Passing the $1 trillion mark, Bitcoin is almost as big as Google
Bitcoin joins publicly traded companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in breaking the $1 trillion market capitalization barrier.
Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin
Elon Musk wasn’t playing when he recently changed his Twitter bio to “#bitcoin.” According to a SEC filing by Tesla, the company has purchased $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. “In…
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A crypto miner is using 78 RTX 3080s graphics cards to earn over $20K a month
Huge demand for Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 has resulted in GPU shortages. We are learning that profitable cryptocurrency mining is also a contributing factor.
Bitcoin kicked off 2021 by crossing the $30,000 threshold for the first time
Bitcoin had a rough start to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, but apparently it’s always darkest before the dawn. The biggest name in cryptocurrency surpassed $30,000 in value to begin…
Bitcoin hits $20,000 for the first time ever
It took a while, but it finally happened: One bitcoin is currently worth more than $20,000. The number has a special significance for proponents of the cryptocurrency. On Dec. 17,…
Bitcoin is flirting with $20,000 again. How high will it go this time?
In November 2017, after an absolutely massive, two-month rally, Bitcoin passed $10,000 for the first time. And then, over the next 20 days, it soared even higher, reaching a price…
‘Individual X’ stole $1 billion in crypto from Silk Road. U.S. officials just seized it.
The U.S. government is trying to seize what “Individual X” had already stolen. Specifically, that would be a gargantuan amount of cryptocurrency. In a surprise reveal to a mystery that’s…
Verified ‘Elon Musk’ Twitter account celebrates election with crypto scam
The 2020 U.S. presidential election may still be unresolved as of Wednesday morning, but “Elon Musk” wanted to celebrate! And, like so many countless times before, he decided the best…
Noted bath salts fan John McAfee arrested, charged with crypto fraud and tax evasion
If there’s one thing that John McAfee loves, it’s bath salts. If there are two things? Well, that would be failing to disclose he was paid to promote initial coin…