US authorities are working to return $8.2 million in crypto frozen and seized from three scam addresses to victims of a con involving fraudulent messages and a fake investment scheme. The scam involved sending messages to random phone numbers pretending to have the wrong number. From there, the scammers would befriend the recipient, gain their trust and eventually convince them…
Month: March 2025
President Trump says crypto reserve to include BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA
Update (March 2 16:48:31 UTC): This article has been updated to add President Trump’s newest message about BTC and ETH being included in the reserve United States President Donald Trump recently announced that the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets has been directed to include XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano’s ADA (ADA) in the crypto strategic reserve. The President…
Bitcoin price jumps to $93K as XRP ‘flips’ Ethereum by fully diluted value
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $93,000 on Mar. 2 as US President Donald Trump doubled down on a strategic crypto reserve. BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump writes: “I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining 8% in rare weekend volatility. Trump ignited a crypto firestorm into the weekly close after posts on Truth…
US authorities to return $8.2M seized from crypto ‘wrong number’ scammers to victims
US authorities are working to return $8.2 million in crypto frozen and seized from three scam addresses to victims of a con involving fraudulent messages and a fake investment scheme. The scam involved sending messages to random phone numbers pretending to have the wrong number. From there, the scammers would befriend the recipient, gain their trust and eventually convince them…
Bitcoin price jumps to $93K as XRP ‘flips’ Ethereum by fully diluted value
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $93,000 on Mar. 2 as US President Donald Trump doubled down on a strategic crypto reserve. BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump writes: “I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining 8% in rare weekend volatility. Trump ignited a crypto firestorm into the weekly close after posts on Truth…
UK hands down first criminal sentence over illegal crypto ATMs
An illegal crypto ATM operator has been sentenced to serve four years in prison for operating them — in the UK’s first criminal sentencing for unregistered crypto activity. Olumide Osunkoya illegally operated a network of crypto ATMs, which he did without the needed regulatory permission, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in a Feb. 28 statement. “This is the UK’s…
President Trump says crypto reserve to include BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA
Update (March 2 16:48:31 UTC): This article has been updated to add President Trump’s newest message about BTC and ETH being included in the reserve United States President Donald Trump recently announced that the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets has been directed to include XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano’s ADA (ADA) in the crypto strategic reserve. The President…
Bitcoin price jumps to $93K as XRP ‘flips’ Ethereum by fully diluted value
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $93,000 on Mar. 2 as US President Donald Trump doubled down on a strategic crypto reserve. BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump writes: “I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining 8% in rare weekend volatility. Trump ignited a crypto firestorm into the weekly close after posts on Truth…
Bitcoin price jumps to $93K as XRP ‘flips’ Ethereum by fully diluted value
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $93,000 on Mar. 2 as US President Donald Trump doubled down on a strategic crypto reserve. BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump writes: “I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining 8% in rare weekend volatility. Trump ignited a crypto firestorm into the weekly close after posts on Truth…
President Trump says crypto reserve to include BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA
Update (March 2 16:48:31 UTC): This article has been updated to add President Trump’s newest message about BTC and ETH being included in the reserve United States President Donald Trump recently announced that the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets has been directed to include XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano’s ADA (ADA) in the crypto strategic reserve. The President…