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Americans are losing more money to crypto scams than ever
Americans lost $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, a 45% increase, the FBI said.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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How Trump flipped from bitcoin skeptic to 'crypto president'
Donald Trump once said bitcoin is based on "thin air." Now, he wants to make the US the industry's …
Filip De Mott
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Trump flip-flopped on crypto, but his PAC has raked in millions of dollars of crypto donations since June
The former president has positioned himself as the pro-crypto candidate this election cycle. But he…
Aditi Bharade,Kwan Wei Kevin …
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What the crypto market actually wants from a Trump presidency
The crypto industry helped put Donald Trump back in the White House. Now, it hopes his presidency w…
Filip De Mott
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A crypto scam sank a Kansas bank and got its CEO sent to jail for 24 years
The CEO of a small Kansas was sentenced to 24 years in prison after getting caught in a crypto "pig…
Kelly Cloonan
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Trump once said crypto was a scam. Disclosures show he now owns more than $1M of it.
Trump's financial disclosure reveals over $1 million in Ethereum, marking a shift from his previous…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Google says crypto fraudsters are making it look bad
Google filed a lawsuit against two scammers it says tricked the company into accepting fraudulent a…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Bitcoin trader loses almost $70 million after sending crypto to wrong online account address
A bitcoin trader lost nearly $70 million after criminals tricked them into sending crypto to a fake…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developer
Authorities in Hong Kong put out a warning that a group claiming Elon Musk developed its crypto-tra…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The crypto industry has spent millions this election. Here's what it hopes to get in return.
The crypto industry has spent tens of millions on pro-crypto candidates this election cycle. Will i…
Katie Balevic,Kenneth Niemeyer
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Donald Trump spends day off from his hush-money trial attacking Biden's crypto knowledge and pushing mugshot NFTs
Donald Trump hosted supporters who bought NFTs from his "Mugshot Edition" collection at a dinner in…
George Glover
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Why Trump and Kamala are both courting the crypto-bro vote
Given how tight the election is, both major presidential candidates are making a play for the donat…
Emily Stewart
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Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and a 'Ponzi scheme' and says the crypto is hopeless as a currency
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just launched another scathing attack on the biggest crypto and said bitco…
Theron Mohamed
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This guy is serious about crypto, but his joke character has gone viral
Nick O'Neill is serious about crypto. But his joke crypto bro character has helped him go viral, an…
Peter Kafka
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US sting operation catches crypto firms 'wash trading' to boost token values
Federal prosecutors set up a fake company to bust four crypto market makers, who they say artificia…
Kelly Cloonan
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Donald Trump is going all-in on the crypto bro vote
Trump launched World Liberty Financial, a new cryptocurrency platform, positioning himself as the c…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Erin Snod…
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Trump's crypto allies boast lavish lifestyles amid trail of debts
Donald Trump is the face of a new cryptocurrency business. Its key employees have a past littered w…
Katherine Long
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The lawyer for Trump's new crypto firm was accused of trying to take over another digital asset company
World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture Trump is fronting, hired an attorney who faced accusati…
Katherine Long
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'Pig-butchering' scams have netted criminals $75 billion in stolen crypto, study says
Pig-butchering scams involve sending a wrong-number text and then building trust with a victim, who…