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Urgent warning issued to Australian Instagram users over an alarming scam that's catching out thousands: 'One click is all it takes to lose everything'

23/06/22 04:34

A Brisbane mum has revealed how cybercriminals stole $24,000 from her loyal followers after hacking into her social media accounts. Anna Van Dijk runs the popular online store 'Lunchbox Mini' where she sells a variety of lunchboxes, water bottles, coffee cups and cooler bags. In February, her Instagram account was targeted by cybercriminals who stole thousands from her loyal followers using a fake bitcoin scheme. In just seven days the fraudsters were able to swindle a dozen Aussie mums out of $24,000, as Ms Van Dijk desperately tried to regain control of her account....read

The Aussies who lost a FORTUNE after a series of Bitcoin crashes - as the ones who held onto their wealth reveal how they dodged the latest crypto freefall: 'I thought I was a genius'
19/06/22 02:19
Australia's crypto kings and queens say the latest market crash is to be expected - but many have lots hundreds of thousands as values plummet due to surging inflation and cost of living prices.
Bitcoin plunges below $20,000 to its lowest price in 18 months as slide in value from its record high of $69,000 shows no sign of stopping
18/06/22 10:43
The biggest cryptocurrency was down 7.1% to $18,993 at 9.06am this morning, having earlier touched $18,732, its shortest price since December 2020.
ANOTHER Crypto lender stops customers withdrawing their money: Hong Kong based Babel finance blames 'unusual liquidity pressures' amid fears Bitcoin crash has only just begun
17/06/22 12:17
Babel Finance said it is 'facing unusual liquidity ' in a statement on its website as the wider crypto market continues to suffer - with Bitcoin down to $21,016 each having traded at over $60,000 in November.
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Crypto 'king' makes wild promise he will sell his $7 million pad and go ALL IN on Bitcoin if the cryptocurrency drops another $10,000 but don't expect him to get rid of his famous clifftop mansion
17/06/22 02:59
The Sydney entrepreneur, dubbed the 'crypto king', has sensationally claimed he will sell his $7 million beachside pad to buy Bitcoin, if the cryptocurrency falls to $12,000 USD.
How it feels when your ex hires a HITMAN to kill you: US father reveals how his former wife of 12 years tried to organise a sniper to shoot him to get his life insurance payout
16/06/22 07:19
Gabe Scott, from North Carolina, appears on How to Hire a Hitman, which airs on Channel 4 at 10pm on Monday, where he describes how his ex-wife Kristy Lynn Felkins, 37, paid to have him killed.
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Bitcoin crashes AGAIN: Cryptocurrency plunges towards $20,000 in new sell-off as digital trading companies slash thousands of jobs
15/06/22 09:11
Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin are plunging in value again in a new digital currency plunge. It comes as digital asset trading companies slash jobs after the new crypto crash began on Monday.
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Bitcoin plummets to below $25,000 - the worst since 2020 levels - amid huge selloff sparked by fears over rocketing US interest rates: Celsius Network and Binance freeze withdrawals
13/06/22 14:54
Bitcoin tumbled on Monday to its lowest point since 2020 after major U.S. cryptocurrency finance companies Celsius Network and Binance froze withdrawals on Monday morning
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Crypto investors contemplate SUICIDE with prices crashing as top finance expert issuing an urgent warning: 'Don't buy this dip - you'll lose a lot more money'
13/06/22 06:24
Experts are warning Australians not to buy the dip in the latest cryptocurrency crash - with markets around the world in freefall and hundreds of billions of dollars in value disappearing overnight.
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Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey warns on cryptocurrencies after market plunge saying they have 'no intrinsic value'
23/05/22 13:32
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey likened purchasers of crypto assets to hoarders of curios - saying 'people collect all sorts of things'.
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Will the world EVER be able to rely on cryptocurrencies? Blockchain technology behind volatile Bitcoin and Ethereum is power-hungry, expensive and insecure, experts claim
16/05/22 15:05
Cryptocurrencies crashed last week following the downfall of 'stable coin' TerraUSD, but volatility in the market is just one factor that may mean we can't rely on crypto.
YouTuber and Gogglebox star KSI loses £2.8m in a DAY in crypto crash after Luna dropped 99% in hours - but Bitcoin and Ethereum are back up amid hopes slide is over
13/05/22 09:46
The British rapper tweeted on his dedicated crypto social media account that the Luna he had purchased for $2.8million was worth only $1,000 yesterday after the collapse of the coin.
