Bitcoin, beatings, and a billionaire’s vendetta: Georgia’s Bachiashvili case
Giorgi Bachiashvili was convicted in May 2025 and sentenced to 11 years in prison for misappropriating 8,986 BTC and laundering the funds.
Giorgi Bachiashvili was convicted in May 2025 and sentenced to 11 years in prison for misappropriating 8,986 BTC and laundering the funds.
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Barron Trump have all profited from the cryptocurrency industry during their father’s second term.
Jack Dorsey’s decentralised messaging app Bitchat saw a large spike in downloads from Nepal amid protests and a social media crackdown.
Christopher Harborne, who has shares in Tether, was also outed as the biggest donor to the Brexit Party and gave £1.5M to the Tory Party.
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says the Department of Commerce is to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain. But why?