Cryptocurrency news headlines

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges last year.

The charges come following an almost two-year investigation by Queensland Police into cold call investment fraud or "boiler room" schemes.

Crypto entrepreneur to spend over two decades in prison for massive fraud, which unravelled with collapse of FTX, once one of the world's most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency.

Britain's high court ruled that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency.

Experts are expecting the rally in the volatile cryptocurrency will continue in coming months.

In mid-November 2021 Bitcoin hit an all-time high in Australia with a price just shy of $90,000 and then went on to slump over the following year to $25,000, proving the much reported volatility of cryptocurrency overall.

The cryptocurrency is surging, but the coming months are expected to be a financial rollercoaster ride for shareholders.

The world's largest cryptocurrency has touched its highest level since December 2021.

The federal government says the targets of the new measures have supported terrorism.

A key decision, which some think will bring new money flowing into the popular cryptocurrency, is imminent.

Longtime Bitcoin evangelist predicts the cryptocurrency might quadruple in price over the next 12 months.

Key regulatory approvals that could make the crypto asset more mainstream have driven the spike.

Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty over his role in the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

The FTX founder was found to have a cosy relationship with the Bahamian government, where he had bought several multimillion-dollar properties.

Following a long and punishing crypto winter, and despite the damaging trials and tribulation of Sam Bankman-Fried, Bitcoin is on a red-hot run.

The ruling opens the door to an investment product that investors have been demanding for years.

Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment alleging fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges, appearing in court for the first time since his bail was revoked.

Stake, a crypto gambling firm backed by hip hop star Drake, has been accused of trading off the reputation of a trading and investment firm with the same name.

In the space of an hour late on Thursday night, the price of the cryptocurrency dropped by almost $2000, from $43,170.96 at 9:30pm to $41,287.93 at 10:30pm.

Australians lost more than $221 million in crypto scams last year, leaving the average victim stripped of $56,600.

Taylor Swift signed onto a lucrative touring partnership with FTX before its collapse, but FTX pulled out of the arrangement.

The red Ferrari 458 was among six luxury and classic cars, 11 motorcycles, seven luxury watches and nunchucks seized in Sydney raids.

The site had listings for "high quality crack cocaine" and all kinds of other illicit drugs, including steroids.

When the moment came, the spies and sleuths had only minutes to help seize the money before it could be laundered to safety.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed it had cancelled Binance's Australian financial services licence following a request from the company.

Twitter's traditional bird icon was booted and replaced with an image of a Shiba Inu, an apparent nod to dogecoin, the joke cryptocurrency that CEO Elon Musk is being sued over.

The alleged bribes came after Chinese law enforcement authorities froze certain cryptocurrency trading accounts.

US based cybersecurity researcher at Sophos Sean Gallagher received one of the texts himself and engaged with a scammer for about three months to see how elaborate the scheme would be.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and several other celebrities with failing to disclose that they were paid to promote crypto.

Tougher regulations are needed to protect digital currency investors, a US Senator has warned.

She is now one of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives, alongside accused gang leaders and murderers, and is the only woman currently on that list.

The price of Bitcoin has jumped 20 per cent over the last week, hitting levels not seen since the shock FTX exchange collapse.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto star turned alleged white-collar criminal, published a lengthy blog post that appears to lay out his defence against fraud charges.

Cryptocurrency was hit by a dark winter in 2022, but some analysts think a new spring is around the corner.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.

Learn how the biggest swindlers of our time made billions by ripping off banks, friends and investors.

When Sam Bankman-Fried bought a nearly 7.6 per cent stake in Robinhood, he financed the deal with more than half a billion dollars illegally borrowed from his own hedge fund.

The stunning collapse of one of crypto's most prominent firms has quickly morphed into a legal battle pitting former executives and ex-romantic partners against one another.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of crypto exchange FTX, appeared in a US courtroom in New York Thursday to face eight counts of fraud and conspiracy. A judge released him on a US $250 million bond.

The former FTX CEO faces criminal charges in the US, including wire fraud and money laundering.

These celebrities jumped onto the NFT trend starting last year, let's see what their digital artworks are worth today.

An American man who was involved in defrauding more than a dozen retirees out of $3.5 million in an investment scam has been jailed by a Sydney judge.

The US government has charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host of financial crimes.

The founder of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges has been arrested in the Bahamas weeks after his company collapsed.

Cryptocurrency exchange Digital Surge has collapsed into voluntary administration, suspending the accounts of around 30,000 Australian customers.

Andre Rebelo, 26, was arrested yesterday, swapping his lavish lifestyle with his Perth influencer partner for a prison cell.

Designed to look like real paperwork relating to digital currency such as Bitcoin, but they could see your bank account emptied.

A new court filing about Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt companies reveals a crypto empire that was colossally mismanaged and potentially fraudulent.

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX could have more than 1 million creditors and has been in contact with "dozens" of regulators around the world

As the dust settles from one of the most shocking financial implosions in history, one of the key unknowns is how much customers who can't access their money expect to get back from FTX