Former Thodex CEO Faruk Özer starts 11,196-year prison sentence
Faruk Özer once held a hardware wallet containing $2 billion worth of crypto. This week, he's entering prison to start his mammoth sentence.
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— Japan
Japanese housewives might be among the best traders in crypto
Mrs. Watanabe — a community of Japanese housewives — mastered a skill that may have made them some of bitcoin’s most successful traders.
Are central banks really buying bitcoin?
Although government agencies around the world possess varying quantities of bitcoin, it's not clear that any central bank holds it.
Community Notes debunks spot bitcoin ETF rehypothecation
An attorney in Florida went viral by posting wild speculation about bitcoin rehypothecation at Coinbase. She got Community Noted.
No, Saudi Arabia isn’t ditching the dollar for Ripple in its oil trades
Many people believe the US and Saudi Arabia signed a 50-year pact to sell oil for dollars. However, this never happened.
What happened to influential crypto pumper Teeka Tiwari?
When Teeka Tiwari added a coin to his portfolio, it wasn't unusual for it to suddenly rally on millions of dollars of buying within seconds.
El Salvador’s Bitcoin City has problems, but its first ‘citizen’ still wants to stay
A critic of Nayib Bukele’s planned Bitcoin City in El Salvador doctored a fake news clip about a disgruntled resident.
— Bitcoin
Bitcoin devs calm panic over Core bug false alarm
Bitcoiners were quick to respond to supposed news of a possible security bug in version 24 of Bitcoin Core node software.
— COPA, Craig Wright
Court to sentence Craig Wright for lying about being Satoshi
The UK High Court of Justice ruled that Craig Wright lied and perjured himself when claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto. His sentencing has begun.
Prison nears for Trump-supporting crypto promoters Bannon and Guo
As the criminal trial of Miles Guo proceeds in New York, a US District Judge has ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1.