Bitcoin Is Flying in the Face of War. Here’s What May Come Next.
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Bitcoin Soars as Sanctions on Russia Breathe New Life Into Crypto
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is turning into a geopolitical test for Bitcoin as a digital currency in a time of...
SEC Commissioner and ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce Is Amazed a Bitcoin ETF Hasn’t Been Approved Yet
Crypto has turned contentious in Washington. While the White House pushes for new rules, a partisan divide is growing in...
How the Feds Tracked Down $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin
The U.S. government’s $3.6 billion bitcoin bust this week appears to reflect its success five years ago in disrupting some...
Bitcoin Is Back Over $41,000 as Cryptos Regain Strength
Text size Dreamstime Bitcoin has rebounded more than 3% over the last 24 hours, pushing to just below $41,700, as...
Congress Treats Bitcoin Like Stacks of Cash
Photo: ozan kose/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Without fanfare or debate, Congress has recently determined that economically meaningful transfers of digital assets...
The IRS will ask every taxpayer about crypto transactions this tax season — here’s how to report them
Cryptocurrencies, also known as virtual currencies, have gone mainstream. That’s for sure. For example, you can use bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.12%...
Bitcoin and Shiba Inu Alike Hit as India Plans Crypto Ban
Text size Cryptocurrencies face a ban in India. Dreamstime Cryptocurrencies were under pressure Wednesday amid plans in India to make...
Bitcoin price boom is helping sustain ransomware hackers, FBI says
Ransomware actors have not eased their attacks on U.S. companies and institutions in recent months and high cryptocurrency prices are...
How Binance Became the World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange
The world’s fastest-growing major financial exchange has no head office or formal address, lacks licenses in countries where it operates...