Bitcoin

Elliptic Tracks Bitcoin Wallet Used For Ransom Paid by Colonial Pipeline

Bitcoin wallet used by DarkSide to receive ransom payments has been identified by Elliptic, and it revealed criminals had received…

4 years ago

Bitcoin Plunges After Elon Musk Rules It Out For Tesla Purchases

Bitcoin blow. Elon Musk says Tesla it has suspended use of Bitcoin by customers, due to its heavy use of…

4 years ago

Cryptocurrency Warning From Bank Of England Governor

Blunt message from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, warning people only to buy cryptocurrency if prepared to lose all…

4 years ago

Cryptocurrencies Shed $200bn Over US Tax Reform Fears

Cryptocurrencies lose $200bn in value, while Bitcoin drops below $50,000 as investors react to US proposals that would nearly double…

4 years ago

UK Taskforce To Consider British Digital Currency

Fancy using Britcoin? Bank of England and HM Treasury taskforce is to explore the option of a central bank digital…

4 years ago

Bitcoin Value Reaches $63,000 Record High

The value of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency continues to fluctuate, but has now surpassed $63,000 in value - in a new…

4 years ago

Apple, Google Slammed For Links To China

Prominent tech investor and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel, criticises both Apple and Google over links to China

4 years ago

Cryptocurrency Market Capitalisation Hits $2tn

Market capitalisation for all cryptocurrencies surpasses $2tn, with Bitcoin alone remaining over $1tn for a full week as large investors…

4 years ago

Elon Musk Says Tesla Cars Can Now Be Bought With Bitcoin

Bitcoin endorsement. Tesla cars in the United States can now be purchased by the bitcoin digital currency, Elon Musk has…

4 years ago

India ‘To Propose Ban’ On Crypto-Currencies

India reportedly planning to criminalise trading and even holding crypto-assets, even as Bitcoin continues to set records

4 years ago

Bitcoin Falls From $60,000 High As Investors Show Caution

Bitcoin surpasses $60,000 in value for first time amidst growing acceptance from mainstream institutions, while some investors remain cautious

4 years ago

Elon Musk No Longer World’s Richest Man

It was a short run. Fall in Tesla share price sees Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reclaim title as world's richest…

4 years ago

Bitcoin Surpasses $1tn Market Value In Latest Surge

Continued surge in Bitcoin price sees its market capitalisation exceed $1 trillion, amidst increasing acceptance by mainstream companies and investors

4 years ago

Bitcoin Breaches $50,000 Barrier For First Time

Bitcoin, the world's biggest digital currency, continues to grow in value, after rising to a new record high over $50,000

4 years ago

Canada Approves Breakthrough Bitcoin Exchange Fund

Canadian financial regulator clears way for world's first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, improving investor access to the volatile virtual asset

4 years ago

Miami Votes To Explore Offering Bitcoin Transactions

Miami votes to study offering Bitcoin option for city government transactions amidst moves designed to attract tech companies to the…

4 years ago

Bitcoin Surges As Tesla Buys $1.5bn Of Digital Currency

Elon Musk is well known for his backing of bitcoin and other digital currencies, as Tesla confirms it will soon…

4 years ago

US Government Seizes $1bn In Silk Road Bitcoins

US investigators seize more than $1bn in Bitcoin from account linked to Silk Road online black marketplace, the largest Bitcoin…

4 years ago

PayPal Opens Up To Cryptocurrencies

Popular online payments system PayPal announces entry into cryptocurrency market, in a move that may draw regulator scrutiny

4 years ago

Facebook Libra Hires Former HSBC Executive

Libra cryptocurrency project still progressing after it confirms it has hired former HSBC executive as chief financial officer

4 years ago

US Officials Call For Federal Oversight Of Social Media Firms

Twitter's self regulation not working says US report, citing its embarrassing hack in the summer that compromised high profile accounts

4 years ago

EU Plans To Bring In Crypto-Asset Rules By 2024

Proposed EU rules to be published this month aim to bring crypto-assets into line with existing regulatory framework, but risk…

4 years ago

Teenager Pleads Not Guilty To Organising Twitter Hack

Not me, gov'nor. Florida-based teenager pleads not guilty to masterminding major hack of Twitter's internal systems for bitcoin scam

4 years ago

Apple’s Steve Wozniak Sues Google’s YouTube

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sues YouTube for allowing scammers to use images and videos of him in a cryptocurrency scam

4 years ago

Hackers Compromise Twitter Accounts Of Major Public Figures

Bitcoin scam sees Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, as well as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and…

4 years ago

Judge Spares Jail Time For Parents Of TalkTalk Hacker

Suspended jail sentences for 'misguided' parents of TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton

5 years ago

Police Auction £240,000 Of TalkTalk Hacker’s Cryptocurrency

Police sell off cryptocurrency seized from TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton, in a case that is the first of its kind…

5 years ago

Texas Confirms No Payment Over Ransomware Attack

Just say no. None of municipalities crippled by ransomware attack have paid the hackers, Texas confirms

5 years ago

Court Orders Jailed Hacker’s Seized Bitcoin To Be Sold To Pay Victims

Nearly £1m in Bitcoin taken from imprisoned hacker Grant West is to be sold to compensate victims, in a first-of-its-kind…

5 years ago

China Sovereign Digital Currency ‘Essentially Ready’

China is looking to issue a sovereign crypto-coin that could be used as an alternative to cash

5 years ago