Bitcoin

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 | 79

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 | 57

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

Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet

Comment But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition

Security28 Jun 2019 | 20

Remember that crypto-exchange boss who mysteriously died after his customers' coins disappeared? Of course he totally stole them

So claims this Ernst & Young probe report

Science25 Jun 2019 | 109

Digi-dosh exchange Coinbase: Someone tried to pwn our staff via this week's Firefox zero-day security hole

Patch released after crypto-currency biz sounded alarm

Security20 Jun 2019 | 5

Money laundering and crypto-coin legislation could hurt open-source ecosystem – activists

Rights groups slam UK.gov's customer due diligence plans

Software11 Jun 2019 | 59

Protip: No, the CIA will not call off a pedophilia probe into your life in exchange for Bitcoin

Kaspersky warns of fake 'dirty agent' scam circulating

Security10 Jun 2019 | 36

Bitcoin drops 7 per cent on New York Attorney General's allegations of $850m fraud by Bitfinex

Virtual currency exchange's response probably tells you all you need to know

Science26 Apr 2019 | 54

Teen TalkTalk hacker denies flogging stolen personal data for Bitcoin

19-year-old also accused of breaching sex offence order, money laundering

Security03 Apr 2019 | 12

While this CEO may be stiff, his customers are rather stuffed: Quadriga wallets finally cracked open – nothing inside

This is the crypto-exchange that said only dead boss could unlock $137m in wallets

Science07 Mar 2019 | 88

Crypto exchange in court: It owes $190m to netizens after founder 'dies without telling anyone vault passwords'

QuadrigaCX granted 30-day legal protection by judge

Science05 Feb 2019 | 111

Influential cypherpunk and crypto-anarchist Tim May dies aged 67

Obit One-time Intel boffin

Security17 Dec 2018 | 15

US bitcoin bomb threat ransom scam looks like a hoax say FBI, cops

Extortion scheme gets national attention but not much in the way of funds

Security14 Dec 2018 | 31

AWS has a security hub, OpenSSL has a new license, London has a problem with cryptocoins, and more

Roundup Plus, South Carolina convicts go catfishing

OSes01 Dec 2018 | 11

Seeing as Bitcoin is going so, so well, Ohio becomes first US state to take biz taxes in BTC

Officials take steps to get off the e-currency's rollercoaster ride

On-Prem26 Nov 2018 | 24

Nvidia just can't grab a break. Revenues up, profit nearly doubles... and stock down 20%

Ongoing Bitcoin woes left the channel holding all the cards, and that's not a good thing

On-Prem16 Nov 2018 | 33

StatCounter fingers cache-poisoning caper for Bitcoin-slurping JavaScript hijack

The good news? Nobody appears to have lost any Bitcoin, says Gate.io

Security08 Nov 2018 | 1

Dollar for dollar, crafting cryptocurrency sucks up 'more energy' than mining gold, copper, etc

Maybe time to put down that Bitcoin-mining rig and pick up that spade?

Science07 Nov 2018 | 44

Hackers seed StatCounter with nasty JavaScript in elaborate Bitcoin cyber-heist caper

Updated Gate.io exchange believed to be target of embedded attack

Security06 Nov 2018 | 9

C'mon, if you say your device is 'unhackable', you're just asking for it: Bitfi retracts edgy claim

John McAfee-backed crypto-coin wallet eats humble pie

Security31 Aug 2018 | 19

As it turns out, no, you can't just run an unlicensed Bitcoin money exchange

21 year-old facing 31 charges for "no questions asked" cross-border cryptocurrency buys

Science20 Aug 2018 | 30

Facebook Messenger backdoor demand, bail in Bitcoin, and lots more

Roundup If you're not already suffering from Black Hat/DEF CON overload

OSes18 Aug 2018 | 25

Bitcoin backer sues AT&T for $240m over stolen cryptocurrency

Michael Terpin not happy about funds-draining SIM swap fraud

Security15 Aug 2018 | 41

Please forgive me, I can't stop robbing you: SamSam ransomware earns handlers $5.9m

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Security31 Jul 2018 | 13

Top banker batters Bitcoin for sucky scalability, security

Australia’s Reserve Bank sees no need for national cryptocurrencies, for now

Science27 Jun 2018 | 7

Hardened Azure logins, softened containers, leaky encrypted images on Macs – and more

Roundup Plus: Crypto-cash and keeping up with McAfee

OSes23 Jun 2018 | 8

Script kiddie goes from 'Bitcoin Baron' to 'Lockup Lodger' after DDoSing 911 systems

US bloke gets 20 months for knackering city govt IT

Security20 Jun 2018 | 16

Shatner's solar-powered Bitcoin gambit wouldn't power a deflector shield

The dilithium crystals cannae take it, Captain

Bootnotes15 Jun 2018 | 52

Korean cryptocoin exchange $30m lighter after hacking attack

Coinrail theft send vapor-coin prices tumbling

Science11 Jun 2018 | 45

Great Scott! Bitcoin to consume half a per cent of the world's electricity by end of year

Marty McFly dangles extension lead as miners get busy

Science17 May 2018 | 78