An investigation declaring British computer science expert and libertarian Adam Back invented Bitcoin has divided opinion.
Tom Richardson
Google researchers warn that Bitcoin’s $US1.4 trillion network needs urgent security upgrades to counter hacking threats.
Q+A: Some regard ‘investing’ as sticking money into an asset that generates a regular income return. The only way you can make money on crypto is to find someone who is prepared to pay more than you paid.
Nick Bruining
In December 2020, some $US3.5b worth of Bitcoin was taken from its owner in what’s been called the biggest crypto hack ever. Almost five years later, the new holder of the hoard revealed itself.
Daniel Newell
Price, relevance, conviction — Bitcoin is bleeding all three.
Sidhartha Shukla and Olga Kharif
Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold’ promise is unravelling as traders forgo the token for surging metals, hurting a narrative that once defined the asset’s macro appeal.
David Pan and Muyao Shen
US President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, who created the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
Staff Writers
The US Government shutdown is helping propel digital currency Bitcoin towards prices that would have sounded implausible a few years ago.
Bitcoin set another all-time high as a broader risk rally around the US government shutdown buoyed the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
Muyao Shen and Emily Nicolle
As many cryptocurrencies hit all-time highs, uncertainty over how various government departments treat these assets could leave some traders and others exposed if Centrelink or the ATO ever come knocking.
The financial crimes regulator has ordered the Australian branch of a massive crypto exchange to appoint an auditor amid “serious concerns” about money laundering.
Matt Mckenzie
Australia’s first crypto-backed home loan is set to launch after the product’s owners won a lengthy fight with the corporate regulators.
Cameron Micallef
Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, has risen to a record high value of $US113,734.
Bitcoin surged past $US112,000 ($171,306) for the first time, setting a fresh record alongside a broad rally in risk assets that has swept up technology stocks big and small.
The West Perth firm backed recently by a poker veteran has brought in another tranche of new investors who will tip in $20.7 million, sending the stock on another rally.
Simone Grogan
Poker player and crypto bull Tony Guoga has emerged as the controlling shareholder in a local Bitcoin play, stationing his daughter as a board director and lining up a deal with a Canadian company he chairs.
Bitcoin briefly hit an all-time high after the advancement of stablecoin legislation in the US stoked hopes of regulatory clarity under President Donald Trump.
Suvashree Ghosh and Maria Clara Cobo
Policymakers are racing to catch up with the rapid rise of stablecoins — a version of cryptocurrency that rarely fluctuates, is backed by cash or government bonds and run on public blockchains.
In 48 hours, Donald Trump’s personal wealth has jumped $96 billion off the back of his astonishing meme coin launch. Here’s what it means for his second term.
Jackson Hewett
The link between digital assets and mainstream finance is strengthening.
The Economist
Now Bitcoin’s value has broken through the $100,000 mark — what’s next for digital money?
Toby Walne
Global giant BlackRock believes that the business cycle is dead — and AI has a huge role to play in the coming year.
The price of bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $US100,000 benchmark for the first time ever late Wednesday evening.
Tanaya Macheel
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission plans a softly, softly approach as it tightens regulation of cryptocurrency and industry players.
Neale Prior
