Currencies

The cryptocurrency market is crumbling as Russia has launched a full-scale attack on the Ukraine.

Investors continued to monitor the escalating tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border.

Graham made the call in a tweet thread after Putin’s national address in which he recognized the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic areas of Ukraine.

Andrew Durgee, the head of crypto and tokenization at Republic, argued that volatility is the “nature of the industry” and that it will continue, in large part fueled by current geopolitical events.

Currency markets started the week nervously eying tensions in eastern Europe, with the safe-haven yen not far from a two-week high while the euro was on edge given the energy security and economic implications for Europe of a war in Ukraine.

Bitcoin bounced between losses and gains along with U.S. stocks.

Bitcoin was trading below $44,000 on Thursday morning as the cryptocurrency gave back some gains from the day before.

Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a $500 Walmart gift card.

Bitcoin traded around $44,000 on Wednesday morning, the day after the cryptocurrency recorded a gain.

A federal judge ruled Monday that Heather Morgan will be released pending trial, while her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, will remain behind bars as they both face trial for allegedly laundering $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin.

A new ETF aims to mine for opportunities in the world of Bitcoin mining.

Bitcoin is the life raft to store time and value. Bitcoin is the new age version of a no coupon bond issued at a 99% discount with the network effects of a tech company.

Now that tax season is in full swing, taxpayers who participated in last year’s boom in cryptocurrency and other digital assets like non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are figuring out what it all means for their taxes.

Bitcoin was trading back around $43,000 Friday morning, after having jumped above $45,000 during the day on Thursday.

Cryptocurrency exchange operator Binance Holdings Ltd. is making a $200 million investment in the publisher of Forbes magazine, an unusual tie-up between a digital-currency firm and a traditional media outfit, the companies said Thursday.

Bitcoin is poised to add to gains from the prior day, now trading above $44,000.

The couple who allegedly stole $4.5B worth of bitcoin, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, also known as the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ were arrested by the Feds.

Bitcoin gave up recent gains Wednesday morning after rising in five of the last six days.

Federal authorities seized $3.6 million in stolen Bitcoin and arrested a couple in Manhattan Tuesday in what’s considered the Justice Department’s largest financial cryptocurrency bust to date.

One Bitcoin ETF hopeful may get a lifeline from the SEC.