Neowin News Feed for: Crypto

Microsoft reveals job interview scam being used to hack macOS users

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:00:01 +0000

A fake job interview, a harmless-looking update, and a hidden trap reveal how hackers quietly infiltrated macOS systems. Read more...

This is how much it costs to mine one Bitcoin in the U.S.

Ivan Jenic — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:00:01 +0000

Bitcoin mining used to cost pocket change 15 years ago. Now the price to mine just one is mind-boggling. Read more...

European banks are coming together to launch a euro-backed stablecoin

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:34:01 +0000

Nine major European banks are joining forces to launch a euro-backed stablecoin, aiming to create a regulated, fast, and low-cost digital payment solution that supports 24/7 cross-border transactions. Read more...

These 20 crypto phishing applications are scamming Play Store users

Hamid Ganji — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:58:02 +0000

A cybersecurity firm has discovered over 20 crypto phishing apps on the Google Play Store that are trying to steal users' crypto wallet data. Read more...

Cyber criminals breach Coinbase's system to steal customer data

Aman Kumar — Thu, 15 May 2025 14:16:01 +0000

Hackers managed to steal Coinbase customer's data, including their cryptocurrency balances, and are now demanding $20 million in exchange for the stolen information. Read more...

US Justice Department takes crypto exchange offline over alleged money laundering

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:52:01 +0000

The US Justice Department has announced that the US government, along with partners, has taken down a crypto exchange called Garantex. The site operators are accused of money laundering. Read more...

Bitcoin puts in all new record of $109,354 on inauguration day

Paul Hill — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:52:02 +0000

Bitcoin has put in an all-time high price on the day that Donald Trump is set to be inaugurated as President of the United States for the second time. Read more...

$2.2 billion in crypto stolen in 2024, North Korea largely to blame

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:48:01 +0000

There has been around $2.2 billion in crypto assets stolen this year, according to Chainalysis. Some of the main culprits were North Korea-linked actors. Read more...

Donald Trump names Ex-PayPal COO David Sacks as White House AI and crypto czar

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:46:01 +0000

President-elect Donald Trump has named David Sacks, former COO of PayPal, as AI and crypto czar to bolster America's position in AI and crypto innovation. Read more...

A single Bitcoin is now worth more than $100,000 for the first time ever

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:38:01 +0000

As rightly predicted by analysts, the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has rallied past the $100,000 mark. Read more...

Bitcoin could soon pass $90,000 for the first time ever

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:12:01 +0000

Bitcoin is not very far away from passing $90,000, according to charts. Users over at Polymarket are voting heavily in favor of it passing that milestone in November. Read more...

FTX receives approval to repay funds back to 98% of its customers worldwide

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:20:02 +0000

FTX has received court approval for a significant repayment plan, allowing it to return funds to approximately 98% of its customers worldwide. Read more...

Bitcoin falls 13% in one day on US recession worries

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:44:01 +0000

The price of Bitcoin has plummeted today on concerns about the state of the US economy. It fell below $50,000, losing more than $8,000 in a single day. It is at its lowest price since February. Read more...

Sam Bankman-Fried given more lenient jail sentence of 25 years; could be free in 13 years

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:34:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried has been given a 25-year jail sentence by Judge Lewis Kaplan for defrauding customers and investors. The sentence is seen as lenient as he had faced 40 or 50 years behind bars. Read more...

Brave Wallet adds support for Native SegWit Bitcoin accounts delivering lower fees

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:36:01 +0000

Brave Wallet now allows users to add Native SegWit Bitcoin wallets. The benefits of Native SegWit include lower transaction fees and better error detection. Brave also shared future plans. Read more...

Did you forget the fortune you earned mining Bitcoin online? Maybe because you didn't

Martin Hodás — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:04:02 +0000

Online scammers try to trick people into thinking that during crypto hype they registered on an online Bitcoin mining platform, then frighten them with the loss of their fictional funds. Read more...

Bitcoin passes $42,000 for the first time since April 2022

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:56:01 +0000

Bitcoin has just passed $42,000 for the first time since April 2022. This could suggest that Bitcoin is beginning a bull run - on the flipside it could be just a bit of short term excitement. Read more...

World App update brings plenty of new languages and local currencies

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:16:02 +0000

The World App is going to be updated this month to support several widely used languages and currencies. This expansion is to support its growing popularity around the world the company said. Read more...

Bitcoin surpasses $35,000 for the first time since May 2022

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:56:01 +0000

Bitcoin has managed to get above $35,000 today, that's higher than at any point since May 2022. It also passed the three-year moving average for the first time since April which is interesting. Read more...

Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:36:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried has been sent to jail until October for tampering with a witness. His ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison is assisting the government and he has been trying to discredit her with leaks. Read more...

PayPal launches its own stablecoin, PayPalUSD (PYUSD), for payments

Omer Dursun — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:20:01 +0000

PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin. It is backed by USD deposits, pegged to the US dollar, on the Ethereum blockchain via Paxos Trust. The company enables P2P payments and conversions to other cryptos. Read more...

