Bitcoin

Google Cloud to accept cryptocurrencies as payment

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PaaS + IaaS11 Oct 2022 | 11

Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists

Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact

Science30 Sep 2022 | 39

China's central bank declares victory over online lenders, Bitcoin speculators

Just in time for the Party Congress, whatever the reality of the situation

Software28 Sep 2022 | 3

America taps 150+ prosecutors to fight cryptocurrency crime

As President Biden rolls out a blueprint for future regulations

Personal Tech17 Sep 2022 | 10

US warns cryptominers must cut power use to avoid busting US carbon goals

Datacenters or digicash - what's the bigger boon to society?

Systems09 Sep 2022 | 54

US treasury whips up sanctions for crypto mixer Tornado Cash

Being the money launderer for North Korea’s Lazarus Group comes at a price

Cyber-crime08 Aug 2022 | 21

One way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas

Beats screwing around actually crafting these unloved tokens

Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 45

Tesla jettisons 75% of Bitcoin holdings, boosting cash balance by $936m

Estimates suggest it could take a $460 million hit on the exchange

Software21 Jul 2022 | 34

Intel ships crypto-mining ASIC at the worst possible time

Comment Chipmaker finally ahead of schedule only to find it arrived too late

Systems30 Jun 2022 | 25

Investors start betting against Bitcoin with short-trade products

Some crypto-bros keep the faith in the face of market onslaught

Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 46

Bill Gates says NFTs '100% based on greater fool theory' amid crypto cataclysm

Comment Plus: Non-fungible tokens for dummies

Offbeat16 Jun 2022 | 87

Crypto market crashes on Celsius freeze, inflation news

Not a good moment to look at that digi-coin portfolio, fam

Personal Tech13 Jun 2022 | 42

Clipminer rakes in $1.7m in crypto hijacking scam

Crooks divert transactions to own wallets while running mining on the side

Research03 Jun 2022 | 2

Despite ban, China surges back to second place on bitcoin mining charts

Miners behind the Great Firewall may never have downed tools, say Cambridge crypto-boffins

Software19 May 2022 | 5

US brings first-of-its-kind criminal charges of Bitcoin-based sanctions-busting

Citizen allegedly moved $10m-plus in BTC into banned nation

Cyber-crime16 May 2022 | 5

Don't hate on cryptomining, hate the power stations, say Bitcoin super-fans

We're not the ones telling them to burn fossil fuels, top names write in response to probe request

Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 111

Wiki community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations

Cryptocurrencies make up less than 1% of wiki donations, but as member points out, that $130k could pay a salary

Networks13 Apr 2022 | 19

Crypto inferno: Intel's Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASIC to arrive in Q3

Gelsinger's firm drops details on crypto chip – including hash rate of up to 580GHps

Systems05 Apr 2022 | 11

Europe advances crypto-coin regulation – without potential ban on Bitcoin

Vote held after red-tape targeting proof-of-work assets removed

Personal Tech16 Mar 2022 | 28

Intel blasts Bitcoin mining, unveils own mining kit

Gelsinger believes his chip won't make quite a hash of the climate

Systems26 Feb 2022 | 22

India's Reserve Bank deputy governor calls for crypto ban

Labels digital currencies wreckers of sovereignty, worse than a Ponzi scheme

Security16 Feb 2022 | 51

Intel chases after Bitcoin miners with dedicated chip

Silicon giant thinks there's real money to be made in the web metaverse 3.0 chain hype

On-Prem11 Feb 2022 | 36

FBI seizes $3.6bn in Bitcoin after New York 'tech couple' arrested over Bitfinex robbery

Updated Ilya Lichtenstein and partner cuffed via blockchain records

Security08 Feb 2022 | 45

Indonesia bars financial institutions from offering crypto services

Advises citizens to avoid 'Ponzi schemes'

Security27 Jan 2022 | 17

Russia's Putin out the idea of a broad cryptocurrency ban

Central bank worries that block-bucks reduce government control and are used by crims

Security21 Jan 2022 | 20

Crypto.com now says someone tried to drain $34m from hundreds of accounts

Won't reveal net loss, says it stopped some withdrawals and has reimbursed those who had funds taken

Security20 Jan 2022 | 8

I own that $4.5bn of digi-dosh so rewrite your blockchain and give it to me, Craig Wright tells Bitcoin SV devs

Oh look, another High Court sueball over cryptocurrencies

Legal19 Jan 2022 | 95

Bitcoin 'inventor' will face forgery claims over his Satoshi Nakamoto proof, rules High Court

COPA load of that

Legal06 Jan 2022 | 76

International Monetary Fund warns crypto-related risks could soon become systemic

Wants comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated regulation to avoid instability

Personal Tech10 Dec 2021 | 40

Sweden asks EU to ban Bitcoin mining because while hydroelectric power is cheap, they need it for other stuff

Lighting and warming homes in winter, or ransoming encrypted files and buying drugs? Hmmm

