An unnamed Canadian minor has been charged in a $36 million digital heist that authorities said is the largest-ever bitcoin theft from a lone victim, the San Jose Mercury News reported Thursday (Nov. 18). The investigation was run by the U.S. FBI and Secret Service...
Cash App is moving forward to integrate support for the Taproot Bitcoin upgrade by Dec. 1, an enhancement that enables Taproot to offer developers an expanded toolbox to work with as they continue to build on Bitcoin, Bitcoinmagazine and others reported on Thursday (Nov. 18)....
Australia baseball team the Perth Heat on Tuesday (Nov. 16) partnered with Bitcoin payments company OpenNode in a move to allow the club to accept Bitcoin payments and send Bitcoin payouts to players and staff through the Lightning Network. In addition to paying players and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked asset manager Valkyrie Investments not to go forward with plans for a leveraged bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Valkyrie Investments, which was looking to roll out a fund that would “amplify the...
Bitcoin fell around 87 percent last week on Binance’s U.S. exchange, a Bloomberg report says. The price went to around $8,200, when previously it had sat at $65,000. Binance was the sole venue where this happened – on that venue, the level also snapped back...
In a push to increase its user base in the U.S., digital bank Revolut is introducing fee-free cryptocurrency trading for up to $200,000 worth of trades per month, the FinTech announced Tuesday (Oct. 19). Revolut is also offering its 300,000 U.S. customers no-fee ATM use...
Bitcoin surged 3% on Monday (Oct. 11) following a two-week price rally that now pegs the cryptocurrency at more than $57,000, the highest level in over five months, according to reports. Ether gained 2%, topping $3,500. A 12% gain would put Bitcoin at its high...
Bitcoin’s price jumped almost 10% Wednesday (Oct. 6) to nearly $55,000 per coin after reports surfaced about billionaire George Soros’ investment firm, Soros Fund Management, buying some of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, according to a CNN report. “I’m not sure bitcoin is viewed only...
Edward Snowden said he thinks China’s crypto ban has been a boon for bitcoin, Decrypt reported. Snowden said he thinks bitcoin needed to become “private by design,” per the report. In March 2020, he posted that it was the “first time in a while” he’d...
