Tag: Bitcoin

A US regulator has charged three individuals for taking part in a bitcoin fraud that cost investors more than $11m.

Bitcoin's value may have skyrocketed in the past year, but the UK's top financial regulator warns that investing in the market is far from safe.

Cryptocurrencies have taken another step to becoming acknowledged by traditional institutions as a top US regulator has approved the use of stablecoins for the settlement of financial transactions by banks.

Cryptocurrency exchange BTC Markets accidentally exposed more than 270,000 of its customers' email addresses and names by email.

Coinbase has been accused of having created a culture fraught with bullying, racism and discrimination against black people in a new exposé from the New York Times.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes that reference certain types of cryptocurrencies like bicoin, ripple and ether to retail consumers.

Twitter suffered an embarrassing hack attack in July that saw scammers compromise several high-profile accounts in a cryptocurrency scheme. Now the social media network has hired a new chief information security officer.

A fourth suspect is reportedly being investigated in relation to the massive July Twitter hack that involved a huge bitcoin scam.

The US justice department has announced that American authorities have seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency linked to online terrorist financing campaigns involving Hamas, al-Qaeda and ISIS.

Not everyone who trades in cryptosassets are fully aware of the risks involved, but new proposed regulations may change that.