A New York couple was arrested Tuesday and charged with racketeering to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies stolen in a 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange.
China’s central bank declared Friday that all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are illegal, stepping up a campaign to block the use of unofficial digital money.
El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to formally adopt cryptocurrency as an official form of currency. Passing a law to make Bitcoin legal tender.