The 'Budget Ryan Reynolds' Taking Bitcoin FC to the Big Leagues

Joel Khalili[photo1]A melt, a muppet, a fraud, a bungler, a Judas, a taker of bribes. A good boy, a lad, a maestro, a beauty. To the crowd at Real Bedford Football Club on a sun-bleached evening in Au...

SEC's lawsuit against Binance and CEO Zhao was a matter of 'when, not if,' industry players say

The SEC hit Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and its CEO Changepng Zhao with 13 charges in a suit on Monday, including allegations of lying to regulators about its operations.Much of the ...

Crypto has 'no intrinsic value' and 'no useful social purpose,' say lawmakers

The crackdown on cryptocurrency escalated today after lawmakers called for consumer trading to be regulated like gambling.In a new report by a cross-party committee, British politicians claimed the li...

Autonomous Worlds Aim to Free Online Games From Corporate Control

[photo1]By Mike OrcuttThe pitch sounds like an echo from the distant crypto past, when the blockchain was not only going to fight climate change but also cure cancer. Log on to Minecraft clone OPCraft...

Developers are building out the blockchain ecosystem in Barcelona

Welcome back to Chain Reaction.This week I'm writing the newsletter from the currently sunny and always beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain. I'm here for the Avalanche Summit II, which...

FTX-ed Crypto Investors Are Moving Back to Hardware Wallets

[photo1]Joel KhaliliIt wasn't long after the wheels fell off at FTX that the I-told-you-sos began. On November 11, the crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy, and billions of dollars worth of customers'...

Intel unceremoniously dumps its year-old Blockscale chips for bitcoin mining

In April 2022, Intel announced a new Blockscale series of application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) meant for "energy-efficient blockchain hashing." In other words, chips designed for mining bit...

Bitcoin's insatiable appetite for energy is driving up pollution and costs for Americans, report finds

Bitcoin mines in the US have had a tremendous impact on power grids, a New York Times investigation reveals. The mines -- which are giant data farms -- use vastly more electricity than the communities...

Bitcoin and the Lightning Network are moving payments globally

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto.For this week's episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Jack Mallers, the fo...

Bitcoin rewards and NFTs may help grow the blockchain

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto.For this week's episode, I interviewed Alex Adelman, the co-founder...

Bitcoin holding above $20,000 offers miners hope as margins become healthier

Last year was tough for cryptocurrency markets as many prices plummeted. But bitcoin has had a strong rally so far this year, and some mining experts see this as an opportunity for the space to stage ...

What to Say to Someone Pushing Crypto on You

What to Say to Someone Pushing Crypto on You

Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges

Andy Greenberg
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For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering--despite the strange fact that in that economy, pract...

The WIRED Guide to the Blockchain

WIRED Staff
At this stage, when you say "blockchain," you get two reactions: eye-rolling and dismissal or excited fervor at the potential for quick money. But it doesn't have to be either/or. The s...