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Crypto fraud tops FBI's annual crime report as Americans lose billions to scams — foxbusiness.com
The FBI recently released its annual report on internet crime and found that cryptocurrency-related scams accounted for the most reported losses among all scam categories last year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints in
A Shaky Truce — nytimes.com
Even if the Iran cease-fire holds and the war ends, many believe the world will be worse off.
Adam Back denies NYT report naming him as Bitcoin's creator — qz.com
The New York Times named the British cryptographer as its strongest candidate yet, citing AI-assisted writing analysis and biographical parallels
The Weirdest Detail in Iran’s Ceasefire Agreement — newrepublic.com
Iran expects to make even more money off of a potential peace deal with the White House. Beyond the 10-point peace plan that Donald Trump already signalled he was open to, Iran additionally expects countries to pay $1 per barrel of oil that passes through
New Labor Department Rule is Trump’s Latest Favor to the Crypto Industry — talkingpointsmemo.com
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule designed to make it harder to sue retirement plan fiduciaries that invest in risky, more volatile assets. The rule is also President Donald Trump’s administration’s latest giveaway to the Trump family’s
Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF began trading. An analyst put it in the top 1% of ETF launches — fortune.com
A slew of Bitcoin ETFs have hit the market since the products were first approved in the U.S. in 2024, but so far one sector has remained on the sidelines—major U.S. banks. That changed Wednesday with the launch of MSBT, a Bitcoin ETF offered by Morgan
Iran Demands Bitcoin and Crypto for Strait of Hormuz Toll Payments — gizmodo.com
Gas prices and price of bitcoin could get a little more entangled.
Adam Back Denies He Is Satoshi Nakamoto in Response to Times Investigation — nytimes.com
“Dr. Adam Back has consistently stated that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto,” his company said in a statement. “What is not speculative is Adam’s foundational contribution to Bitcoin.”
British computer scientist denies he is bitcoin developer Satoshi Nakamoto — theguardian.com
New York Times report claims London-born Adam Back is creator of the cryptocurrency after comparing writings A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator. A story
Iran demands cryptocurrency toll from tankers passing through Strait of Hormuz — arstechnica.com
Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for
Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted — theatlantic.com
President Trump said he went to war to ensure that Iran never acquired a nuclear bomb. The war ended—for now, at least—with a demonstration that Tehran possesses an arguably more powerful weapon of deterrence against future attacks, one that is cheaper to
Ceasefire Day 1: Iranian 10-Point Peace Plan ‘Workable Basis,’ Per Trump — theamericanconservative.com
The Iran War entered a two-week ceasefire Tuesday evening, with Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to and Washington suspending its bombing campaign. The truce, brokered by Pakistan and set to be formalized in talks at Islamabad on Friday, is
The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast. — fortune.com
The quest to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has been going on for more than a decade now, and resulted in some embarrassing misfires. The most notorious came in 2014 when Newsweek magazine dropped a bombshell cover story
Donald Trump, Wrecker of American Empire — prospect.org
Donald Trump is setting records. His war on Iran is certainly the stupidest war in American history—and that’s saying something—and Trump has now lost it more quickly than any previous war. It took 20 years to lose in Afghanistan, about ten years to lose
New Bitcoin ETF Chases Gains That Come While Wall Street Sleeps — bloomberg.com
New Bitcoin ETF Chases Gains That Come While Wall Street Sleeps Bloomberg
British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — techcrunch.com
Back, a longtime researcher and pioneer in cryptography, denies the allegation that he is the secretive creator of Bitcoin.
NYT reporter says he solved mystery of Bitcoin founder’s identity — but man he named flatly denies it — nypost.com
A New York Times reporter claims he’s cracked one of tech’s biggest mysteries by unearthing the real identity of Bitcoin’s elusive founder Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ceasefire — reason.com
Two weeks to stop the war? After warning earlier this week that a "whole civilization will die" without a deal, President Donald Trump agreed last night to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Israel also signed into the deal, although the country said it did
Morgan Stanley Debuts Bitcoin ETF as Price Slump Rattles Holders — bloomberg.com
Morgan Stanley is set to become the first Wall Street bank to launch its own Bitcoin-tracking exchange-traded fund, a milestone for the digital-asset ecosystem that underscores how deeply the original cryptocurrency has embedded itself in the financial
The performative war on money laundering — codastory.com
Dutch friends like to tell me that their nation’s primary characteristic is bluntness, and the Netherlands’ Court of Audit has done nothing to challenge the stereotype with its bracing assessment of the country’s and, by extension, the world’s failure in
Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator — nytimes.com
Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin.
4 Takeaways From Our Search for Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s Creator — nytimes.com
Here’s what we found suggesting that Adam Back invented Bitcoin.
Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? My Quest to Unmask Bitcoin’s Creator — nytimes.com
Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations To Focus On Deportations — techdirt.com
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record
Binance Founder’s Memoir Details Early Gensler Ties, Prison Time — bloomberg.com
Changpeng Zhao, who built Binance into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange before pleading guilty to anti-money laundering and US sanctions violations, gives his version of the company’s legal crisis in a memoir published Tuesday.
Bitcoin Price (BTC) Jumps to Three-Week High on US-Iran Ceasefire Plan — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin Price (BTC) Jumps to Three-Week High on US-Iran Ceasefire Plan Bloomberg.com
Bitcoin Jumps to Three-Week High on US-Iran Ceasefire Plan — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin rose to a three-week high after the US and Iran agreed to an initial ceasefire, prompting a surge in risk assets.
Jamie Dimon warns of growing crypto competition in annual letter: ‘We need to roll out our own blockchain technology’ — fortune.com
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has long been among the crypto sector’s most notable skeptics. Dimon vowed in 2017 to fire any JPMorgan trader who traded bitcoin and has called the oldest cryptocurrency a “fraud” and a “pet rock.” More recently, though, Dimon has
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