‘I laughed when a friend recommended I buy a single bitcoin for €300. It would now be worth €55,000’
Me & My Money: Ciaran Marron, chief executive of Activ8 Solar Energies
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How Trump’s election sent Bitcoin soaring again
Technological solutions to the problem of too much government is something that appeals to appeals to both Bitcoin advocates and Trump supporters. Both want to use AI and blockchain to leave messy problems like death, taxes and climate change behind
Bitcoin hits $80,000 for first time after Trump election win
US president elect has touted crypto assets in his campaign
US stocks hit record high after Donald Trump clinches victory
Pledges to raise tariffs, cut taxes and slash regulations encouraged investors to dive into a range of assets that looked likely to benefit
Cab unable to access seized Bitcoin worth €350 million
Criminal Assets Bureau seized virtual currency from former Dublin beekeeper who grew cannabis crops for years, without drawing Garda attention, until caught by chance
‘Tell me Mr Conor, do you have any questions?’ A scammer calls Pricewatch
Fraudsters stole almost €100 million from Irish consumers last year – an increase of 16 per cent on 2022
Markets slump to a close on day of volatile trading
Worries over whether authorities are being too cautious on cutting interest rates take effect as jobs growth slowdown weighs on sentiment
Bitcoin plunges and Ether has worst drop since 2021 as crypto sinks
Investors step back from crypto currencies as risk aversion hits global markets
Trump’s pitch for ‘crypto-president’ is a merger of the bizarre
Facts and truth can be fluid both in the world of the bitcoin bros and the former president Trump
Crypto.com clears Irish anti money-laundering regulatory hurdle
Singapore-based crypto asset exchange has received VASP authorisation from the Central Bank
‘We elected a meme!’: How the meme president became a meme stock
Donald Trump's Truth Social is seeing believers using their retirement funds to bankroll one obscenely wealthy individual to even greater riches
‘A danger to national security’ - the drive to ban TikTok in the US
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Bitcoin bulls are not the bigger fools
The most popular cryptocurrency is starting to look like more than a passing fad
Bitcoin’s real value is based on the greater fool theory
Anyone with a sense of financial history knows how the fever for the cryptocurrency will end. And it’s not pretty
Bitcoin investment passes $1 trillion mark
Cryptocurrency struggled in 2022 following monetary tightening by central banks and a number of high profile crypto failures
Bitcoin: buying the rumour, selling the news
Bitcoin retreats as speculators book profits after crypto’s fierce run-up to much-anticipated ETF launch
Investors fume over ‘evil’ Vanguard’s refusal to offer bitcoin ETFs
Fund giant sticks to principles on type of investment it offers clients
Bitcoin price falls 16% following launch of ETFs
Cryptocurrency drops below $39,000, defying expectations of gains after SEC ruling
New bitcoin ETFs excite crypto bulls
US regulator’s approval seen as victory for industry despite warnings about ‘myriad risks’
European markets lacklustre as investors await key US inflation data
Iseq All Share dips 1.88% on a weak day for the banks
Tokens: the Future of Money in the Age of the Platform review: Timely reflections on value
Rachel O’Dwyer digs behind the medium of exchange and portrays cyptocurrency, blockchains, artworks and digital assets with a less than optimistic eye
Co Down company direct to go on trial next year accused of multimillion pound bitcoin fraud
Jawad Yaqub (45) accused of stealing bitcoin worth up to £8m at current market value
If you’re going to buy crypto, here’s some advice
Speculate only with what you can afford to lose, and don’t forget about tax if you do make money
Coinbase asked by SEC to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says
Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong
High Court winds up firm as investor (81) believes he was victim of ‘elaborate sting’
Retiree Gerald Stitt claims he invested close to €300,000 in what he though was a cryptocurrency
Crypto more like ‘Ponzi schemes’ than investments, says Makhlouf
Central Bank governor’s comments come weeks after EU voted in favour of sweeping regulations
European Parliament backs rules to regulate crypto assets
New regulatory framework to be rolled out from 2024 but near consensus vote obscures wide range of views on crypto
Crypto thrives on the wreckage in traditional banking sector
Bitcoin hit its highest level in nine months on Monday
Is the dash for trash cause for investor concern?
Stocktake: Almost anything that was slaughtered in 2022 has soared in 2023 but many are calling it a junk rally
No sight of ‘crypto spring’ despite Bitcoin bounce
Trading activity in the still-niche assets slumped to two-year lows in late 2022
Crypto boom turns to bust as regulators circle
Meltdown in asset prices wiped an estimated $2 trillion off the sector’s market cap
Jack Dorsey’s Block invests in renewable bitcoin miner gridless in Africa
Digital payments firm and venture capital investor Stillmark led $2 million seed investment
Stockwatch: ECB puts the boot into bitcoin
Central bankers say bitcoin is on ‘the road to irrelevance’, but it is still capable of bouncing back
EU crypto framework under scrutiny after FTX collapse
MEPs cast doubt on robustness of bloc’s incoming regulations as ECB officials criticise bitcoin’s legitimacy
Crypto markets teeter as Binance ditches deal to rescue rival exchange FTX
Investors expect turmoil to get worse before it gets better as bitcoin hovers around two-year low
Will impoverished countries’ adoption of bitcoin create ‘level playing field’?
Central African Republic and El Salvador have made bitcoin official legal tender despite many of their citizens not having internet access or even bank accounts
‘I lose money almost every other week, and certainly lately’
Me & My Money: Paul Carreo, managing director New Business Growth Europe, VidMob
Bitcoin more likely to hit $10,000 than $30,000, survey finds
Wall Street expects the crypto crash to worsen
PayPal to allow UK users buy and sell cryptocurrency on platform for first time
New crypto tab will be added to platform, showing real-time currency prices as well as Q&S
Stocktake: Bill Miller – from hero to zero and back again
Billionaire fund manager invested in Amazon and bitcoin
Stocktake: Munger says Gamestop investors have racetrack mindset
Comments see him derided as ‘old guy who does not understand today’s more modern markets’
Twitter accounts of Biden, Obama and other prominent figures hacked
High-profile accounts, including those of Elon Musk and Kanye West, hacked as part of a widespread Bitcoin scam
Temporary arrangement reached in case involving businessman and Facebook
Qatari billionaire seeking information on who was behind ‘fake ads’
Planet Business: Central Bank items set for auction and crypto-currencies
Facebook’s moderation challenges and Dom Joly relives giant phone sketch
Ireland’s fintech community grows as Circle and Kabbage to expand
Social payments firm doubles staff as Kabbage investor agrees €50m ISIF investment
Maverick BitCoin currency overcoming its image problem
Mainstream finance and venture capital beginning to take cryptocurrency seriously
US government will treat Bitcoin as property for tax purposes
IRS stance to provide certainty for investors
Bitcoin trading above $1,000 for first time
Virtual currency’s price is double its level a week ago and 80 times the prevailing price at the start of the year
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