• Bitcoin’s value tops $16,000 for first time since January 2018

    Bitcoin’s value tops $16,000 for first time since January 2018

    Just a week after topping the $15,000 mark for the first time in three years, bitcoin has zoomed past $16,000. The cryptocurrency’s rally has brought it back to a valuation that it hasn’t
  • Bitcoin rallies past $15,000 for first time since January 2018

    Bitcoin rallies past $15,000 for first time since January 2018

    Bitcoin’s month long rally is showing no sign of letting up, with the price of the digital token topping $15,000 for the first time since January 2018. The cryptocurrency saw its value increase
  • Bitcoin scammers have reportedly swiped $24M this year

    Bitcoin scammers have reportedly swiped $24M this year

    Scammers and thieves supposedly made off with around $24 million in Bitcoin in the first six months of 2020, according to reports. Twitter bot Whale Alert, which tracks large transactions of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, worked with Scam Alert to produce a “crime reporting, tracking and analysis” report. Bitcoins, as a digital cryptocurrency, verifies every …
  • New York proposes making it easier to use cryptocurrency

    New York proposes making it easier to use cryptocurrency

    New York’s financial regulator on Wednesday proposed new licensing rules that would make it easier for companies to engage in cryptocurrency business — using such digital currencies as bitcoin — in the state. The New York State Department of Financial Services is asking for the public’s input about the plan by Aug. 10. The initiative …
  • Teen defrauded cryptocurrency investor out of millions, suit alleges

    Teen defrauded cryptocurrency investor out of millions, suit alleges

    A US cryptocurrency investor on Thursday sued a suburban New York high school senior, accusing the 18-year-old of being the mastermind and ringleader of a cybercrime scheme that defrauded him out of millions of dollars in digital currencies. The plaintiff, Michael Terpin, accused Ellis Pinsky, of Irvington, NY, and his alleged co-conspirators of stealing $23.8 …
  • Bitcoin maven Toni Lane Casserly, ‘Joan of Arc of blockchain,’ dead at 29

    Bitcoin maven Toni Lane Casserly, ‘Joan of Arc of blockchain,’ dead at 29

    Toni Lane Casserly — a cryptocurrency entrepreneur known in the industry as the “Joan of Arc of blockchain” — died last week, her family said. She was 29. A sought-after public speaker and co-founder of the cryptocurrency news website Cointelegraph, Casserly was known as a staunch advocate for the blockchain technology that helps power the …
  • Facebook rebalances Libra cryptocurrency in bid for approval

    Facebook rebalances Libra cryptocurrency in bid for approval

    Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory approval. The prospect of Facebook’s 2.5 billion users adopting Libra has led to intense scrutiny from global regulators, with many worried its launch could erode national control over money. Libra’s …
  • Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency revamped after backlash

    Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency revamped after backlash

    Facebook’s (FB.O) planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory approval. The prospect of Facebook’s 2.5 billion users adopting Libra has led to intense scrutiny from global regulators, with many worried its launch could erode national control over money. …