Could Bitcoin crash make El Salvador go BUST? Government has already lost $40m amid plans to build crypto city
13/05/22 09:04
The losses - equal to the Central American country's next bond payment - come amid a so-called 'crypto winter' that means markets now doubt El Salvador's ability to service its debts.
'The Elizabeth Holmes of crypto': TerraUSD founder Do Kwon is blamed for market-wide meltdown as it's revealed he mocked his critics as 'poor' and said he found failing companies 'ENTERTAINING'
12/05/22 21:39
Do Kwon, the mastermind behind failing cryptocurrencies TerraUSD and Luna, is drawing scrutiny and criticism after the collapse of his venture triggered a massive crypto meltdown.
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Meme stocks are back! GameStop shares soar 20% as AMC and Bed Bath and Beyond also see spikes despite stock market and crypto currencies slumping in value
12/05/22 21:01
The value of the shorted stocks soared last year when small-time investors coordinated online, boosting stock price and hurting hedge funds.
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Crypto investors who 'jumped on the bandwagon' at the start of the Covid pandemic are STILL UP after 'crypto winter' compared to those who bought into Big Tech companies like Amazon and Apple
12/05/22 16:30
Dogecoin has outperformed top tech stocks like Amazon and Apple since March 2020 - despite their massive drops in value across the crypto markets in recent days.
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The 'Crypto Bros' who've lost up to $20bn in crash: Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong and the Winklevoss twins face a huge hit to their personal wealth... while Elon Musk's Tesla bought massive amounts of digital currency
12/05/22 15:44
Armstrong (pictured) was once worth $13.7billion but has seen $11billion vanish from his personal wealth as digital currencies went through the floor when investors started to sell.
All you need to know about cryptocurrency: How do you use it? Why is it popular? What is Bitcoin mining? And why are digital values plunging in value now?
12/05/22 13:05
Bitcoin - the most well-known cryptocurrency - has lost more than 50 per cent of its value since it reached a peak of nearly £50,000 per coin in November last year.
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The cryptocurrency bubble bursts… but is it a sign of a stock market crash to come? Digital investors lose fortunes as Ethereum sheds 20% of its value in 24 hours, Luna drops NINETY-EIGHT per cent and Coinbase warns customers may lose ALL their money
12/05/22 07:33
The price of Ethereum, the second-largest digital coin, has plummeted during a major crash of the cryptocurrency market - hitting as low as £1425.60 after trading at £1984.76 yesterday.
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Aussie crypto bloodbath as currencies nosedive by up to 50%: Why the market is in a tailspin - and when it will END
12/05/22 05:41
The more than one million Australians who have invested in cryptocurrencies have watched in horror at the financial bloodbath their fall in value has caused this week.
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Who's looking a Bit gullible now? After years of boasting about their digital fortunes, Bitcoin and its fans face a 'crypto winter' as value plummets, writes TOM LEONARD
12/05/22 00:05
Financial analysts predict a 'crypto winter' for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency rivals such as Ethereum and Solana. But sceptics have often been proved wrong after past crypto crashes.
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Coinbase shares sink after it reports $430m loss: With its stock down 80% since launch day and crypto prices crashing what's next for investors?
10/05/22 14:29
Coinbase shares are down hugely since making its market debut last April. With crypto in a tailspin it is expected to report lower transaction numbers in the first quarter.
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Wall Street takes a battering as fears over China's economy mount: S&P 500 plummets to lowest close in over a year while Dow Jones plunges 600 points as markets tumble worldwide
09/05/22 21:10
Stocks plunged on Monday on worries that China's economy is faltering and the rise of interest rates to curb inflation. The S&P 500 hit its lowest point in a year
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Tinder swindler, 38, is told he faces two more years behind bars unless he pays Dubai-based millionairess the £141,000 he duped from her - as he moans he can't access his Bitcoin fortune to pay her back
10/04/22 11:40
Richard Dexter, 38, was jailed for four and a half years after he tricked victim Amrita Sebastian into believing he was a 'successful businessman', having met her on the dating app Tinder.
PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel slams Warren Buffett as Bitcoin's 'enemy number one' and dubs him 'the sociopathic grandpa from Omaha'
08/04/22 18:23
PayPal co-founder and billionaire Peter Thiel lashed out at Bitcoin critics Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink during his speech at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami
Aussie singer was swindled out of $3,000 and forced to film HOSTAGE videos in slick scam sweeping Instagram - here's how to spot the evil fraudsters
06/04/22 05:29
A Brisbane-based singer was the target of a malicious online scam sweeping across social media when her account was hacked and she lost thousands getting it back.
Crazy Rich Asians star forces crew to redecorate his cabin while his friend demands MCDONALD'S for dinner on Below Deck Down Under
06/04/22 03:42
The antics started when entrepreneur Karim Gharbi criticised the dated décor on the Thalassa superyacht, before demanding that his master cabin be redecorated
Former Goldman Sachs banker and ex-DJ, 42, is indicted for running $2.3M 'cash-to-Bitcoin money-laundering scheme on the dark web for crooks around the globe including drug traffickers, organized crime, and catfish scammers'
25/03/22 06:00
Thomas Spieker, a 42-year-old former 'party producer', along with his co-conspirators, used the electronic currency to make it possible to commit a wide range of crimes.
Tom Brady wants to give bidder - who paid $518K for his 'last' touchdown football hours before un-retiring - Bitcoin to donate to charity of their choice
18/03/22 21:43
The 44-year-old NFL megastar took to his Instagram to share a humorous video of the football with a Bitcoin logo emblazoned over it as he made the scoring pass.
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki warns the world could be headed for a massive DEPRESSION along with hyper-inflation - after ominous prediction for Australia's housing market
10/03/22 23:42
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki took to Twitter on Wednesday to warn his followers the 'biggest bubble in history' was about to burst with real estate and stocks to take a massive hit.
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Schoolboy, 12, makes £750,000 selling NFTs: Child cryptocurrency expert's digital artwork now trades for £3MILLION- and he hasn't even got a bank account
07/03/22 00:56
Benyamin Ahmed learned to code from his dad when he was just five years old and was instantly hooked. But the bitcoin started rolling in last year when he released his own whale themed collection of NFTs
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Oligarchs snapping up bitcoin and other crypto to dodge sanctions as rouble and Russian economy crash
03/03/22 22:00
Russians are scrambling to buy crypto as Western sanctions imposed on the country send its economy into meltdown and cause the rouble to collapse.
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Ministers FINALLY crack down on oligarchs - but is it too late? Uzbekistan-born Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and ex-Kremlin deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov are latest targets - as Abramovich sells off assets
03/03/22 11:00
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has sanctioned Mr Usmanov, with a £60 million home in Surrey, whose commercial links to Everton football club have been suspended.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says his state will be the first to accept cryptocurrency payment for TAXES and that locals will soon also be able to use it for driver's licenses and hunting licenses
02/03/22 18:07
Polis says the payments would go through an intermediary, who will convert the rapidly fluctuating digital currencies to US dollars that can be deposited into the state's treasury.
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Widow of Bitcoin entrepreneur who lived life of unimaginable luxury until husband died owing $215 million reveals how angry creditors bombarded her with death threats because they believed he FAKED his own demise
15/02/22 19:31
Jennifer Robertson, whose husband Gerald Cotten died aged 30 during their honeymoon in India in 2018, opened up about her ordeal in a new book, Bitcoin Widow.
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Woman dubbed The Crocodile of Wall Street for 'laundering $4.5b in Bitcoin after 2016 crypto hack with her husband' is FREED on $3m bail by federal judge but her Russian husband is held in custody as a 'flight risk'
15/02/22 07:02
Heather Morgan, 31, has been freed pending trial after being accused of laundering $4.5 billion in Bitcoin along with her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein who remains behind bars due to prosecutors'.
Rapper Drake makes $300,000 profit after gambling $1.25 MILLION on the Super Bowl - but Odell Beckham Jr's game-ending injury just before half-time likely cost him an eye-watering $700,000
14/02/22 14:00
Two of Drake's huge Super Bowl LVI bets came in after the Los Angeles Rams won 23-20 against the Cincinnati Bengals. He wagered around $1.25million in bitcoin on three separate bets
Crypto exchange firm Coinbase's app CRASHES after it screened unusual Super Bowl commercial showing a single QR code bouncing around the screen
14/02/22 01:19
Coinbase's app crashed, seconds after the crypto-exchange company made its debut on the Super Bowl, screening a unique ad displaying a single QR code bouncing around the screen.
