Cryptocurrency

A "We Accept Bitcoin" sign is displayed at a gas station in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Salvadorans are slowly warming up to the use of the digital Chivo Wallets promoted by the government of President Nayib Bukele, but most use it to receive remittances from the U.S. and not to buy Bitcoin cryptocurrency.

Crypto prices skyrocket after El Salvador begins harvesting volcano power to mine for Bitcoin

Zach Halaschak · October 1, 2021 4:08 pm

Crypto-trading hamster scampers past Bitcoin, S&P 500, and Warren Buffett

Asher Notheis · September 27, 2021 9:24 pm

Bitcoin and other new types of cryptocurrency exist only in the virtual world and are traded outside the traditional banking system on digital ledgers called blockchain, making them hard to regulate and enticing to rogue regimes and terror groups alike.

Crypto platforms begin cutting off Chinese users after government declares transactions illegal

Zach Halaschak · September 27, 2021 4:19 pm

A collection of bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum tokens. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, chaired by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has set up a working group on cryptocurrencies. The group comprising top federal regulators would examine the potential for speculation on cryptocurrencies to hurt consumers and for the digital currencies to be used for illicit purposes.(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Bitcoin spirals as China declares crypto transactions illegal

Zach Halaschak · September 24, 2021 1:54 pm

A collection of bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum tokens. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, chaired by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has set up a working group on cryptocurrencies. The group comprising top federal regulators would examine the potential for speculation on cryptocurrencies to hurt consumers and for the digital currencies to be used for illicit purposes.(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Treasury Department rolls out first-ever sanctions against cryptocurrency exchange

Zach Halaschak · September 21, 2021 4:40 pm

Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company.

Coinbase quietly scraps ‘Lend’ product after SEC dustup

Zach Halaschak · September 20, 2021 8:10 pm

An American flag flies outside of a Walmart Inc. store in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Walmart is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 17.

Litecoin unstable after fake Walmart press release fools news outlets

Kaelan Deese · September 13, 2021 3:21 pm

Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company.

Federal regulators threaten Coinbase with lawsuit, CEO says

Zach Halaschak · September 8, 2021 5:02 pm

A Salvadoran boy stands next to a car as he waits in front of a small shop that accepts Bitcoin in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. The government of President Nayib Bukele, will inaugurate on September the Chivo ATM network, which will be used as the digital wallet of the cryptocurrency, pushing El Salvador as the first country to adopt BitCoin as a legal currency.

Bitcoin plunges on day El Salvador adopts it as national currency

Zach Halaschak · September 7, 2021 4:52 pm

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee as lawmakers examine how to mitigate systemic risk in financial markets through Wall Street reforms.

SEC boss says cryptocurrency can’t last long outside of regulation: ‘Finance is about trust’

Zach Halaschak · September 1, 2021 7:46 pm

Bitcoins have been propelled from the world of Internet oddities to the cusp of mainstream use, a remarkable breakthrough for a currency which made its online debut only four years ago. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Cryptocurrency company expands in Illinois

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2021 11:00 pm

Understanding Bitcoin requires a proper frame of reference.

Bitcoin touches $50K for first time in months in summer bounce back

Zach Halaschak · August 24, 2021 9:37 pm