Bitcoin

New York Cyber Crime Startup Collaborates With Europol

Startup company, Chainalysis, has striked up a deal with Europol to track down digital identities an...

Feb 22, 2016 03:51 AM EST

Blockchain Technology Can Radically Change Financial, Legal Fields

The same technology which provides the backbone for Bitcoin transactions might end up changing the f...

Jan 28, 2016 05:00 AM EST

Scientific adviser urges UK government to use blockchain technology

In the world of technological advancement, United Kingdom’s scientific adviser has urged the UK go...

Jan 20, 2016 07:16 PM EST

Interpol, Police from All Over The World, Help In Arrest of Bitcoin Extortion Suspects

Suspects from the online extortion gang, DD4BC, have been apprehended with the joint forces of Inter...

Jan 13, 2016 03:47 AM EST

Australian police raid Sydney home of reported bitcoin creator

Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as...

Dec 09, 2015 10:57 AM EST

In taking economic war to Islamic State, U.S. developing new tools

Since last month, U.S. warplanes have struck Islamic State's oil infrastructure in Syria in a steppe...

Nov 24, 2015 09:00 AM EST

U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawli...

Nov 10, 2015 09:27 PM EST

Former CEO of collapsed Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange arrested in Japan: reports

Mark Karpeles, the former head of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, was arrested on Saturday in conn...

Aug 01, 2015 06:23 AM EDT

Accused Silk Road operator convicted on U.S. drug charges

The suspected mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road was convicted on narcotics and oth...

Feb 04, 2015 08:25 PM EST

Australia probes bitcoin crime links as currency craves legitimacy

A top Australian law enforcement agency is investigating bitcoin's role in organized crime, a senior...

Dec 02, 2014 09:30 AM EST

Venezuelans turn to bitcoins to bypass socialist currency controls

Tech-savvy Venezuelans looking to bypass dysfunctional economic controls are turning to the bitcoin ...

Oct 08, 2014 09:58 AM EDT

Bitcoin promoter to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission

Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve U.S. charges that he engaged i...

Aug 30, 2014 08:39 PM EDT

Money Laundering Charges Stymie Momentum For Bitcoin Currency

Florida's state authorities announced last Thursday that three men faced criminal charges stemming f...

Feb 17, 2014 07:43 PM EST

New York will issue 'specially tailored BitLicense' for Bitcoin—Lawsky

New York Department of Financial Services superintendent Benjamin Lawsky revealed the agency's plans...

Feb 12, 2014 05:01 PM EST

Miami money laundering case marks first arrest made on Bitcoin fraud allegations

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement that its arrest of Pascal R...

Feb 10, 2014 11:56 AM EST