Enlarge / Janet Yellen, Joe Biden’s nominee to be Secretary of the Treasury, at a December press conference. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Cryptocurrencies could come under renewed regulatory attack over the next four years if Janet Yellen, Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, gets her way. During Yellen’s Tuesday confirmation hearing before the […]
Enlarge (credit: George / Getty Images) Soaring cryptocurrency valuations have broken record after record over the past few years, turning people with once-modest holdings into overnight millionaires. One determined ring of criminals has tried to join the party using a wide-ranging operation that for the past 12 months has used a full-fledged marketing campaign to […]
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. (credit: TechCrunch) Ether, the native currency of the Ethereum network and the second most valuable cryptocurrency, has soared above $1,000 for the first time since 2018. The rise is part of a broad cryptocurrency boom inspired by the continued rise in bitcoin’s price. Last month, bitcoin rose above $20,000, smashing its […]
Carolina Panthers tackle Russell Okung will have his $13 million salary split this year. $6.5 million in U.S. currency, $6.5 million in crypto. Read more…
Expand (charge: George / / Getty Images) Almost $1 billion from bitcoin was emptied by a mysterious pocket that’s been dormant because 2015. The haul of {} than 69,369 BTC–values roughly $975 million in this time this article went –was removed from the previous 24 hours,” that the bitcoin ledger reveals . Alon Gal, co-founder […]
Expand / President Trump’s campaign site during its short defacement. President Trump’s site last night has been temporarily defaced by hackers that pitched an cryptocurrency scam and also maintained that Trump has”criminal participation” with elections manipulation and his government has been involved in producing the coronavirus. Donaldjtrump.com is back to normal today, trying donations and […]