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An employee watches an electronic signboard displaying the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at the lounge of Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
May 6, 2025

How French police freed a cryptocurrency hostage whose finger was severed for ransom

A French police commander detailed the latest kidnapping of people working in the cryptocurrency business.

Bitcoin coins illustration (Depositphotos)
May 1, 2025

BTC to USD: The bridge between crypto hype and real-world value

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have become so critical to the market at large that understanding BTC to USD has become essential.

Bitcoin coins illustration (Depositphotos)
Apr 25, 2025

Bitcoin ATM operator sued in MD for alleged elder financial abuse

A Maryland woman sued Athena Bitcoin, alleging its ATMs enable elder fraud. The suit seeks class status for seniors scammed via the machines.

The Crypto.com app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Apr 23, 2025

Crypto.com and Kalshi sue MD over sports betting cease-and-desist order

Crypto.com and Kalshi sued Maryland’s gaming agency, challenging cease-and-desist orders over unlicensed event contract trading.

Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Apr 9, 2025

Justice Department to disband its crypto-related enforcement team

The Justice Department is disbanding a team of prosecutors who targeted cryptocurrency crimes, according to a memo.

Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Mar 7, 2025

Trump signs executive order to establish government bitcoin reserve

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin.

The mobile phone icon for the Coinbase app is shown in New York on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Feb 21, 2025

Coinbase says SEC has agreed to dismiss case against it, pending commission approval

Coinbase says the SEC has dismissed its case against the cryptocurrency platform, pending commission approval.

Samuel Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, 2023, in New York. The FTX founder returned to court to face charges of cheating investors and looting customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Mar 28, 2023

FTX founder charged with paying $40M bribe to China

A new indictment charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials.

Actress Lindsay Lohan appears at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. The SEC said that Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims that they promoted crypto investments without disclosing they were being paid to do so. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Mar 23, 2023

Lindsay Lohan, other celebs settle with SEC over crypto case

Lindsay Lohan, Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay to settle claims they promoted crypto investments without disclosing they were being paid to do so.

Samuel Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, 2023, in New York. The FTX founder returned to court to face charges of cheating investors and looting customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Mar 6, 2023

Role for attorneys seen as crypto whistleblowers emerge

The number of whistleblowers who responded to calls for crypto-related tips has spiked in recent years.

Samuel Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, 2023, in New York. The FTX founder returned to court to face charges of cheating investors and looting customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Feb 24, 2023

FTX’s Bankman-Fried faces new charges in updated indictment

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faced new fraud charges Thursday.

Samuel Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, 2023, in New York. The FTX founder returned to court to face charges of cheating investors and looting customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Feb 9, 2023

FTX founder keeps talking, ignoring typical legal strategy

For federal prosecutors, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried could be the gift that keeps on giving.

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Poppleton development lawsuit dismissed by 4th Circuit

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This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)

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