Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem begins his stint in prison today, having been sentenced in December to two years behind bars.
A special agent with the US Secret Service spoke out against bitcoin this week, arguing its primary use case is in illicit transactions.
A bitcoin ransomware attack on a New Jersey school district has grown into a investigation involving multiple federal agencies.
Bitcoin Savings & Trust operator Trendon Shavers has plead not guilty to fraud charges in a New York district court.
CoinDesk has taken a look at the top bitcoin headlines across the globe.
The Ukrainian government is reportedly planning to block bitcoin accounts used by separatists operating in the regions of Lugansk and Donetsk.
Notorious dark web marketplace Evolution has vanished amid reports that its administrators have absconded with more than $12m in bitcoin. Accessible only via the Tor network, the market had become the go-to online drug bazaar following the shut down of Silk Road and Operation Onymous, a pan-agency crackdown on illicit markets that seized over 400 domains in […]
A number of bitcoin mining pools around the world have been hit by a recent string of DDOS attacks.
A winner of the latest US Marshals bitcoin auction may have been identified by blockchain and crowdsourced analysis.
Hacked altcoin exchange, Bter, has outlined a plan to payback users after inking a deal with security firm Jua.com.
Five individuals have been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with the collapse of MyCoin, an alleged bitcoin trading platform.
Cryptocurrencies offer a money-laundering platform for freelance criminals, a new Europol report says.
A southern Tasmanian man has pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs and admitted that bitcoin was used to pay for them.
A Europol report has found that bitcoin is increasingly being used to pay for online child sex abuse broadcasted on illicit websites and apps.
Defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTER claims it doesn't have enough funds to reimburse all its users, following an alleged $1.75m hack.