Worldcoin World App experiences issues as people try to claim their Universal Basic Income

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:08:01 +0000

Worldcoin's World App has come under a lot of strain today as millions of global users scramble to receive a Worldcoin Grant currently worth around $20. It's the first Grant after the Genesis Grant. Read more...

Former Celsius boss Alex Mashinsky charged by the FTC

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:48:01 +0000

The FTC has charged three former executives of the bankrupt crypto company Celsius for tricking customers into sending funds to its platform using misleading promises. The case will go to court. Read more...

UK Treasury Committee says consumer crypto trading should be regulated as gambling

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:22:01 +0000

The UK Treasury Committee has said consumer trading and investing in crypto should be regulated as gambling rather than as a financial service. It said crypto has no intrinsic value. Read more...

US DoJ crypto enforcement team head says they're coming after mixers and tumblers

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:38:01 +0000

The US DoJ's National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team says it's going after companies that offer mixing and tumbling services to help criminals launder their money. It hopes to clean up the sector. Read more...

AT&T email users being hacked to steal cryptocurrency

Steve Bennett — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:44:01 +0000

Users of AT&T email accounts are facing a wave of hacks by bad actors who are seeking to steal cryptocurrency, by utilising API issues in the service to take control of email addresses. Read more...

Twitter to allow for the buying and selling of crypto and more in partnership with eToro

Steve Bennett — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:30:01 +0000

Twitter is going to be giving users the ability to buy and sell stocks, cryptocurrencies and other assets thanks to a new partnership with social trading company eToro, starting from Thursday. Read more...

Brave Wallet turbocharged with new Transak partnership

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:00:01 +0000

Brave and Transak have partnered to allow users to buy tokens right from the Brave Wallet. It gives users access to 50 new tokens and adds several different ways to buy the tokens. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly plans to turn Edge into a crypto and NFT wallet

Taras Buria — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:22:01 +0000

It looks like Microsoft wants to supercharge its browser with another head-scratching feature: a built-in "non-custodial crypto wallet" for storing your digital crypto tokens and NFTs. Read more...

Watch out: Fake Bing AI crypto tokens are out there to steal your money

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:58:01 +0000

A new report says that there are fake crypto tokens on the internet that are using the BingChatGPT name in some form. These join the many fake tokens that just use the ChatGPT name. Read more...

Crypto exchange Luno decides to reduce headcount by 35%

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:17:48 +0000

Crypto exchange Luno has decided to cut 35% of its staff as economic headwinds take their toll. Luno is one of the many subsidiaries of Digital Currency Group, which also owns ailing Genesis. Read more...

Another day, another crypto firm goes under: Genesis files for bankruptcy

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:17:35 +0000

The crypto firm Genesis has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York, the company said. Three Genesis subsidiaries are involved but some others are not. It plans to get through the process quickly. Read more...

Sam Bankman-Fried fraud case: DOJ launches website for FTX victims

Paul Hill — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:50:01 +0000

The US Department of Justice has launched a website with contact details so that FTX victims can reach out. It could help Sam Bankman-Fried's victims recover the funds they lost access to on FTX. Read more...

The Bahamas secured $3.5 billion of FTX's assets to give back to customers and creditors

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 22:48:02 +0000

The Bahamian authorities have disclosed that they're holding on to $3.5 billion worth of FTX's assets. It took control of them following the company's bankruptcy so they don't go missing. Read more...

Sam Bankman-Fried is “unlikely to get a favourable deal from prosecutors”

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 03:16:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried is unlikely to get a favourable deal from prosecutors, lawyer Mark Kasten has said. SBF would have to help in the prosecution of another bad actor but that's unlikely to happen. Read more...

Microsoft bans crypto mining on its online services, you need to get permission to mine now

Paul Hill — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:06:01 +0000

Microsoft now prohibits crypto mining on its cloud solutions. It said that the move was taken to help protect other customers as mining can cause disruption and impairment to its network. Read more...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried finally arrested in The Bahamas

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:00:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in The Bahamas at the request of the United States. It's likely that the U.S. will ask for him to be extradited to face charges related to FTX's mismanagement. Read more...

Prosecutors split on whether to charge crypto's largest centralized exchange, Binance

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:18:01 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department is still divided on whether to pursue charges against the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Prosecutors are looking to see if it laundered money and more. Read more...

European Central Bank wants to introduce urgent regulations in the crypto sector

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:30:01 +0000

A member of the European Central Bank board, Fabio Panetta, stated an urgent requirement for regulations in the crypto sector. This comes after the collapse of FTX and rising volatility for crypto. Read more...

CNBC's Jim Cramer labels FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried a “con man”

Paul Hill — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:07:37 +0000

Jim Cramer, from CNBC's Mad Money, called former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried a "pathological liar" and "con man" following the CEO's first interview since FTX filed for bankruptcy last month. Read more...