BITCOIN

Billionaire buddies Jay-Z and Twitter's Jack Dorsey come together to launch a financial literacy program in Hova's hometown of Brooklyn, NY.

Two men were arrested after allegedly breaking into a Georgia gas station overnight Thursday and stealing a Bitcoin ATM. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Erron Watson, 32, and Kendrick Johnson, 33, were arrested less than 24 hours after forcing their way into a Shell gas station and stealing the ATM. Bitcoin is a popular digital cryptocurrency […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators said Thursday that boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled are paying a total $750,000 to settle charges they failed to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in digital-currency securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the cases are its first involving charges for violating rules on […]

Is Bill Cosby using Bitcoin to keep the feds away from his reported $500 million fortune? According to an exclusive RadarOnline report, Cosby is converting cash into “virtual currency” — so he can keep it away from his creditors, the government and long-suffering wife Camille. “He moved close to $5 million in Bitcoin after an expert told him it’s practically […]

Why is bitcoin in the news right now?  There has been a surge in interest in bitcoin, especially over the past year, because the value of the digital currency has surged. At the beginning of 2017, a single bitcoin was worth $1,000. Now, the value is floating around $11,000. Today I want to talk about […]