crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

Digital Currency Bitcoin hits record high, worth more than ounce of gold for first time Carla Sinclair

Business CoronaCoin: A coronavirus speculative deathwatch cryptocurrency Xeni Jardin

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toronto Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs' Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy Cory Doctorow

bitcoin IRS sends warning letters to 10,000 cryptocurrency holders Rob Beschizza

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Business Facebook is working on a crypto coin for WhatsApp Xeni Jardin

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Business Crypto CEO dies with the password to unlock $200+ million of customers' Bitcoin Xeni Jardin

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Ethereum Classic blockchain successfully attacked, over $500,000 stolen Mark Frauenfelder

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