Networks26 Nov 2021 | 160

For the nth time, China bans cryptocurrencies

Coin prices drop after People's Bank reiterates crackdown

Personal Tech24 Sep 2021 | 36

Thief hands back at least a third of $600m in crypto-coins stolen from Poly Network

It was just a prank, bro

Security11 Aug 2021 | 23

US proposes tracking digital cash and taxing it to pay for, you know, roads and stuff

Uncle Sam wants digital asset brokers to log customer info but didn't clarify who counts as a broker or not

Software06 Aug 2021 | 15

Europe mulls anonymous crypto-wallet ban, rules to make transfers more traceable

Won't someone please think of the ch, er, money laundering

Personal Tech22 Jul 2021 | 68

Malaysian Police crush crypto-mining kit to punish electricity thieves

Because in Miri District, that's how they roll

Legal19 Jul 2021 | 77

Three things that have vanished: $3.6bn in Bitcoin, a crypto investment biz, and the two brothers who ran it

We got hacked and we'll be right back, duo said ... two months ago

Security23 Jun 2021 | 138

China announces ‘crackdown’ on Bitcoin mining and trading

Cryptos mentioned on lists of risks to financial system to be avoided

Legal24 May 2021 | 43

Business-intelligence-company-turned-Bitcoin-addict MicroStrategy grabs another $10m crypto-coin fix

Who's recommending investment? The man who already has a $1bn stake

Security18 May 2021 | 7

Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases

CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly

Personal Tech13 May 2021 | 98

Bitcoin is ‘disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization’ says famed investor Charlie Munger

Berkshire Hathaway’s annual Q&A also smashed Robinhood, tweaked Elon Musk, fawned over Apple

Personal Tech03 May 2021 | 153

The bank of Bitcoin: MicroStrategy's share price rides high on the back of cryptocurrency investment

Deposits $1bn+ real world greenbacks into digital dosh, may borrow to buy more

Software25 Feb 2021 | 25

Hey, maybe we should all be cat-faced eco-warriors on our daily video chats

Column IT can be measured to a high degree of accuracy – and what the world needs now is accurate data

Legal15 Feb 2021 | 58

Bitcoin surges, exchanges flooded after Tesla says it bought $1.5bn in BTC, hopes to accept it as payment soon

Musk continues public love affair with cryptocurrencies

Personal Tech08 Feb 2021 | 29

Attack of the cryptidiots: One wants Bitcoin-flush hard drive he threw out in 2013 back, the other lost USB stick password

A combined total of $575m deleted... and counting

Bootnotes14 Jan 2021 | 89

Business intelligence vendor MicroStrategy reveals it’s bought a billion bucks of bitcoin

Better capital returns than cash and all allowed under company rules

Science22 Dec 2020 | 56

No, the creator of cURL didn't morph into Elon Musk and give away Bitcoins. But his hijacked Twitter page tried to

Daniel Stenberg tells The Reg he's baffled by profile hack

Security18 Nov 2020 | 37

Bitcoin value jumps as PayPal says it will accept cryptocurrencies... once it has the kinks worked out

Online payment goliath wants to encourage global use of virtual dosh

Science22 Oct 2020 | 46

Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison

In Brief Sealed with an XSS: Flaw in Go lang library could cause app issues

Security07 Sep 2020 | 7

This is node joke. Tor battles to fend off swarm of Bitcoin-stealing evil exit relays making up about 25% of outgoing capacity at its height

Cash-strapped privacy devs face determined miscreants who keep coming back for more

Security12 Aug 2020 | 37

Twitter admits 130 A-lister accounts compromised to promote Bitcoin scam after 'social engineering' attack

Updated Which, let's be real, is a fancy way to say 'we got phished'

Security17 Jul 2020 | 27

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty again after cryptocurrency flop broke laws set up to stop him

All work and no play makes… you’re coming with us, you clown

Science15 Jul 2020 | 7

Twitter mass hacking: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, Biden, Obama, more hijacked to peddle Bitcoin scam

Updated Miscreants have already obtained more than $110K from the credulous

Security15 Jul 2020 | 27

Not the Wright stuff: Bitcoin 'inventor' loses bid to sue YouTuber who called him a liar

Too bad, Craig. Now, about those court costs?

Legal01 Jun 2020 | 45

Typosquatting RubyGems laced with Bitcoin-nabbing malware have been downloaded thousands of times

'Seemingly no transactions were made' but problem highlights risks of software supply chain

Security21 Apr 2020 | 3

It's Terpin time: Bloke who was SIM jacked twice by Bitcoin thieves gets green light to sue telco for millions

Plus or minus a few caveats

Science26 Feb 2020 | 63

Talk about making a rod for your own back: Pot dealer's seized €54m Bitcoins up in smoke after keys thrown out with fishing gear

Cops hope for high-tech solution

Science25 Feb 2020 | 66