The United States dollar, also referred to as the U.S. dollar or American dollar, is the official fiat currency of the United States of America and its overseas territories. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents. The U.S. dollar is the currency most used in international transactions and is one of the world's dominant reserve currencies. Several countries use it as their official currency, and in many others it is the de facto currency.
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Coinbase thief goofs by emailing apology to police, gets arrested while in jail for something else
Now he's stuck in jail because he can't afford the $150,000 bail. A tip for cryptocurrency thieves - don't use PayPal to ...
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Bootleg vape cartridges linked to outbreak of potentially fatal lung illness
Hundreds of cases of a mysterious lung illness have been reported in the US in just a matter of weeks. The Centers for Disease ...
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US government knows you’re buying opioids with Bitcoin — and it doesn’t like it
The US government has released a series of advisory notes, one of which specifically looks at the role played by cryptocurrencies ...
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Yet another reason to dislike Tether: 300 addresses hold 80% of the ‘stablecoin’
Infamous 'stablecoin' Tether doesn't exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to trust ...
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You can now get 100,000s of books for FREE — thanks, confusing copyright law
Copyright law, you can't live with it, you can't live without it — but at the very least you can get a whole load of books ...
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US couple must forfeit their cryptocurrency riches after being caught running dark web drug ring
A California-based couple will have to forfeit their cryptocurrency riches after pleading guilty to running a dark web ...
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Facebook, stop trying to make Libra happen
Data protection bosses from all over the world are concerned about Facebook Libra's potential privacy issues.
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Bitcoin whale moves $468 million crypto-fortune for less than $400
Bitcoin whales are shifting fortunes for tiny fees relative to the traditional finance sector, and this one moved almost ...
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Bagel-loving 84-year-old lady foils sextortionists' $1,400 Bitcoin con
An 84-year-old woman in the US has been targeted by Bitcoin sextortionists after she signed up to Panera, a well-known restaurant ...
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Venezuela is buying Bitcoin with airport taxes to smuggle in US dollars, report
Venezuela appears to be leveraging cryptocurrencies as part of a larger effort to bypass US sanctions.
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Survey finds adults couldn't care less about Facebook's Libra 'cryptocurrency'
Facebook Libra's potential to help cryptocurrency go mainstream has been touted in recent weeks, but recent survey results ...
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UK MP on Libra: Facebook’s almost trying to turn itself into its own country
Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra is ruffling feathers among UK politicians amid concerns that the technology giant's entry ...
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Donald Trump's critique of Bitcoin is antiquated and irrelevant
US President Donald Trump, known for his complicated relationship with technology and his incessant need to share his ill-advised ...
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US risks its leading role in tech by leaving regulations to the EU
The borderless nature of tech regulation puts immense power in the hands of the EU, which has emerged as the de-facto global ...
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Virginia outlaws deepfakes in its efforts to curb revenge porn
To combat "deepfakes," Virginia just became one of the first states in the US to impose criminal penalties on the distribution ...
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Bitcoin dark web drug ring busted after dealer doxes himself buying stamps
US law enforcers have busted a Bitcoin-fuelled dark web drug ring after one of the alleged dealers messed up and bought ...
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Hackers breach cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue for $4.2M in Ripple and Cardano
Another day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. This time it's Bitrue to the sum of $4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. ...
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JP Morgan claims big institutions are hot for its (non-)cryptocurrency
Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech ...
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ING Bank: Bullish cryptocurrency markets are negatively impacting the US dollar
The Bitcoin bulls have run wild, and analysts from ING say such strong cryptocurrency markets could turn the USD relatively ...
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Indian police arrest 78 in Bitcoin call center scam
A call center scam that targeted US citizens and requested payment in Bitcoin has been busted by police in India resulting ...
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New cryptocurrency mining malware is spreading across Thailand and the US
Security researchers have uncovered a new malware family, called BlackSquid, that's attacking hardware to get it to secretly ...
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Why scientists believe Godzilla's fictional growth is cause for real concern
A pair of scientists from prestigious Dartmouth University recently published research postulating why Godzilla has more ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin flash-crashed to $75, SIM-swapping on the rise, and more
It’s time for another edition of Moonday Mornings! Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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Why the future of US data regulation must come from Congress
As of May 2019, over 20 US states have introduced bills seeking to regulate data privacy, data security, or some combination ...
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New analysis of 'moonquakes' indicates the moon isn't dead
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity ...
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Dark web user gets 42 months in prison for buying child abuse imagery with Bitcoin
A man in the US has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for purchasing, downloading, and concealing child abuse ...
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Nuking asteroids could save the Earth — but we need to make it legal first
The schlocky 1998 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon was the highest grossing film of that year. The blockbuster saw a master ...
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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft
An Irish man is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrency ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin extortionists are wiping GitHub repositories – unless you pay up
Bitcoin extortionists hold GitHub respositories to ransom, Craig Wright ordered to prove Bitcoin ownership and more in this ...
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NY Attorney General goes after Tether and Bitfinex for $850M cover-up
The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) is reportedly building a case to sue cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex, and stablecoin, ...
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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 ...
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Prolific sim-swapper gets 10 years for stealing $7.5M worth of Bitcoin
A 21-year-old man in the US, who is credited with being one of the first people in the country to be convicted of stealing ...
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US presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to fix ‘confusing’ cryptocurrency regulations (and give $1,000 to everyone)
Andrew Yang released a statement on cryptocurrency and digital assets yesterday, making a bid to regulate virtual assets ...
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Coinbase Pro wiped its Bitcoin to USD market clean, suspended trade for hours
Coinbase Pro's Bitcoin to US dollar markets were interrupted for hours today, after a still undisclosed problem affected ...
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22-year-old gets 2 years in jail for illegally selling hundreds of thousands in Bitcoin
A 22-year-old man in the US has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin ...
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China takes top spot with 25% of world's blockchain projects
China appears to be edging ahead as a world leader in blockchain technology, according to new figures from Beijing-based ...
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Alleged Russian boss of Bitcoin 'money-laundering scheme' wants to go home
Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of troubled cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has lodged an appeal for extradition to ...
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Cryptocurrency scammer pleads guilty in $4M fraud case
AriseBank CEO Jared Rice, who faced 120 years in prison for defrauding investors of $4 million in a cryptocurrency scam, ...
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Delve deep into Bitcoin’s craziest conspiracy theories
Bitcoin has always been shrouded in mystery, and to this day, not much is known about its origins or the identity of its ...
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eToro officially launches its cryptocurrency exchange in the US
After months of anticipation, social trading platform eToro has finally launched its cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency exchange ...
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Alibaba finally got its shitcoin namesake to drop its name
In a joint statement released on Monday, Alibabacoin and Alibaba announced they have reached an agreement which will see ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report
PricewaterhouseCoopers has made a connection between the SamSam ransomware hackers and infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX ...
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3 countries host over 50% of the world’s Bitcoin nodes
Ever wondered which country is running the most nodes on the Bitcoin network? Well here's your answer.
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Circle completes latest acquisition amid claims it's raising an extra $250M
Goldman Sachs-backed payments startup Circle has acquired equity crowdfunding firm SeedInvest amid rumours it's looking ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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Why the criminal justice system should abandon algorithms
It's time that US courts stopped relying on biased algorithms to excuse the inherent bias embedded within the criminal justice ...
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Pablo Escobar's estate launches cryptocurrency to impeach Trump
The brother of late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is launching a new cryptocurrency in a bid to boot US President Donald Trump ...
