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The value of Bitcoin is dropping precipitously, while gang violence is on the rise in El Salvador, a country that adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.

Fear and Loathing

"Nothing positive has happened."

Gang Violence Surging as Crypto Crashes in Bitcoin Country

If the great crypto crash of 2022 is giving you deja vu, you're not alone as blockchain expert David Gerard argued.

Just Like Stonks

"The same pattern has just taken place in crypto — except without any asset as solid as housing at the bottom of it."

Expert Says Crypto Crash is Just Like 2008 Financial Crisis

Bitcoin is down horrendously — and it's losing money for many investors who thought it was a sure shot during balmier days.

Down Bad

As the economy goes down, so does Bitcoin. 

Analysis Finds That 40 Percent of Bitcoin Investors Have Lost Money

Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said he wouldn't take $25 for all the cryptocurrency and bitcoin in the world. What happened?

Bitcoin Buffett

Why'd he switch up now?

Warren Buffett Says He Wouldn’t Buy All the Bitcoin in the World for $25

What Comes Up

Ouch!

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

Bitcoin — with a capital B — was designed to have a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins, a limited coin supply. Miners are about to hit the 19 million mark.

But what does that actually mean?

They’ve Now Mined Almost All the Bitcoin That Will Ever Exist

Exxon Mobile is used to waste about 18 million cubic feet of gas per month. Now it's using the fossil fuel to power crypto mining rigs.

Hot Air

"It is creating use of what would be otherwise wasted."

Exxon Mobil Is Starting to Burn Excess Gas to Mine Bitcoin

After El Salvador's disastrous decision to make Bitcoin legal tender, Malaysia is excited to follow suit, Bloomberg reports.

Malay Coin

What could possibly go wrong?

Malaysian Government: Let’s Turn Bitcoin Into Legal Tender

Six months ago, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender and began requiring all businesses take it — and according to actual Salvadorans, it's apparently been a disaster.

Bitcoin Bust

Where totalitarianism and Web3 inevitably meet in the middle.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Has Become a Complete Mess

Has Elon Musk figured out the source of the "Satoshi Nakamoto" pseudonym given to Bitcoin's mysterious creator?

Meme Lord

Wait a second... is he onto something?

Elon Musk Shares Galaxy-Brain Theory About Bitcoin Creator

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

Regulating Crypto

"I would hope somebody at the Treasury Department is trying to figure out how to rein in the leaky valves in the crypto market."

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

The rapping CEO who got arrested for alleged crypto laundering isn't a flight risk because, her lawyer says, she wants to stay close to her frozen eggs.