Bitcoin

According to a new study, pig-butchering scammers have likely stolen more than $75 billion from victims around the world.

Coinbase reported that some individual investors may see zero balances across their Coinbase accounts and experience errors in buying and selling.

With dominant industry personalities suddenly swept offstage, the evolving rules and regulations that will dictate the industry's future will be in the spotlight.

Zeke Faux, a Bloomberg journalist, describes his two-year odyssey to better understand cryptocurrencies in his book "Number Go Up." His work proves to be an entertaining deep dive into an industry riddled with scams.

When Gensler arrived at the SEC in 2021, he took on just about everything. Rules for stock-market trading, Treasury-security clearing, executive-pay disclosures, private equity, crypto, short-selling, climate-change risks, even AI: nothing seemed off limits. But now, three years later, to Big Finance, the verdict is clear: Gary Gensler overreached.

Robinhood and a few other trading app providers immediately announced support for the newly approved spot bitcoin ETFs. But Vanguard announced this week it would not allow customers to invest in them.

The decision could make bitcoin a major part of more investing portfolios. But after bitcoin, the SEC is likely to move slowly on approving other crypto-tied ETFs.

Before a spot bitcoin ETF is approved, we're going to need to see much more clarity about how applicants draw the line between custody and trading.

Several factors are combining that make it more likely bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will become mainstream assets in 2024.

A filing for a BlackRock fund based on the cryptocurrency XRP showed up on the official Delaware website that registers investment trusts incorporated in the state. The only problem is that BlackRock wasn't the one who submitted it.

The Wyoming bank has launched its signature service, amid a legal tug-of-war with the Federal Reserve.

Growing expectations that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will authorize exchange-traded funds that invest directly in the cryptocurrency after a decade of deliberation has fueled a more than 25% rally over the past two weeks.

Crypto lending is still small compared with the leverage bubble that took down large swathes of the sector when it burst in 2022, and executives say they've taken pains to avoid a repeat.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been ordered by a court to explain its reasons for rejecting an application for a crypto-based exchange-traded fund. It's about time.

Franklin Templeton has joined fellow asset manager powerhouses Fidelity and BlackRock in the race to win approval to offer the first U.S. exchange-traded fund that invests directly in bitcoin. 

A recent court decision could create more crypto-service opportunities for traditional banks.

When Bitfinex was hacked, Bitcoin was trading under $1,000. It had skyrocketed to $44,000 by the time the couple was arrested in early 2022, pushing up the value of the stolen assets to $4.5 billion, of which $3.6 billion was recovered by authorities.

Fidelity is the latest high-profile traditional-finance firm to join the race after BlackRock Inc. made a splash with its June 15 application for a spot ETF, which opened the floodgates for others to try their hand at it, as well.

The 30-page receivership petition filed in federal court on Monday demands an immediate impounding of all assets of Las Vegas-based Prime Trust.

If the U.S. and Canada don't develop a coherent framework for regulating the industry, North America risks broader losses to other growing industries, like fintech and artificial intelligence.