'I never gave up on England': From hospital bed to his country's front line, Jack Nowell returns to the wing for Eddie Jones in Italy more than ONE THOUSAND injury-plagued days since his last international appearance
12/02/22 22:31
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: It is 1,065 days since Nowell lined up against Scotland at Twickenham but today he will return to a team with new faces and a new identity.
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'Crocodile of Wall Street' and her husband 'used hollowed-out books to hide their fake passports and burner phones' as they laundered $4.5b in Bitcoin say prosecutors: Claim the pair 'appear pulled from the pages of a spy novel'
12/02/22 07:19
A New York couple used techniques out of a spy film to hide their bitcoin money laundering, prosecutors have claimed - pointing to fake passports, burner phones and hollowed-out books.
Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall St', 31, and her husband, 34, argue they are not a flight risk after $4.5M bail hearing stalls: Couple claim they want to stay near wife's frozen embryos
11/02/22 05:10
A lawyer for self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street', Heather Morgan, 31, and husband Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, is urging them to be bailed' to prepare them for a trial.
'Power of a dictator... but I'm fly like a gator': Hilariously bad raps and quirky pandemic photoshoot by 'Crocodile of Wall Street' as she and her husband are set bail at $8m for 'laundering $4.5B in stolen Bitcoin'
10/02/22 06:33
Heather Morgan, 31, who calls herself the 'Crocodile of Wall Street' also spends time creating low-budget rap videos. During the pandemic she also took the time to stage a quirky photoshoot.
Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband are granted bail at $3m and $5m after being arrested for 'laundering $4.5B in Bitcoin stolen in 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack'
09/02/22 09:29
Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, were arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan on federal charges of laundering billions of Bitcoin stolen in a hack attack in 2016.
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Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and her husband are arrested for 'laundering $4.5B in Bitcoin stolen in 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack': Authorities recover $3.6B after seizing private keys to couple's digital wallets
08/02/22 19:38
Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, who raps under the name Razzlekhan, were arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan on federal charges of money laundering.
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Tesla is now one of the world's biggest bitcoin investors with a £1.5bn stake in the digital currency
07/02/22 21:50
Tesla initially invested in bitcoin in the first quarter of 2021. Boss Elon Musk had said the company would accept the crypto-currency as payment.
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How Vladimir Putin will unleash his cyber thugs against Britain if we stand up for Ukraine: Former GCHQ boss Professor CIARAN MARTIN says that with relations on the brink of collapse, Moscow could cause huge disruption in the months ahead
03/02/22 00:42
Britain warned Moscow that the UK will impose sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine but former cyber security boss CIARAN MARTIN warns this could lead to a spike in cyber attacks
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Bitcoin mining centres are shut down in Kazakhstan as authorities blame crypto miners for electricity shortages in world's second-biggest data mining hotspot
29/01/22 13:03
Kazakhstan's state electricity provider KEGOC made the decision to cut the supply to crytpo miners after millions were affected by power outages across three countries in Central Asia last week.
Country's biggest double glazing installer Safestyle UK is hit by a cyber attack as spies warn of a threat from Russian hackers linked to fears of military action against Ukraine
29/01/22 01:54
Safestyle UK - known for its 'You buy one, you get one free' advertising campaign - is understood to have been targeted in a 'ransomware' attack. Hackers customer details for over 400,000 people.
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When WILL the Great Crypto Crash end? Young Rich Lister predicts the market will bounce back to dizzying highs - here's his tip on when to invest
27/01/22 15:12
Fred Schebesta, who is worth $340million, in November forecast Bitcoin hitting $100,000 'within a week' only for it to plunge to just $51,400. But he explained why it would recover again in 2022.
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'I'm down so much money. I'm just gonna get high': Reddit traders lament losses as meme stocks like GameStop are decimated and Bitcoin enters a 'crypto winter' in brutal sell-off
25/01/22 20:58
On Reddit's WallStreetBets forum, which was at the center of the GameStop saga last January, bearish sentiment has taken hold ahead of the Federal Reserve policy meeting this week.
British hacker, 22, accused of being involved in £35million crypto-wallet heist will NOT be extradited to the US because of his Asperger's and mental health, judge rules
24/01/22 15:04
Corey De Rose, 22, is wanted in the US for allegedly using a technique called 'Sim Hijacking' to steal the identities and cryptocurrency wallets of American citizens.
