Capital One hacking suspect indicted, authorities say she was mining cryptocurrency
Paige Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer who was living in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood, faces penalties of up to 25 years in prison on...
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IRS is tracking down 10,000 cryptocurrency owners to pay back taxes
The IRS has begun sending letters to taxpayers who potentially failed to report income and pay taxes on cryptocurrency transactions, the agency said Friday.
Facebook’s Libra could set table for the next financial catastrophe | Jon Talton
This mother of cryptocurrencies represents a clear and present danger to the financial system.
Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback VIEW
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate...
Facebook’s new Libra could bring cryptocurrency to the masses — and why that scares its critics
Facebook unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new "global currency" in the form of a cryptocurrency called Libra on Tuesday, in collaboration with a...
Mt. Gox head Karpeles plans new Japan bitcoin tech business
TOKYO (AP) — Mark Karpeles, arrested in Japan after his bitcoin exchange collapsed from massive hacking, has started a business around the same computer technology...
Bitcoin jumps toward $9,000 in best-performing month since 2017
Bitcoin's run this year follows a painful downtrend that lasted the majority of last year and saw the digital currency tumble more than 70 percent.
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