving miners in a predicament.

Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It’s Already Crashing in Value

By Victor Tangermann

The Ethereum blockchain has finally completed its long-awaited "Merge," switching from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake system.

Ether Price Falls After “Merge” to Cut Its Environmental Toll

By Victor Tangermann

Ethereum is about to implement a huge change dubbed "The Merge" to its platform — a change that has crypto miners shaking in their boots.

Crypto Miners Terrified by Ethereum’s Imminent Move to Proof of Stake

By Victor Tangermann

In a scathing new interview, early Coinbase investor Liron Shapira took a swipe at the cryptocurrency space, calling it "essentially worthless."

One of Coinbase’s First Investors Says Crypto Is Worthless and Should Be Shut Down

By Victor Tangermann

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

By Victor Tangermann

Though the company has yet to make a public announcement, embattled cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is reportedly set to make another round of layoffs.

Crypto.com Reportedly Doing More Layoffs After Promising It Wouldn’t

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mainstream cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly under investigation by the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Bloomberg reports.

Coinbase Reportedly Under Investigation by the SEC

By Victor Tangermann

Now, Tesla has reportedly offloaded 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, another sign that major players are starting to grow wary of a "crypto winter."

Tesla Sells Off Most of Its Bitcoin, at a Huge Loss

By Victor Tangermann

MetaMask co-founders Aaron Davis and Dan Finlay are well aware that they played a big part in allowing Ponzi schemes to flourish.

Crypto Founders Say It’s Not Their Fault They’re Enabling Ponzi Schemes

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin's horrible year is about to get a lot worse, with the value of the cryptocurrency expected to plunge to $10,000, as predicted by some investors.

Most Investors Think Bitcoin’s Value Will Get Chopped in Half Again

By Victor Tangermann

One cryptocurrency company is literally applying the logic of layaway to non-fungible tokens now, because apparently, the crypto community can sink lower.

Horrifying Loan Scheme Allows People to Buy NFTs in Installments

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto billionaire and founder of exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried says many cryptocurrency exchanges "are already secretly insolvent."

Crypto CEO Warns That Exchanges Are “Secretly Already Insolvent”

By Victor Tangermann

Blockchain Guy Struggles to Explain a Single Practical Use for Web3

Blockchain Guy Struggles to Explain a Single Practical Use for Web3

By Victor Tangermann

Binance is bracing itself for a class-action lawsuit filed against it in a California court about misleading investors over a "stable" stablecoin.

Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Binance Misled Investors Over “Stablecoin”

By Victor Tangermann

Outspoken co-creator of Dogecoin Jackson Palmer has described Tesla CEO and longtime Dogecoin supporter Elon Musk as a "grifter" in a new interview.

Dogecoin Cocreator Slams Elon Musk as a “Grifter”

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto CEOs are losing billions of dollars in wealth amid an implosion of the value of several mainstream cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reports.

Coinbase Founder’s Wealth Shrinks From $13.7 Billion to $2.2 Billion

By Victor Tangermann

Famous NFT Hater Elon Musk Changes Profile Picture to Stolen Apes

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

By Victor Tangermann

The Bored Ape Yacht Club, the second-largest NFT collection out there right now, announced this week that it donated $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Crypto to Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

The NFT market is starting to cool down, Bloomberg reports. The average trading value of the nonfungible tokens has dropped precipitously lately.

Report: The NFT Bubble Could Be Starting to Burst

By Victor Tangermann

Russians are still able to use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent newly imposed sanctions — and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is absolutely furious.

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

By Victor Tangermann

Ex-investment banker Colborn Bell, who owns millions of dollars worth of NFTs, warns the market for the tokens is about to crash, Fortune reports.

Huge NFT Collector Warns of “Cataclysmic Market Crash”

By Victor Tangermann

A 24-year-old man from Bethesda, Maryland decided to take some extreme measures to get his hands on the $400,000 worth of cryptocurrencies owned by his father.

Man Drugs His Father’s Tea to Steal $400,000 in Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook-now-known-as-Meta is attempting to sell off its ill-fated cryptocurrency project the Diem Initiative, according to Bloomberg.

Facebook Is Reportedly Trying to Sell Off Its Botched Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

A "decentralized autonomous organization" called CityDAO was hoping to turn 40 acres in Wyoming into a crypto city — but they got hacked.

Hackers Plunder “Cryptocurrency City” That Had Promised “Dank Memes”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed today why he supports alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin and isn't a huge fan of Bitcoin.

Elon Musk Explains Why He is “Pro Doge,” Not Bitcoin

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency prices went completely nuts on several crypto exchanges on Tuesday, spiking to crazy new heights. The price of Bitcoin hit $789 billion.

Crypto Site Glitch Makes Some Users Temporary Quadrillionaires

By Victor Tangermann

The Tesla CEO tweeted a meme portraying Web3 and DAo lovers as weird, crypto evangelicals pitching the concept to urinal neighbors. It crashed markets.

Elon Musk Posts Meme Mocking Crypto Fans, Then Crypto Crashes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new cryptocurrency is hitting the market named after the deadly new coronavirus variant dubbed Omicron.

An Omicron Cryptocurrency Started Spiking, Because We Are Doomed

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto-savvy hamster Mr. Goxx, whose portfolio beat out some of the biggest traders in history, has tragically passed away.

The Crypto-Trading Hamster Has Died of Unknown Causes

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk took a stance against cryptocurrency exchanges today, agreeing with Twitter users that if you don't have the keys, it's "not your crypto."

Elon Musk Encourages People to Ditch Crypto Exchanges Like Binance

By Victor Tangermann

El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele has announced the country's plans to build the world's first fully bitcoin bonds-backed "Bitcoin City."

El Salvador President Announces “Bitcoin City” Tax Haven

By Victor Tangermann

When your uncle asks if he should invest in some Bitcoin — or Floki, for that matter — you should have some answers ready.

How to Talk to Your Family About Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann