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California-based electric car company Tesla on Monday announced that it bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin.
Kais Mohammad, 36, who was also known as "Superman 29," agreed to plead guilty to one count each of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, money laundering and failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.
A bakery break-in and the guy went straight for the dough. But it wasn't the kind of cash machine most are used to. This one is for bitcoin.
The victim is told the money must be received within nine days and the scammer even includes a "how-to" guide on paying with bitcoin.
A man and a woman dubbed the "Discount Bitcoin Bandits" have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from people trying to buy bitcoin, in some instances outright robbing prospective buyers, prosecutors said.
A popular middle school program has turned to a blockchain-fundraising platform to raise money.
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week sent a letter to investment trade groups containing more than 30 questions that must be answered before a digital currency fund gets approval.
The price of the volatile digital currency dropped nearly 30 percent this week.
In a quiet suburb near Los Angeles, wild partying gave way to a multi-million dollar, illicit empire operating in the secret corners of the Web.
The plunge comes after its price soared by more than 1,000 percent since the start of the year.
An Inglewood man says he lost his life savings after investing all his money in the digital currency.
The hackers locked the school's file, email and messaging systems and threatened to delete them.
LinkedIn says a 2012 breach resulted in more than 100 million of its users' passwords being compromised — vastly more than previously thought.
The man Newsweek claimed is the creator of bitcoin has hired a lawyer in an attempt to clear his name, repeating a denial he made to The Associated Press more than a week ago that he has never had anything to do with the digital currency.
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies described in Newsweek's story about "the face behind Bitcoin" say the quotes attributed to Dorian Nakamoto and a deputy in the story are accurate.
KCAL9's Dave Bryan spoke with Satoshi Nakamoto outside of his home in Temple City, where media from around the world were camped out Thursday.
