Bitcoin Hits New Record, This Time With Less Talk of a Bubble
The crazy cousin of traditional currencies, which fell below $4,000 in March, passed $19,783. More investors now are buying it for the long term.
‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at the King of Crypto Start-Ups
Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency company, has faced many internal complaints about discriminatory treatment.
The Case of the LVMH Letter
Can a French government intervention excuse the luxury conglomerate from its $16.2 billion deal with Tiffany? It depends on what counts as an order.
Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old
On Tuesday, federal agents served a Massachusetts teenager with a search warrant. He appears to have played a significant role in the July 15 Twitt...
U.S. Seizes Bitcoin Said to Be Used to Finance Terrorist Groups
ISIS and other groups openly solicited virtual currency donations because they mistakenly believed that the transactions would be anonymous, offici...
Visa and Mastercard to Investigate Financial Ties to Pornhub
The payment companies said they would investigate financial links after The New York Times reported that videos on Pornhub depict child abuse.
Bitcoin Hits New Record, This Time With Less Talk of a Bubble
The crazy cousin of traditional currencies, which fell below $4,000 in March, passed $19,783. More investors now are buying it for the long term.
‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at the King of Crypto Start-Ups
Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency company, has faced many internal complaints about discriminatory treatment.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
PAID POST by IBM — Where Do We Grow From Here
How we’re living, working and adapting in a world gone hybrid.
With Bitcoin’s Stumble, ‘the Smart Money Knows That Crypto Is Not Ready’
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts thought big financial institutions would lend credibility to their work. But last year’s crash has cooled their interest.
Bitcoin Tycoon Who Oversaw Mt. Gox Implosion Gets Suspended Sentence
Mark Karpelès, who ran the exchange that helped make the cryptocurrency a household name, was found guilty of falsifying data by a Japanese court.
How a Bitcoin Evangelist Made Himself Vanish, in 15 (Not So Easy) Steps
Step No. 10: Buy a decoy house to fool the D.M.V.
Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed
Even as cryptocurrency prices have plunged, several big tech companies are working on their own digital tokens for use in text messaging systems.
Malta Leads on Cryptoassets Regulation While EU Ponders
As the European Commission ponders whether the European Union needs rules for cryptoassets and trading in virtual currencies, EU states are moving ...
Julius Baer Gets Into Crypto Banking With SEBA Partnership
Julius Baer plans to offer access to digital assets through a partnership with Swiss start-up SEBA Crypto in the latest move into cryptocurrencies ...
China’s Tech Firms Are Mapping Pig Faces
As a devastating disease afflicts the country’s swine, companies are scrambling to roll out facial and voice recognition and other unproven ways to...
Can Bitcoin Save Venezuelans?
“Borderless money” is more than a buzzword when you live in a collapsing economy and a collapsing dictatorship.
Macron Visits French Farm Fair Amid Rural Anger, Decline
President Emmanuel Macron pledged Saturday to protect European farming standards and culinary traditions threatened by aggressive foreign trade pra...
Cryptocurrency Companies Use 'Backdoor' Listings to Ease Into Mainstream
Several cryptocurrency exchanges have moved closer to mainstream markets by buying listed companies, looking to raise funds and present themselves ...