Bitcoin tops $106,000, hopes grow for strategic reserve
Dec 16 (Reuters) – Bitcoin hit a record high above $106,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump suggested he plans to create a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve similar to...
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A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for £4.9 million – part of the evolving relationship between art and finance
On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not...
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul sentenced to 25 years in prison?
NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) – A few years after graduating from college, Sam Bankman-Fried grew worried he was not taking enough risks. So the...
US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, its Chair...
PayPal abandons Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency group
Pioneering digital payments firm PayPal on Friday said it is abandoning an alliance intended to oversee the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency, which has come under attack...
Transneft says its computers were used for mining cryptocurrency
Computers at Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) have been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or mining, of the cryptocurrency Monero, a vice-president of the Russian pipeline operator said....