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Crypto heists surge to $2.2bn in 2024

Cryptocurrency thefts surged to $2.2 billion in 2024, with North Korean hackers responsible for $1.3 billion—more than half the total—according to a Chainalysis report. The...

Australian man receives suspended jail sentence over Bitcoin origin claims

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has been convicted of contempt of court for persistently and falsely claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator...

Bitcoin surges to record $106K high

Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high, briefly surpassing $106,000 (£83,890) before settling at around $104,500 in Asian trading on Monday. The cryptocurrency’s price has...

Man battles Welsh council to recover £569m Bitcoin fortune lost in landfill

James Howells, a former IT worker from Wales, is locked in a legal battle with Newport City Council as he seeks to excavate a...

Bitcoin soars to record high

The cryptocurrency has been rallying since Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. The price of Bitcoin has continued to surge, smashing the $94,000...

Crypto.com sues US regulator

Crypto exchange Crypto.com has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing the regulatory body of exceeding its legal jurisdiction...

Toncoin cryptocurrency falls 19% after Durov arrest

The Telegram founder was arrested in France last week and is reportedly being accused of insufficiently moderating the messenger. Telegram’s cryptocurrency Toncoin has fallen in...

You might own nothing sooner than you think

Imagine a world where ownership is a distant memory, replaced by an eerie semblance of joy in dispossession. In 2016, Klaus Schwab, the enigmatic architect...

Asian stock markets tumble amid global economic fears

Asian stock markets experienced significant declines on Monday, echoing last week’s global market downturn. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped a massive 7.3%, and the...

US will become ‘global crypto capital’ – Trump

The former president has pledged to create a bitcoin “strategic reserve” if he wins in November. US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pledged to...

Bitcoin poised to become ‘new Gold Standard’ – expert

Prior experience shows that interest in Bitcoin grew even more when governments tried to control the premier cryptocurrency and Bitcoin will serve as a...

Watch: Cryptocurrency developer sets himself on fire

A Florida man doused himself with alcohol for a publicity stunt. A Florida man seeking publicity for his meme cryptocurrency has ended up in hospital...

Impending event ‘could push price of Bitcoin into stratosphere’

The quadrennial slashing of the crypto reward, known as ‘halving,’ is expected to take place this week. The price of Bitcoin, the world’s highest-valued cryptocurrency,...

Crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

The disgraced crypto mogul “orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history,” government prosecutors argued. FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25...

Information sought following two aggravated robberies in Wellington

Wellington Police are investigating two aggravated robberies at New World supermarkets and would like to identify and speak to the two men pictured, who...

The sinister links between Jeffrey Epstein, CBDCs, and Bitcoin

The purpose of this article is to create awareness of the urgent threat of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), to discuss and describe Jeffrey...

Crypto firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy

The company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the US. Terraform Labs was behind the TerraUSD and Luna tokens, which dramatically crashed in May 2022,...

Bitcoin forecast to hit $100,000

The cryptocurrency has rallied by more than 150% since the start of this year. Top cryptocurrency Bitcoin is expected to continue its surge into 2024,...

Remote kingdom secretly mining bitcoin – Forbes

Bhutan has reportedly been betting on cryptocurrencies for its financial future. Bhutan, a South Asian nation nested in the Himalayas, has secretly developed world’s largest...

Ronaldo faces billion-dollar lawsuit for endorsing worthless NFTs

The soccer star stands accused of deceptively promoting Binance, leading to investor losses. Global football sensation Cristiano Ronaldo is now at the center of a...

Crypto investors pull over $1 billion out of Binance

The outflow follows a huge fine on the exchange and criminal charges against its former CEO in the US. The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance...

Binance CEO resigns, pleads guilty – WSJ

Changpeng Zhao has stepped down as head of the world's top crypto exchange in a plea agreement with prosecutors. Binance Holdings Ltd. and its Chief...

El Salvador makes 31% bitcoin profit in a year

El Salvador pledged last November to buy one token a day to add to the national treasury. The price of bitcoin has more than doubled...

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried still faces a second trial for bribery and bank fraud charges. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on seven...

Ex-FTX boss Bankman-Fried testifies he ‘did not’ defraud clients, admits ‘mistakes’

Sam Bankman-Fried, once a rising star of the crypto industry, took the stand to speak in his own defense at his criminal trial at...

Crypto-star ‘Bitmama’ arrested over $72 million fraud

The 28-year-old was detained in Moscow on suspicion of organizing a pyramid scheme. Valeria Fedyakina, also known as ‘Bitmama’ among crypto investors, has been arrested...

IMF issues cryptocurrency warning

Crypto assets should not be granted the status of official currency or legal tender, the monetary fund has argued. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

Zimbabwe defies IMF with gold-backed cryptocurrency

The $40 million offer is meant to expand value-preserving instruments available in the economy, according to the country’s central bank. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe...

Biggest crypto exchange forced out of Canada

Binance is exiting the country, citing new rules governing stablecoins and investor limits. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, announced in a tweet...

Bitcoin may hit $50,000 next year thanks to Halving – Analysts

Last year was an uneasy period for Bitcoin, with prices remaining 60% down from the all-time high of almost $69,000 in November 2021. The crypto...

Coinbase threatens to leave US

The cryptocurrency exchange received a license from Bermuda and is seeking one in Abu Dhabi. Crypto firms may leave the US if the regulatory uncertainty...

‘Most wanted’ crypto fugitive arrested – minister

Do Kwon, the co-founder of failed companies TerraUSD and Luna, is accused of defrauding investors of $40 billion. Wanted South Korean cryptocurrency developer Do Kwon...

Crypto-friendly El Salvador pays its sovereign debt dues

Head of state Nayib Bukele slammed international media for claims that the country is on the brink of default. El Salvador has successfully made an...

Winklevoss twins’ crypto venture charged with selling unregistered securities

The SEC has accused Genesis and Gemini of raking in billions illegally through lending schemes. The US securities regulator on Thursday charged Genesis Global Capital...

Peter Schiff warns of ‘crypto extinction’

The dire prediction comes amid a broad slide in digital coins. There is no value in cryptocurrencies and investors should sell their digital assets before...

Bahamas seizes billions of dollars in FTX customer funds

The assets will reportedly be held until a court allows their return to customers and creditors. The Bahamian Securities Commission (BSC) has said it took...

US prosecutors investigating Democrats over FTX donations – NYT

Sam Bankman-Fried was the party’s second-largest contributor until his crypto empire dramatically collapsed. Prosecutors in New York are seeking information from Democrat politicians and organizations...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Caribbean

The former crypto exchange CEO faces multiple sets of charges in the US. The founder and CEO of the ill-fated cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Samuel Bankman-Fried,...

Bitcoin may have nasty ‘surprise’ in store for investors – media

The top cryptocurrency could plunge 70% next year from the fallout of the FTX exchange collapse, Standard Chartered warns. The price of Bitcoin could drop...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried denies fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried claims he didn't steal customer funds while at the helm of his now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange. Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried denied on...

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