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Is US 'superbubble' about to burst? Bitcoin nearly halves from its peak and Elon Musk loses $25B in Nasdaq's worst week since the pandemic began
23/01/22 00:13
The Nasdaq has posted its worst week since the start of the pandemic, wiping billions from the wealth of tech billionaires, and Bitcoin is down nearly half from its peak level.
Fraudsters use fake endorsements from Harry and Meghan to promote scam bitcoin investment adverts including one claiming they made £128,000 every month
20/01/22 13:27
Bogus interviews and photos of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been used in articles falsely claiming the couple have backed schemes related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading.
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'I allowed this person to manipulate me into doing something I would have never ordinarily done': Man who lost £150,000 in cryptocurrency scam by a woman he thought he was in a relationship with tells of his ordeal as police warn of rise in romance fraud
20/01/22 11:41
Tom, who is in his 30s and using a pseudonym to protect his real identity, was the victim of an elaborate cryptocurrency scam that started through a dating app and conned him out of his life savings.
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Dogecoin surges 20% after Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the digital currency can now be used to buy some Tesla merchandise
14/01/22 14:25
The meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin is surging after Elon Musk said in a tweet on Friday that it can now be used to buy Tesla merchandise such as the 'Giga Texas' belt buckle.
Bitcoin back at a low price of $40,000 - losing 40% of value in two months - while Ethereum hovers near $3,000 level again as Fed eyes interest rate rises
10/01/22 22:21
Both cryptocurrencies have seen their prices drop drastically since start of the year, following remarks from the Federal Reserve that it may raise interest rates.
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Kazakhstan's internet shutdown takes out 18% of global Bitcoin production and sends the value of cryptocurrency plummeting by 8% as Russia deploys troops to crush protests
08/01/22 16:16
Kazakhstan's national internet connectivity was just five per cent of ordinary levels on Friday - making mining for Bitcoin impossible, according to cybersecurity watchdog Netblocks.
Inside the CRYPTO cafe: New restaurant accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment - and even the menu is inspired by the currency
04/01/22 04:43
Crypto Coffee in Brisbane have embraced the trend and named menu items after popular digital cryptocurrencies - including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple.
'Matt Damon's sold his soul for crypto': Actor is roasted on social media for commercial in which he tells people to invest in Bitcoin because 'fortune favors the brave'
03/01/22 21:43
Matt Damon spearheaded an ad for Crypto.com that aired during Sunday's NFL games. Twitter users said they felt the actor was calling them a p***y for not spending their life savings on crypto.
24-year-old who dropped out of college to mine bitcoin while living in his parents' basement reveals he now earns $1.3 MILLION a MONTH - after starting out with just $1,400
03/01/22 15:59
In 2017, John Paul 'JP' Baric, 24, from Austin, Texas, set up a bitcoin mining rig in his parents' basement. It now makes him millions of dollars a month.
How larrikin Aussie and uni dropout turned $4,000 into TEN MILLION after stacking shelves as a service station attendant at the age of 22: 'People thought I was an absolute madman'
21/12/21 04:17
A part-time servo attendant's decision to surf the web instead of doing his uni assignment began a head-spinning journey to becoming a cult digital currency investor and globetrotting influencer.
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Financial expert, 25, with a net worth of $500,000 reveals her step-by-step guide for successfully investing in cryptocurrency in Australia
21/12/21 01:41
With the rise of cryptocurrencies spiking curiosity among young investors, a finance expert has revealed how to buy the digital currency in Australia.
Top 0.01% of Bitcoin holders control nearly a THIRD of the digital currency worth $232 billion in a dangerous level of concentration, study finds
20/12/21 18:15
The top 10,000 Bitcoin accounts hold 5 million Bitcoins, worth about $232 billion at current prices, according to the recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Nancy Pelosi DEFENDS members of Congress trading stocks after report said 49 have violated conflict of interest law and with her husband Paul buying thousands of shares
17/12/21 15:33
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended lawmakers being able to trade in individual stocks, after a report that dozens of them had failed to meet reporting requirements of the STOCK Act.
Why Aussies are giving each other CRYPTO for Christmas - and the digital currencies you should choose
17/12/21 03:32
Australians are considering gifting cryptocurrency to loved ones for Christmas this year instead of cards of cash.
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Roxy Jacenko's husband makes a big return to finance five years after being jailed over insider trading - joining his dad in a bitcoin startup
13/12/21 01:39
Oliver Curtis was not legally able to run a business for five years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit insider trading in 2016.
