ETtech Explainer: Apple takes down some foreign crypto apps in India. What does it mean?For long, local crypto exchanges have seen investors move their assets offshore to escape heavy taxation. This move could lure Indian crypt...
11 Jan, 2024, 02.59 PM IST
New York couple plead guilty to bitcoin launderingIn total, the couple admitted to laundering conspiracies arising from the theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cr...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hackThe bitcoin was worth $71 million at the time, but had appreciated to more than $4.5 billion by the time of their arrests.Deputy Attorney G...
03 Aug, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea dealThe pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated mor...
22 Jul, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czarThe creation of the FBI's "virtual asset exploitation" unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier thi...
18 Feb, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czarCryptocurrencies rely on blockchain technology, a database shared across a network of computers, in which records are difficult to change o...
18 Feb, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ether fall; Doge, Shiba Inu move upWhile Bitcoin’s price has meandered the last few days, the largest cryptocurrency by market value has staged a modest under-the-radar recov...
14 Feb, 2022, 09.57 AM IST
US couple, who stole bitcoin worth billions, became Internet sensation for their awful rap videoDubbed 'Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde, they are being held without bail until a hearing on Friday.
10 Feb, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
US justice department seizes $3.6 billion in Bitcoin and arrests married coupleThe couple, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were accused in a criminal complaint of conspiring to launder 119,754 bitcoins t...
09 Feb, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin fall up to 5%Among key cryptos, Bitcoin was down 1.18 per cent at $43,406.01. The largest cryptocurrency in m-cap was still up 12 per cent in the last s...
09 Feb, 2022, 09.42 AM IST
Cong seeks SC-monitored SIT probe into Karnataka multi-crore Bitcoin 'scam'Addressing a press conference, Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala posed a set of six questions to the prim...
13 Nov, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
Coincheck to repay users who lost money in $400 million hack“The source of the refunded money is being carried out using our own capital."
28 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
This is what could pop the bitcoin bubbleAt present, most options investors have for shorting cryptocurrencies are fairly expensive.
30 Nov, 2017, 05.03 PM IST
Bitcoin falls on $31 million hack of cryptocurrency peer TetherBitcoin dropped 5.4%, the most since Nov. 13. It was last trading 1.6% weaker at $8,117.
21 Nov, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
Seventy-eight billion reasons why Bitcoin's the new goldGold bugs and bitcoin fetishists tend to share a deep distrust of fiat currency and the nation state.
06 Sep, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
Startups like Zebpay, Unocoin, Bitxoxo are banking on bitcoinsThere are almost 750 cryptocurrencies with a capitalisation of more than $104 billion. And a small but determined number of startups in Ind...
11 Jun, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
China's top search engine freezes Bitcoin ads without warningBaidu has weathered a storm of public criticism of late over paid ads featuring everything from gambling websites to unconventional medical...
26 Aug, 2016, 02.32 PM IST