Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists
Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact
Science30 Sep 2022 | 12
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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 | 24
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
Er, hi. Small Q. Where's our billion-ish dollars gone? We summarize Bitcoin exchange's subpoena requests
Show me the money. No, really, show me the actual money
Science21 Oct 2019 | 25
Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home
23 kids saved, alleged scumbag-in-chief already in jail
Security16 Oct 2019 | 79
Thanks-thanks to TalkTalk teen hacker: UK cops' first auction of ill-gotten Bitcoin nets £240k
Cryptocoin from selling hacking services, ppldeets online helps fund crimefighters
Security30 Sep 2019 | 14
Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist
Someone's popular!
Security26 Sep 2019 | 33
Bloke who claimed he invented Bitcoin must hand over $5bn of e-dosh in court case. He can't. He's waiting for a time traveler to arrive
Of course it's Craig Wright
Science28 Aug 2019 | 72
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