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"It is hard to hold the government accountable for their mistakes. At the same time, it gives governments the excuse to continue their nefarious accounting behind the scenes."

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun with fraud, and accused eight celebrities including actress Lindsay Lohan and rapper Soulja Boy with illegally promoting his crypto assets.

As crisis stalks the traditional world of stocks and bonds, bitcoin is suddenly looking like a safe haven.

Bitcoin climbed to a nine-month high on Monday as turmoil in the banking sector drives some investors to turn to digital assets, as the cryptocurrency built on its best week in four years.

Imagine digitally inscribing 3D images of objects such as multi-colored spheres onto a tiny fragment of bitcoin. Then imagine selling them for $16.5 million.

Major cryptocurrencies stabilised on Monday after U.S.

Declining cash usage fuels current Bank of England and HM Treasury consultation on a new 'digital pound' before the end of this decade.

Shares of crypto-focused companies fell on Thursday after Silvergate Capital Corp disclosed plans to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate, as the aftermath of FTX's implosion last year reverberates through the industry.

For investors living on the digital edge, bitcoin is starting to look a little old-fashioned.

Recent reports reveal USDD saw continued growth in Q4 2022, despite the crypto winter, while TRON saw its average daily transactions also increase by 22.4%.

Satoshi Nakamoto would be proud. Adolescent bitcoin may finally be repaying its creator's faith.

The world of stablecoins is suddenly looking shaky.

LBank's registration comes at a crucial time as European regulators prepare for the upcoming Markets in Crypto AssetsBank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco shared the central bank discovered about 2% of Italian households hold modest amounts of crypto.

It's alive! The NFT market is twitching out of its torpor, defying reports of its demise.

New York's chief financial regulator has ordered Paxos, the company behind the stablecoin of major crypto exchange Binance, to stop issuing the token, Paxos and the regulator said in separate statements on Monday.

Last year was the worst on record for cryptocurrency heists, with hackers stealing as much as $3.8 billion, led by attackers linked to North Korea who netted more than ever before, a U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm said in a report on Wednesday.

Big investors are dipping their toes into crypto waters again after a bumper month for bitcoin.

The crypto and metaverse both are ideas about virtual worlds where you can spend virtual money.

A lawyer for the bankrupt Genesis Global Capital said on Monday that the cryptocurrency lender had some confidence it could resolve its disputes with creditors this week, with a goal of emerging from Chapter 11 by late May.

The owner of China-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato was arrested in Miami on Wednesday, along with five associates in Europe

Illicit use of cryptocurrencies hit a record $20.1 billion last year as transactions involving companies targeted by U.S.

Crypto exchange FTX will ask a U.S. bankruptcy court on Wednesday to allow it to auction off pieces of its business and to keep customer names secret for at least six months while it works to recover funds lost in what was allegedly a huge fraud.

Bitcoin's looking steady in 2023. But it's only been a week.

The crypto industry's woes continued on Thursday as plunging deposits, layoffs and a lawsuit added to the tumult of 2022, which was dominated by sinking prices and high-profile bankruptcies.

The regulators said they are supervising banks that may be exposed to crypto-related risks.

Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal case over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange has been reassigned to a judge recently known for handling defamation lawsuits against former U.S.

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX on Thursday asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to stop crypto lender BlockFi from laying claim to more than $440 million worth of Robinhood stock.

Even by the extreme standards of cryptocurrency trading, the past few weeks have been a wild ride for Binance, the world's biggest exchange for crypto assets.

To borrow from Britain's Queen Elizabeth, 2022 is not a year on which the cryptocurrency world shall look back with undiluted pleasure.