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Netflix is making a documentary about the QuadrigaCX Bitcoin saga
When founder Gerald Cotten died in 2018, hundreds of millions in crypto assets allegedly became inaccessible.
Twitter will let users send and receive Bitcoin tips
Twitter is expanding its tipping features to all, and will allow some users to exchange tips in Bitcoin.
Robinhood will start testing crypto wallets next month
Robinhood is finally preparing to test cryptocurrency wallets.
El Salvador starts accepting Bitcoin as legal currency
El Salvador has started accepting Bitcoin as legal currency, making it the first country to do so — although critics are warning of possible problems.
Twitter will soon let you tip other users with bitcoin
No surprise here: CEO Jack Dorsey is a known bitcoin evangelist.
PayPal brings cryptocurrency trading to the UK
Users in the UK may feel more comfortable buying Bitcoin now that PayPal is offering it.
AMC theaters will start accepting Bitcoin this year
AMC has announced that it will accept Bitcoin payments for tickets and snacks at US theaters by the end of 2021.
Venmo credit card users can turn their cash back rewards into cryptocurrency
Most credit cards these days offer some kind of reward to users, whether it's a percentage of your spending in cash back, airline miles or some other perk. Venmo launched its own credit card last fall, and while it offers up to three percent cash back, the company is now letting users do something relatively unique with that refund. As of today, Venmo credit card users can automatically get that cash back in cryptocurrency.
Jack Dorsey hopes bitcoin can bring about world peace
The Square CEO said issues with the current monetary system distract 'from the bigger problems.’
Malaysian authorities crush 1,069 crypto mining rigs with a steamroller
In a city in Sarawak, Malaysia, authorities got rid of 1,069 rigs at once by crushing them with a steamroller.
Square will build a bitcoin hardware wallet
Square has decided to go ahead with building a bitcoin hardware wallet and service.
Police seize approximately $158 million in UK's largest crypto seizure
Police in the UK have seized approximately £114 million (about $158 million) worth of cryptocurrencies as part of a money laundering investigation.
Founders of South African Bitcoin exchange disappear after $3.6 billion 'hack'
Cryptocurrency investors in South Africa may have lost nearly $3.6 billion in Bitcoin following the disappearance of two brothers associated with one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
El Salvador becomes the first country to approve Bitcoin as legal currency
El Salvador has voted to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
DOJ recovers 63.7 Bitcoins paid out in Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
The US Justice Department has recovered part of the ransom Colonial Pipeline paid last month to regain access to its computer systems after it was locked out of them by “apolitical” ransomware gang Darkside.
Square may make a 'hardware wallet' for Bitcoin
Square may make a bitcoin hardware wallet, says Jack Dorsey.
UK police raided a shady Bitcoin mining facility they thought was a weed farm
UK police have busted a crypto mine that they thought was a cannabis farm.
PayPal and Venmo will let you send cryptocurrency to third-party wallets
Until now, users have been limited to buying, selling, holding and checking out with crypto.
Elon Musk says North American Bitcoin miners will publish their energy usage
Elon Musk and executives from leading North American bitcoin miners pledge to publish mining energy use.
The US Federal Reserve begins looking into its own digital currency
The US Federal Reserve is took a step toward developing a digital currency as it announced plans to publish a research paper on the subject.