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Former Chinese takeaway worker jailed for money laundering after police seized 61,000 bitcoins — currently worth $4 billion
Authorities were alerted when the British-Chinese woman attempted to buy London properties valued a…
Nathan Rennolds
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He taught cops how to fight crypto crime. Now he's accused of running a $100 million dark web drug market.
Until recently, Lin Rui-siang taught cops how to beat cybercrime. He was arrested this week in conn…
Joshua Zitser
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I quit my director job at Goldman Sachs to start my own company. There's always a cap if you're an employee.
A trader at Goldman Sachs quit to start a crypto company during the crash. He said a slump is the b…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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RIP Kabosu, the celebrity canine who became the face of Dogecoin
The Shiba Inu who inspired the viral Doge meme passed away on Friday at the age of 18.
Tom Carter
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Ether could surge 60% after ETFs are approved, trading firm says
"The market is expecting fireworks," QCP Capital said of the potential spot ethereum ETFs, which co…
Filip De Mott
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RFK Jr. joins the meme-stock crowd — and plows $24,000 into GameStop in a show of support
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed retail investors' calls for Wall Street refo…
Theron Mohamed
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Ethereum surges 22% on speculation ETFs could be approved as soon as this week — and a new bitcoin record might not be far behind
Odds that Ethereum ETFs will be approved this week have spiked with key decisions due from the SEC.
Filip De Mott
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A surging number of crypto owners are trying to recover forgotten wallet passwords so they can cash in after huge token rallies
About 20% of bitcoin could be lost in locked wallets, according to Reuters. Crypto owners are tryin…
Filip De Mott
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The GameStop guy is back. But he seems to be having a midlife crisis.
Roaring Kitty is tweeting after a three-year hiatus, and meme stocks like GameStop and AMC are goin…
Emily Stewart
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The state of Wisconsin purchased $163 million in bitcoin ETFs in the first quarter
The state of Wisconsin Investment Board purchased bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock and Grayscale in the …
Matthew Fox
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry exits Amazon and Alphabet — but boosts Alibaba and bets on Baidu
Michael Burry, known for his huge bet against the mid-2000s housing bubble, sold US tech stocks and…
Theron Mohamed
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Bitcoin could see a wave of forced selling as miners face the reality of lower rewards post-halving, research firm says
"If miners were forced to sell even a fraction of their holdings over the coming month this would h…
Filip De Mott
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3 reasons the dollar can't be dethroned as the world's dominant currency, according to Morgan Stanley
The US dollar won't be displaced by any of its rivals anytime soon, Morgan Stanley said.
Jennifer Sor
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Crypto prices are back. So are the TV ads.
One sign we're in a crypto revival: Prices are roaring. Another? Crypto companies are advertising o…
Peter Kafka
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A flood of crypto tokens with names referencing GameStop and famed trader Roaring Kitty have been created in the last 24 hours as developers try to ride a meme-coin resurgence
The "GME" meme token, which borrows GameStop's stock ticker, traded 1,247% higher on Monday with a …
Matthew Fox
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A Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developer
Authorities in Hong Kong put out a warning that a group claiming Elon Musk developed its crypto-tra…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Stock market today: Indexes mixed as jobless claims jump to highest since August
Stock futures pared some losses heading into the opening bell as the market digested the latest job…
Yuheng Zhan
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Donald Trump spends day off from his hush-money trial attacking Biden's crypto knowledge and pushing mugshot NFTs
Donald Trump hosted supporters who bought NFTs from his "Mugshot Edition" collection at a dinner in…
George Glover
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Bitcoin trader loses almost $70 million after sending crypto to wrong online account address
A bitcoin trader lost nearly $70 million after criminals tricked them into sending crypto to a fake…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Crypto investor 'bitcoin Jesus' arrested and charged by the Justice Department with $48 million tax evasion
"Bitcoin Jesus" was arrested in Spain this week on charges including mail fraud and tax evasion.
Yuheng Zhan
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Bitcoin tumbles 5%, tests key $60,000 price level as sell signal looms
If bitcoin does not quickly reclaim support at about $62,000, it faces a downward test of its next …
Matthew Fox
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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison
Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison after being charged for v…
Aaron Mok
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Binance's former CEO could be the richest US prison inmate ever if sentenced with his $43 billion fortune
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has a $43 billion fortune, Bloomberg estimated, nearly double Sam Ba…
Jennifer Sor
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Bitcoin's bull run may be over and the next move could see it drop nearly 50%, says a market vet who predicted the token's 2018 crash
"It has happened. It is real. You may not want to believe it, but I place a 25% chance that Bitcoin…