Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss December 20, 2024 By Eleanor Thornber A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found...
FBI Arrests Man Over SEC Hack, Alleging Bitcoin Manipulation October 21, 2024 By Douglas Gillison, Chris Prentice and Sarah N. Lynch A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested on Thursday for hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this year...
Central Bank Test Lab Develops Global Bitcoin Mapping System October 4, 2023 By Marc Jones A global central bank test lab has designed a prototype bitcoin monitoring system aimed at giving authorities a clearer picture...
Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty in FTX Fraud Case; October Trial Set January 4, 2023 By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange...
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas at Behest of U.S. Prosecutors December 13, 2022 By Jasper Ward, Luc Cohen and Angus Berwick FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, the day before...
Bitcoin Is Being Artificially Propped Up and Shouldn’t Be Legitimized: ECB November 30, 2022 Bitcoin is being artificially propped up and should not be legitimized by regulators or financial companies as it is more...
Reuters: Crypto Exchange Binance Helped Iran Firms Trade $8B Despite U.S. Sanctions November 8, 2022 By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to...
Bank of England Begins Developing Regulatory Framework for Cryptoassets March 24, 2022 By Huw Jones and David Milliken The Bank of England on Thursday began sketching out Britain’s first regulatory framework for cryptoassets, saying that although the sector...
Biden Orders Government to Study Digital Dollar, Other Cryptocurrency Risks March 10, 2022 By Andrea Shalal and Katanga Johnson U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring the government to assess the risks and benefits of...
World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners’ Insurers Don’t Hate It January 26, 2022 By William Rabb If homeowners’ insurance carriers weren’t facing enough issues this year, here’s one more to think about: A Miami company is...