A resident of New York was accused of financing bitcoin terrorists

In New York, a woman has been charged with laundering bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies and sending the money to help the Islamic State extremist group, writes BBC. Zubia Shahnaz, 27, is also accused of bank fraud and money laundering. She…

How the government earned 2,5 billion dollars on confiscated bitcoins

In May 2017, the Bulgarian government confiscated about 200 thousand bitcoins when an organized criminal group was caught. Then one bitcoin cost a little more than 2 thousand dollars, however, due to fluctuations in the rate of the cryptocurrency, by November 2017 the government of the country earned on a difference of about 2,3 billion ...

New Yorker officially sold apartment in Ukraine for cryptocurrency

A New Yorker has officially concluded the world's first electronic transatlantic real estate exchange transaction - an apartment in Kyiv - for cryptocurrency, writes Ain. The owner of the apartment, Mark Ginzburg (lives in New York), was selling an apartment in Kyiv through a representative. The platform for the deal was the startup Propy…

Craig Wright's confession: what's known about the creator of bitcoin

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright confirmed to reporters that he is the creator of Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency (the Internet’s own currency). The website meduza.io tried to find out who Craig Wright is and why the whole world is talking about him today. Craig Wright. He is 45. He is engaged in entrepreneurial activities...

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