Cryptocurrency

House GOP becomes first national party organization to accept cryptocurrency for campaign contributions

Kerry Picket · June 17, 2021 6:24 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Could cryptocurrency mining spark the next Iranian uprising?

Michael Rubin · June 15, 2021 10:00 am

Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

Bitcoin soars above $40,000 after Elon Musk remarks

Zach Halaschak · June 14, 2021 3:16 pm

Republican nominee Donald Trump could have trouble grabbing headlines this weekend after Friday's "big" FBI bombshell. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Trump is wrong about Bitcoin

Brad Polumbo · June 9, 2021 2:05 pm

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele.

El Salvador becomes first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender

Kaelan Deese · June 9, 2021 12:03 pm

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say theyâre scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving âmoney mules.â These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble.

Colonial Pipeline attack: How did the FBI recover the ransom money?

Zach Halaschak · June 9, 2021 10:30 am

IRS chief asks Congress for authority and resources to regulate cryptocurrencies

Nihal Krishan · June 8, 2021 5:27 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump, who blasted Hillary Clinton for using a personal email server, might be a walking magnet for eavesdropping and malware if he is using an unsecured cellphone to chat with foreign leaders. Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to counterparts around the world, urging them to call him directly to avoid the red tape of diplomatic communications. The practice has raised concern about the security and secrecy of the U.S. commander-in-chief's communications.

Trump rips Bitcoin as ‘a scam’

Zach Halaschak · June 7, 2021 3:04 pm

Members of Congress start warming to cryptocurrency

Emily Brooks · June 7, 2021 10:45 am

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)

President of El Salvador to introduce bill making Bitcoin legal tender

Carly Roman · June 5, 2021 11:39 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the CybertTruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif.

The power of Musk: Tesla CEO tweet sends cryptos plunging

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2021 2:41 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.

Greener cryptocurrencies in focus as Bitcoin faces environmental criticism

Zach Halaschak · May 30, 2021 4:00 pm