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.

Katie Notopoulos • 1 year ago 1 year ago

“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.

Katie Notopoulos • 1 year ago 1 year ago

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.

Aman Sethi • 2 years ago 2 years ago

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.

Krystie Lee Yandoli • 3 years ago 3 years ago

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.

John Templon • 3 years ago 3 years ago

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.

Stephanie K. Baer • 3 years ago 3 years ago

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.

Ryan Mac • 3 years ago 3 years ago

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.

Talal Ansari • 5 years ago 5 years ago

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.

Jane Lytvynenko • 5 years ago 5 years ago

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.”

Amber Jamieson • 5 years ago 5 years ago

People Are Selling Their Homes For Bitcoin Now

“As a realtor ... I thought, isn’t it time to offer something in crypto?”

Katie Notopoulos • 5 years ago 5 years ago

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.”

Joseph Bernstein • 6 years ago 6 years ago

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.

Charlie Warzel • 6 years ago 6 years ago

Scammers Are Impersonating Elon Musk And Donald Trump To Take Your Bitcoin

And they're using automated networks of bot accounts to do it.

Ryan Mac • 6 years ago 6 years ago

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.

Charlie Warzel • 6 years ago 6 years ago

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.