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'Crypto couple' husband confesses to being the original Bitfinex hacker during plea hearing

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Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein in court in connection with $4.5 billion bitcoin laundering scheme.

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Here's how to invest $100,000 right now, according to billionaire Mike Novogratz

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Mike Novogratz.

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SEC Reportedly Asked Coinbase to Halt All Trading—Except for Bitcoin

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Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong reportedly told the Financial Times that the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission asked him to halt trading in the exchange with all currencies except bitcoin.

The 'crypto couple' is pleading guilty in their alleged $4.5 billion bitcoin heist. Here's how the saga unfolded.

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Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein are expected to plead guilty to bitcoin laundering scheme.

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Russia's bitcoin-mining industry is booming through war and sanctions

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People walk along closed empty Red Square with the Kremlin Wall in the background in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Life has returned to normal in the Russian capital after the abortive coup mounted by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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Sam Bankman-Fried may soon go to jail for alleged witness tampering after leaking Caroline Ellison's diary entries

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court on Wednesday.

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Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand sparks massive rallies in obscure crypto tokens with 'X' names

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Elon Musk has been giving away Twitter Blue checkmarks for free

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Sam Bankman-Fried 'did nothing wrong' by leaking his ex-girlfriend's diary entries to New York Times: lawyers

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Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried.

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A bitcoin positive-feedback loop could more than quadruple the price beyond $120,000, analyst says

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