Bitcoin

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Was crypto on trial with Sam Bankman-Fried?
Binance and Coinbase are under investigation – but bitcoin was trading at highest value in a year as FTX founder convicted of fraud

Blake Montgomery

05, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM

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Burning tires and bridges: US residents ‘shocked’ by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan
Stronghold Digital Mining contends it is repurposing waste material, but those living near by are outraged by the proposal

Aliya Uteuova

31, Aug, 2023 @11:50 PM

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UK man who pleaded guilty to celebrity Twitter hack gets five years in prison
Joseph James O’Connor, 24, pleaded guilty to cybercrime charges last month for hijacking famous accounts in a bitcoin scam

Dani Anguiano

24, Jun, 2023 @12:53 AM

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SEC crypto crackdown: US regulator sues Binance and Coinbase
Securities and Exchange Commission is targeting cryptocurrency firms it thinks are bypassing regulation

Jonathan Yerushalmy and Alex Hern

06, Jun, 2023 @5:23 PM

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Cryptocurrency trading in UK should be regulated as form of gambling, say MPs
Report says people betting on prices of such assets ‘should be aware that all their money could be lost’

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

16, May, 2023 @11:01 PM

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Bitcoin is terrible for the environment – can it ever go green?
Cryptocurrency mining uses huge amounts of energy, but activists are urging for a change in its code to reduce its environmental impact

Erum Salam

26, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Bitcoin price rises above $30,000 for first time since June 2022
Cyptocurrency’s steady increase in value reignites fears of widespread market manipulation

Alex Hern

11, Apr, 2023 @11:15 AM

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Crypto is intended to be hard to regulate, but at least the Treasury wants to have a go | John Naughton
The government’s consultation document on cryptocurrency highlights the challenges that must be faced in the regulatory process

John Naughton

25, Feb, 2023 @4:00 PM

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ECB says bitcoin is on ‘road to irrelevance’ amid crypto collapse
European Bank criticises digital currency sector for facilitating illegal activity

Alex Hern UK technology editor

30, Nov, 2022 @5:40 PM

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‘The money is gone’: people who lost out in FTX’s collapse
Smaller investors tell how they found themselves unable to withdraw money as rumours of the exchange’s troubles spread

Jedidajah Otte and Clea Skopeliti

19, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM

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China circles El Salvador’s economy as country edges toward crypto plunge
President Nayib Bukele bet on bitcoin and its tumbling value has put the Central American country in a financially precarious spot

Mat Youkee

15, Nov, 2022 @10:30 AM

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Why did one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges just collapse? | Molly White
FTX was supposed to be the future – a safe, reliable and innovative way to trade digital currency. Instead it has unleashed a financial meltdown

Molly White

14, Nov, 2022 @1:47 PM

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