Bitcoin PLUNGES as the Australian government prepares to crack down on cryptocurrencies and buy-now, pay-later services
10/12/21 05:48
Bitcoin has fallen after the International Monetary Fund said cryptocurrencies were risky and hinted Australia's crackdown on decentralised finance was likely to fail.
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Australia's most powerful banker issues a chilling warning on cryptocurrency as government cracks down on digital finance
09/12/21 04:38
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe is urging investors to be careful about buying cryptocurrency as the government cracks down on decentralised finance.
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Inside the 'doomed' crypto trading platform that collapsed and left Aussies tens of thousands of dollars in debt - as furious victims reveal when they knew something was wrong
08/12/21 15:48
Two victims who lost thousands after alt currency platform myCryptoWallet went into liquidation last week have spoken out about entrepreneur Jaryd Koenigsmann.
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Notorious conman Peter Foster to be extradited to Queensland after allegedly cutting off his ankle bracelet and going on the run for six months
08/12/21 04:52
Foster failed to appear in a Sydney court in May accused of a multi-million-dollar Bitcoin scam, and was on the run from police until his arrest on Tuesday near the Macedon Ranges town of Gisborne.
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From Bitcoin to Afterpay: The HUGE changes coming to the banking system in Australia amid crypto crackdown- and what it all means for YOUR money
08/12/21 02:29
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has vowed to take cryptocurrency from 'out of the shadows' as part of a world-first plan to regulate and license digital finance and buy now, pay later apps.
Multi-billionaire Australian computer scientist who claims he created Bitcoin is ordered by Florida jury to pay $100M to family of dead business partner who he cheated out of 1.1M coins in 2008
07/12/21 20:02
Craig Wright, who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin, was ordered by a federal jury to pay $100 million in damages to the family of a deceased business partner.
Close to half of all Aussies would use cryptocurrency if it was made legal tender - even though only 11 per cent know what the term means
02/12/21 00:57
Forty-two per cent of Australians would be fine with using cryptocurrency if it became legal tender, a survey has found - but only a fraction know what the term means.
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How Twitter's new woke CEO Parag Agrawal will be paid a $12M bonus to speed up changes such as Bitcoin payments, moderations by users and targeted ads after investors said Jack Dorsey moved too slowly
30/11/21 15:46
Parag Agrawal, 37, has been promoted to Twitter CEO after investors were critical of Twitter's slow growth, blaming former CEO Jack Dorsey's slow decision-making.
Dorsey the crypto king? He was an aspiring fashion designer and dropped out of NYU before co-founding Twitter worth $11B - now Jack Dorsey has set his sights on a bitcoin mining business
29/11/21 17:43
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigned on Monday after 16 years with the company he co-founded, but he remains the chief executive officer of the financial payments company Square Inc.
El Salvador will build a 'Bitcoin City' on at the base of a volcano to attract investors: Country is the first to make cryptocurrency legal tender alongside the US dollar
22/11/21 01:11
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced plans to build a bitcoin city called 'Bitcoin City' in a circular form at the base of the Conchagua Volcano, using its energy to mine the cryptocurrency.
Russian cyber gang dumps NHS records on the 'dark web': Highly sensitive medical documents are leaked online after hackers' £3million Bitcoin ransom is rejected
20/11/21 22:01
Highly sensitive medical records including details of abortions, HIV tests and mental health issues have been leaked online after a major cyber attack against British data storage company Stor-A-File.
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Why giving Bitcoin as a Christmas present this year could get you in big trouble with the law as bankers brace for a crypto plunge
19/11/21 02:29
Australians considering giving Bitcoin as a Christmas gift had better think twice if they want to avoid a nasty tax bill. The cryptocurrency has tripled in value during the past year.
Forty retailers 'will offer cashback in BITCOIN' under scheme to let customers use QR codes to earn crypto-currency on purchases
18/11/21 10:04
The crypto rewards scheme will give Britons the option to use a QR-code based system at the checkout, and is operated by London-based open banking firm Mode.
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Australian sport team to pay its players in BITCOIN and accept the digital currency for ticket and food sales - claiming it is 'the future of money'
17/11/21 23:36
Perth Heat baseball team said its employees could now choose to be paid in cryptocurrency and it hoped to soon run the entire organisation on Bitcoin.
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