A London judge who found that an Australian computer scientist falsely claimed to be the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency says he will refer the case to British prosecutors for possible perjury charges.

The “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are taking a 50% pay cut — effectively reducing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, again.

Britain’s high court has ruled that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency.

Two graduates have teamed up to develop a system to flag deepfake technology appearing on social media platforms from Facebook to YouTube.

Asia stocks are mixed after tumbling Big Tech stocks dragged Wall Street to its worst day in three weeks.

Nearly a dozen new bitcoin funds began trading in U.S. markets for the first time Thursday, providing increased access to the cryptocurrency for everyday investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has reluctantly approved trading of the first exchange-traded funds that hold bitcoin.

Last year, Americans lost more than $1.3 billion to romance imposters who employ a tactic federal agents call “Pig Butchering.”

The U.S. Secret Service Cyber Task Force began a seven-county Central Florida campaign Thursday to post warning signs at 433 identified ATM bitcoin hubs used in schemes across the state.

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It’s a mind-boggling, eye-opening story involving your friends and neighbors losing millions of dollars and an investigator who got much of it back.

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The price of a bitcoin has inched above $20,000 after the broader crypto selloff dragged it below the psychological threshold a day earlier.

The price of bitcoin has fallen below $20,000 for the first time since late 2020, in a fresh sign that the selloff in cryptocurrencies is deepening.

Retirement giant Fidelity said Tuesday that it’s launched a way for workers to put some of their 401(k) savings and contributions directly in bitcoin.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded.

The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury.

Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions.

In the cryptocurrency world, which gets likened to the Wild West of financial markets, one of the industry’s major players is asking for a sheriff.

As the biggest cryptocurrencies flirt with record highs in value, they are increasingly becoming bigger sources of revenue for charities.

Bitcoin stormed above $66,000 for the first time on Wednesday, riding a wave of excitement about how the financial establishment is increasingly accepting the digital currency’s rise.

Whether you love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day.

A bitcoin operation in central New York has taken over a power plant to find cheap energy for currency mining in a move that has alarmed environmentalists.

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China’s central bank has declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money.

Cuba’s government says it will recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies for payments on the island.

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Bitcoin’s price surged again Monday after speculation that Amazon may be entering the cryptocurrency sector after it posted a job seeking a “digital currency and blockchain product lead.”.

A Palm Bay couple lost more than $70,000 in cryptocurrency in a SIM hijacking scheme.

China’s biggest banks have promised to refuse to help customers trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the central bank said executives were told to step up enforcement of a government ban.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced in a recorded message played at a Bitcoin conference in Miami that next week he will send proposed legislation to the country’s congress that would make the cryptocurrency legal tender in the Central American nation.

Shares are mixed in Asia after benchmarks closed broadly lower on Wall Street in a third day of retreat.

The price of the famously volatile digital currency Bitcoin fell nearly 30% at one point Wednesday after the China Banking Association warned member banks of the risks associated with digital currencies.

Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment.

Trevor Lawrence, the likely No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, has signed an endorsement deal with cryptocurrency investment app Blockfolio.

Dogecoin has had its day.

Venmo will allow users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on its app, the latest mainstream financial platform to wade into alternative currency like Bitcoin.

Coinbase has made a rousing debut on Wall Street.

Powell said Monday, March 22, 2021, that the U.S. public needs to understand the risks behind Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, even as the central bank itself is studying the potential costs and benefits of a digital dollar. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the U.S. public needs to understand the risks behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, even as the central bank itself is studying the potential costs and benefits of a digital dollar. “They’re highly volatile, see Bitcoin, and therefore not really useful as a store of value,” Powell said in remarks to a virtual summit hosted by the Bank for International Settlements. There is also the risk that a digital currency could be held by individuals electronically and could therefore bypass banks. “Private stable coins are not going to be an appropriate substitute for a sound monetary system based in central bank money.”

– The seemingly unstoppable rise of Bitcoin continued Tuesday with the cost of a single unit of the digital currency rising above $50,000 for the first time. Bitcoin is rallying as more companies signal the digital currency could eventually gain widespread acceptance as a means of payment. Some businesses also accept bitcoin, but its popularity has stalled out in recent years. Overstock.com appears to accept Bitcoin for most listings on its website, including cameras, vacuums and clothes. When this bubble bursts and at what price Bitcoin settles at is anyone’s guess,” Reiners said.

The Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto currency ATM at the Smoker's Choice store, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Salem, N.H. The price of Bitcoin has soared over the past months. – After a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, Bitcoin crossed the $50,000 mark early Tuesday. Bitcoin rallied throughout the as more companies signaled the volatile digital currency could eventually gain widespread acceptance as a means of payment for goods and services. Bitcoin has been mostly seen as a store of value, like gold, with very few places to spend it.

Tesla says it has invested more than $1 billion in Bitcoin and will accept the digital currency as payment for its electric vehicles. Electric automaker Tesla said Monday that it has invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and it plans to begin accepting the digital currency as payment for its high-end vehicles soon. The price of Bitcoin soared 15.4% to around $44,500 Monday in reaction to Tesla's announcement, according to CoinBase. Bitcoin has drawn enthusiasts for its scarcity and security, but the volatile digital currency still is not widely used to pay for goods and services. It's mostly been a store of value, like gold, with some limited merchants like Overstock accepting bitcoin for payment.

Bitcoin has crossed the $40,000 mark, extending on a huge rally that started three months ago, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Now only a few days into 2021, the price of bitcoin has crossed $40,000. Nothing's new with the digital currency in the month since it crossed $20,000 — there's been no major change in how it can be used. The digital currency made its big Wall Street debut in December 2017, when the major futures exchanges rolled out bitcoin futures. The currency's value plunged sharply in 2018, and by December of that year Bitcoin was worth less than $4,000 a coin.

ORLANDO, Fla. – In a hearing Monday, a judge granted bond for an accomplice of one of the nation’s most high-profile security breaches. A California federal judge ordered 22-year-old Nima Fazeli to be held on a $50,000 bond. Investigators arrested Fazeli, of Orlando, in July after Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls were hacked. Court papers in the California cases say Fazeli and Sheppard brokered the sale of Twitter accounts stolen by a hacker. [RELATED: 3 charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam]Internal Revenue Service investigators in Washington, D.C., identified two of the defendants by analyzing Bitcoin transactions on the blockchain — the universal ledger that records Bitcoin transactions — that they had sought to make anonymous, federal prosecutors said.