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• Lil Pump now accepts Bitcoin on his merch store (but will he dump it?)

  Columbian-American rapper, Lil Pump, is now accepting the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, as a payment method on his online merch ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• PSA: Don't give in to police officer asking for your Bitcoin, it's a scam

  Has a cop recently asked you to hand over your cryptocurrency?

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Police bust potential Bitcoin money laundering scheme in Brazil

  Brazilian police have arrested a man on suspicion that he was running a drug trafficking ring and laundering funds using ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• First quarter 2019 crypto roundup: How did Litecoin perform?

  Let's take a look at how well Litecoin performed in the first quarter of the year. Will it be good news for Charlie Lee's ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

  We took a deep dive into the creative process behind the wildly surreal marketing campaigns W+K's Department of New Realities ...

  • Mix

• TNW2019 Daily: Check off the conference checklist

  There are only 15 days left until TNW Conference, Europe's leading tech festival! As the countdown inches closer to zero, it's time to make sure you have everything you need to make the most out of your TNW2019 experience. Your TNW2019 checklist Check out the official schedule: ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Ethereum bandit makes off with $6.1M after bypassing weak private keys

  There’s a blockchain bandit on the loose – and they’ve already thieved over $6.1 million worth of Ethereum.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Men plead guilty in first NY conviction for money laundering involving Bitcoin

  Two US men have pleaded guilty to running a steroid and controlled substance business that laundered millions of dollars ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Coinbase fires 30 workers and closes Chicago office after just one year

  Coinbase is scaling back its efforts to create a new "matching engine" for high-frequency trading, and will instead focus ...

  • David Canellis

• A Putin-opposing politician has raised more than $3M in Bitcoin

  The man thought to be Vladimir Putin's main opponent has received over $3 million (591 BTC) worth of donations in Bitcoin ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• TNW2019 Daily: Party and network at our side events

  We're just about two weeks away from TNW Conference, our two-day event in Amsterdam! While the conference is on May 9 and ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Corrupt Russian agents arrested over $1M Bitcoin extortion scheme

  Two Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents involved in a $1 million Bitcoin extortion scam were arrested last week ...

  • Matthew Beedham