Industry Bitcoin reaches all-time high of $44,000 following Tesla's $1.5 billion investment Tesla just made Square's $50 million investment in Bitcoin look minuscule By Shawn Knight, February 8, 2021, 12:50 PM 26 comments
Tech Culture Man offers local government $71 million to help him find drive containing 7,500 Bitcoin It's been lost in a landfill site for eight years By Rob Thubron, January 15, 2021, 7:14 AM 37 comments
Tech Culture Programmer has two password guesses left to save his $240 million of Bitcoin If you write down passwords, don't lose the paper By Rob Thubron, January 14, 2021, 8:45 AM 71 comments
Security Ryuk ransomware has squeezed more than $150 million from victims The most profitable variant of ransomware By Rob Thubron, January 8, 2021, 6:52 AM
Industry Bitcoin soars past $40,000 in record rally A wild start to 2021 for cryptocurrency investors By Shawn Knight, January 7, 2021, 1:21 PM 22 comments
Hardware Graphics cards face further shortages as crypto prices rise Will we see a repeat of the horrible 2017 situation? By Rob Thubron, January 5, 2021, 7:03 AM 65 comments
Industry Bitcoin reaches highest value since 2017, breaks $30K mark The volatile cryptocurrency is riding a wave of success By Shawn Knight, January 2, 2021, 11:32 AM 42 comments
Industry A single Bitcoin is now worth more than... $23,000 It took the resilient cryptocurrency just shy of 12 years to reach the milestone By Shawn Knight, December 17, 2020, 11:44 AM 64 comments
Industry Tech Culture Traditional investors are fueling the latest Bitcoin rally Bitcoin is gaining the reputation of a more traditional investment vehicle By Shawn Knight, November 30, 2020, 4:06 PM 24 comments
Industry PayPal users in the US can now buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies It's easier than ever to get involved in cryptocurrencies By Shawn Knight, November 12, 2020, 4:59 PM 9 comments
The Web US government seizes over $1 billion in Bitcoin that was stolen from Silk Road The government is still trying to recover funds from Silk Road By Shawn Knight, November 5, 2020, 5:25 PM 19 comments
Industry PayPal will soon let users buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency Could 2021 be a breakout year for crypto? By Shawn Knight, October 21, 2020, 12:04 PM 11 comments
Industry Square invests $50 million in Bitcoin A wise investment or an unnecessary risk? By Shawn Knight, October 8, 2020, 2:54 PM 35 comments
The Web Tech Culture Coinbase will let US customers borrow cash against their Bitcoin holdings Borrow against your Bitcoin holdings By Shawn Knight, August 13, 2020, 9:51 AM
Security Bitfinex offers hackers 25 percent reward to return what the 120,000 Bitcoins they stole in 2016 By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2020, 2:06 PM 9 comments
Security The Web Coinbase says it prevented over 1,100 people from sending Bitcoin during Twitter hack The hackers could have made off with much more By David Matthews, July 20, 2020, 5:07 PM
The Web Cryptocurrency fraud reached $1.36 billion in the first five months of 2020 Hackers and scammers have been busy during the pandemic By Adrian Potoroaca, June 4, 2020, 6:47 AM 11 comments
Industry NY power plant cuts out the middleman by mining its own Bitcoin, at a rate of $50K per day Nearly 87 percent of all bitcoins have already been issued By Shawn Knight, March 5, 2020, 3:03 PM 28 comments
Industry The Web Square says half of its Cash app quarterly revenue came from bitcoin transactions An increase of 240 percent year-over-year By Adrian Potoroaca, February 27, 2020, 12:48 PM
Security DOJ charges Ohio man for running $300M Bitcoin-laundering operation Helix reportedly laundered 350,000 Bitcoin in three years By Adrian Potoroaca, February 14, 2020, 3:18 PM
Industry Bitcoin's next halving in May could send the currency to new all-time high Could 2020 be the year cryptocurrency hits the mainstream? By Adrian Potoroaca, January 28, 2020, 5:54 PM 28 comments
Tech Culture John McAfee backs out of promise to self-cannibalize if Bitcoin fails to hit $1 million He won't be eating his sausage on TV By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2020, 8:32 AM 11 comments
Industry Bitcoin was the decade's best investment It turned $1 into $90,000 By Rob Thubron, December 18, 2019, 5:20 AM 14 comments
The Web Silk Road drug dealer pleads guilty to laundering more than $19 million in Bitcoin The fallout from Silk Road's takedown continues By Shawn Knight, November 8, 2019, 3:12 PM
Industry Study estimates Bitcoin energy consumption is on par with Switzerland Although researchers say the environmental impact is currently negligible By Humza Aamir, July 5, 2019, 6:15 AM