Bitcoin

Crypto Diaries: The Bitcoin Entrepreneur Whose Wife Won't Let Him Talk Bitcoin
Kyle Hill is the latest in our series on what people in crypto actually do all day.

“Selling Sunset” Star Christine Quinn Is Leaving The O Group To Go All In On Crypto
The reality show archvillain has launched a crypto real estate company with her husband.

From China To Kazakhstan To Texas: The Great Crypto Migration To The US Is Underway
Bitcoin miners keep picking up their operations and moving to more lucrative destinations. Now, their sights are trained on the US.

Instagram Influencer Jay Mazini Was Charged With Wire Fraud For Allegedly Stealing $2.5 Million In Bitcoin From His Followers
Prosecutors said Mazini, who claimed to have a net worth of $33 million, offered to buy Bitcoin from his Instagram followers for more than market value but never sent the money.

Secret Documents Show How Terrorist Supporters Use Bitcoin — And How The Government Is Scrambling To Stop Them
After a decade of concerns, the US government is pushing for stronger regulation.

Prosecutors Said A 17-Year-Old And Two Others Hacked All Those Famous Twitter Accounts In A Bitcoin Scam
“These crimes were perpetrated using the names of famous people and celebrities, but they’re not the primary victims here," prosecutors said.

Joe Biden, Elon Musk, And Barack Obama's Twitter Accounts Were Hacked In A Bitcoin Scam
Hackers took over some of Twitter's biggest accounts to solicit bitcoin on Wednesday.

A Nationwide Bomb Threat Email Demanding A Bitcoin Ransom Has Panicked People Across The US
"At this time, it appears that these threats are meant to cause disruption and/or obtain money," the New York Police Department said.

How A Hapless Bitcoin Entrepreneur Got Swept Up In The Crypto Craze And Started A Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme
A Quebec IT worker was certain he’d developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin.

Scammers Are Threatening To Reveal Cheating Husbands Unless They Get Paid Thousands In Bitcoin
“I know about the secret you are keeping from your wife and everyone else.”

People Are Selling Their Homes For Bitcoin Now
“As a realtor ... I thought, isn’t it time to offer something in crypto?”

The Future Is Faster Bitcoin, Say Guys Who Made Faster Bitcoin
“We have fairness. Let’s be clear what we’re talking about when we talk about fairness. It’s not fairness.”

The Mountain West Is Experiencing A Second Gold Rush. This Time They’re Mining Bitcoin.
Thanks to its plentiful land and cheap power, rural Montana, Washington, and Wyoming are now home to a new crop of cryptocurrency prospectors. Their neighbors aren’t too happy about it.

Scammers Are Impersonating Elon Musk And Donald Trump To Take Your Bitcoin
And they're using automated networks of bot accounts to do it.

The Latest "Bitcoin" Ploy? Faking A Super Bowl Ad Rejection.
"It wasn’t rejected because it was never reviewed because the company never made a buy," an NBC spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.

Bitcoin Scammers Are Using This App To Fleece People
Messaging app Telegram started out as a WhatsApp alternative, but it's fast becoming a petri dish for cryptocurrency get-rich-quick schemes, propped up by dubious trading bots and bogus celebrity endorsements from Christopher Walken and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. That may be a problem as it heads toward a possible billion-dollar initial coin offering.

Here’s How Scammers Are Using Fake News To Screw With Bitcoin Investors
In the largely unregulated world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, fraudsters are getting rich by deliberately spreading false information to affect the price of their holdings using social media, scam news sites, and private chat apps.

This Is Why Experts Are Calling Kodak's New Bitcoin Scheme A Scam
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A Bunch Of People Say They Got Spam Messages On GroupMe Hawking A Diet Pill Or Asking For Bitcoin
People took to Twitter to apologize to their contacts for the messages and advise against clicking on the links. Microsoft said the app's security wasn't compromised.

Bitcoin And Its Competitors Are Becoming A Problem For US Sanctions
The pace at which bitcoin and other digital currencies are evolving could spell a big problem for the US in the future.

Now You Can Short Bitcoin
But it will be very, very expensive.

The Introduction Of Bitcoin Futures Was Surprisingly Calm And Normal
The bitcoin crash might be coming, but the only thing that broke so far with the new futures exchange was the website.

North Korea Said To Be Hacking Into Bitcoin Exchanges To Steal Money
Bitcoin's surge in value in 2017 is another incentive for North Korea to hack into cryptocurrency exchanges.