Donald Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road drug marketplace
President fulfills promise made repeatedly on campaign trail as he courted contributions from the crypto industry
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Squid Game or Sweden? The choice Ireland faces as Donald Trump takes office
Unthinkable: Irish economic policy was once framed as ‘Boston or Berlin’ – our options today are much starker
‘Of course I remember the bank strikes,’ my mother says. ‘Your dad took to carrying a gun’
Ireland’s economy didn’t collapse when the banks shut for long periods in the 1960s and 1970s; instead, local shopkeepers and publicans acted as ‘a second level of banking’. But don’t romanticise it too much
Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World’s Deadliest Crooks by Geoff White - An engrossing and mind-blowing guide
Today’s technologies are facilitating crime on a vast scale, and Ireland has a significant footprint in this murky, international gang-controlled world
Bitcoin top $100,000 on Trump’s pro-crypto pick for regulator chief
Digital currency has been on a tear since US election result
Bitcoin: no yield, no dividend, no problem
Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that has proven you don’t need a practical use case to be a lucrative investment
‘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
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
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
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
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