South Korean crypto exchange races to recover $40bn of bitcoin sent to customers by mistake

Bithumb has apologised for staff error that sent customers 620,000 bitcoins instead of 620,000 Korean won, equivalent to a few hundred US dollars…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/bithumb-korean-crypto-exchange-sent-bitcoin-mistake

 

‘It sucks’: Crypto gets a rude awakening to kick off Trump’s second year - POLITICO

Bitcoin has plunged from an all-time high of more than $126K in October by nearly 50 percent, even as the president has paved a new era for the industry in Washington...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/trump-crypto-market-00768669 

 

“Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver Avoided Prison Thanks to Trump-Connected Lawyers — ProPublica

How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”

https://www.propublica.org/article/bitcoin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evasion-friends-of-trump 

 

Why Bitcoin is crashing (and why it will again)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QUr_AEHt3e0

 

What’s driving bullion, bitcoin and shares to record highs?

The modern debasement trade involves investors moving away from fiat currencies, such as the dollar, in favour of "harder" assets that provide safety from the risk of rampant inflation. 

The trade – a hot topic in the markets this month – is being driven by anxiety that governments will not, or cannot, rein in their borrowing by cutting spending and raising taxes. The concern is that politicians may take control of their central banks, allowing them to run persistently high deficits and prioritise debt financing over price stability...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/09/the-debasement-trade-is-this-whats-driving-gold-bitcoin-and-shares-to-record-highs

 

Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception – Mother Jones

Key to his plans: a brand new bitcoin mine powered by a wind farm in the Texas Panhandle and a merger with a crypto company that once billed itself as "a pioneer in the realm of zero-emissions bitcoin mining." …

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-eric-trump-bitcoin-mining-wind-power/ 

 

Jamie Dimon bases Bitcoin: 'No intrinsic value'

"I applaud your ability to want to buy or sell it, just like I think you have the right to smoke," Dimon said. "But I don't think you should smoke."…

https://qz.com/jamie-dimon-bitcoin-btc-jpmorgan-chase-crypto-1851737939 

 

What will happen if Trump commits the U.S. to bitcoin like gold

Cato Institute economist George Selgin doesn't buy it, and sees both proposals as little more than an indirect handout to existing bitcoin investors...

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/bitcoin-gold-trump 

Donald Trump says he wants all future bitcoin to be mined in the U.S.

"Our industry intends to make bitcoin and crypto a defining issue for the 2024 election," Bailey said of the effort. "As an industry we are committed to raising over $100 million and turning out more than 5,000,000 voters for the Trump reelection effort."…

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/donald-trump-says-he-wants-all-future-bitcoin-to-be-mined-in-the-us.html

'They're boiling the frog': SEC's new crypto crackdown roils industry - POLITICO

The Securities and Exchange Commission's move last week to charge two digital asset giants — Gemini Trust and Genesis Global Capital — with selling unregistered products to individual investors was a stark warning to crypto exchanges, lenders and other platforms that they need to follow U.S. securities laws…

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/18/sec-crypto-crackdown-gensler-00077866

Bitcoin price plummets amid major DOJ crypto announcement | The Independent

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco led the press conference announcing the action, describing it as a "significant blow" to the crypto crime landscape and for fraudsters and hackers operating within it...

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/crypto-doj-news-bitcoin-price-b2264639.html

Bitcoin & ETF (The Phil Ferguson Show podcast #415)

ETFs - discussion of how ETFs work. Why does a company advertise their ETF. How do they make money. Also, an explanation of NAV (net asset value).

Bitcoin - More information on how it functions and why it will fail

Eye glasses - $800 for a pair of glasses. NOPE! I shopped on-line and saved a ton of money.

Also, Trump's hole in one and bonds and the yield curve (yield curve inversion).
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-mp9c5-1331727e

Bank of England's Bailey: Crypto investors risk losing all their money

…Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bank of America Securities, said bitcoin's rally looks like the "mother of all bubbles," while Alvine Capital's Stephen Isaacs believes there are "no fundamentals with this product, period."…

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/07/bank-of-englands-bailey-crypto-investors-risk-losing-all-their-money.html

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency And The Future Of The Dollar (The 1A)

Paid for anything in cryptocurrency lately? The value of a single bitcoin reached a high of $50,000 for the first time in mid-February 2021. Mastercard has announced it’s bringing cryptocurrency onto its network. Tesla bought $1.5 billion of it earlier this year and is already seeing a return, according to some analysts. Meanwhile, online investors have been pushing a currency called Dogecoin in a push to raise its value fast à la r/wallstreetbets.

Crypto, long seen as the haven for digital evangelists and internet forum dwellers, now has traditional financial gatekeepers thinking about the future of currency.

For example, China is moving to digitize the yuan, with an aim toward globalizing it in the future.

Does bitcoin’s rise reflect a decline of the U.S. dollar’s global influence? Does bringing cryptocurrency to the mainstream conflict with its founding philosophy?
Interview: 

https://the1a.org/segments/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mastercard-dollar/

US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site

The US government has seized more than $1bn worth of bitcoins connected to the shuttered darknet marketplace Silk Road and is suing for formal forfeiture of the funds...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/06/us-seizes-1bn-in-bitcoin-linked-to-silk-road-site

New Data Reveals Serious Bitcoin Warning - Forbes

Bitcoin has been rallying hard so far this year but the latest rally, which has seen the bitcoin price soar by around 200% in just six months, could be coming to an end...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/07/30/new-data-reveals-serious-bitcoin-warning/#5280dd587cd7

Bitcoin Surges 15% Overnight Because Nobody Learned Their Lesson After the Last Crash -- Gizmodo

Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, jumped to a four-month high overnight, briefly breaching $5,000 on the Bitstamp exchange. Bitcoin is up roughly 15% on the day and traders are excited because it really seems like nobody learned their lesson during the last cryptocurrency bubble.
https://gizmodo.com/bitcoin-surges-15-overnight-because-nobody-learned-the-1833737971

Majority of bitcoin trading is a hoax, new study finds

New research is casting even more doubt on the legitimacy of bitcoin trading. An analysis published by Bitwise this week shows that 95 percent of bitcoin spot trading is faked by unregulated exchanges...
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/22/majority-of-bitcoin-trading-is-a-hoax-new-study-finds.html

Google Play caught hosting an app that steals users’ cryptocurrency - Ars Technica

"Clipper" app replaced user's wallet address with addresses controlled by developers. ....
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/google-play-caught-hosting-an-app-that-steals-users-cryptocurrency/

Five reasons Bitcoin could enter a more extreme death spiral - The Conversation US

Bitcoin has been on a downward ride over the last year, steadily trading below US$4,000. It could get worse. ....
https://theconversation.com/five-reasons-bitcoin-could-enter-a-more-extreme-death-spiral-108766