'Bitcoin Isn't Going Anywhere': Trump Officials Discuss DOJ, FBI Refocus on Crypto Crime
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'Bitcoin Isn't Going Anywhere': Trump Officials Discuss DOJ, FBI Refocus on Crypto Crime, Not Developers
Crypto exchanges are increasingly offering bank-like services such as lending and yield products, but without the protection traditional financial institutions provide, according to a report issued Thursday by the Bank for International Settlements (
Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told two congressional panels this week that the military is running a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing and views the protocol as a tool of national power in competition with China.
Tether transferred roughly $70.5 million in Bitcoin into reserves while simultaneously expanding its ecosystem with a new self-custodial wallet.
Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, 512 times larger than the previous public demonstration in September 2025.
A new zero-knowledge-powered system enables shielded bitcoin transactions, reflecting a broader push across crypto to address the "privacy gap" keeping institutions off public blockchains.
Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, 512 times larger than the previous public demonstration in September 2025.
A panel titled "Code Is Free Speech: Ending The War On Bitcoin" has been announced for Bitcoin 2026, bringing together three figures from law, government, and the Bitcoin industry. The panel features FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Attorney Gener
A look at the legal aspects and relevant laws regarding a hypothetical theft of bitcoin utilizing quantum computers.
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Paul Sztorc (Truthcoin; eCash.com) comes on the show to promote hardforking of Bitcoin later in 2026...
...or custodians, evolving into multifunction cryptoasset intermediaries.
Japan has taken a decisive step toward reshaping its digital asset framework after its cabinet approved a draft amendment that would classify cryptocurrencies as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA).
Michael Saylor's Strategy, the world's largest public Bitcoin holder, has blasted past 800,000 BTC in total holdings after announcing its latest purchases.
Dr. Jack Kruse joins Marty Bent to unpack how political power players and financial criminals are corrupting Bitcoin from the inside. The conversation highlights an uncovered base?chain attack that most users ignore, the danger of loading extra dat
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[April 13] On The Raging Tomato, a Live Interview followed by an open panel Q&A session. Calling all lawyers, first amenders, anti-government, and conspiracy theorists to the deck to join the open panel and lead the charge to diving into this puzzlin
Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) added 4,871 bitcoin to its treasury over the past week at an average price of roughly $67,718 per coin, spending approximately $329.9 million, according to a Monday filing.
Entrepreneur Joby Weeks created a private club to pool resources and mine Bitcoin. He believed he was empowering people to take advantage of this new crypto technology. The Feds disagreed. What happened next will astonish you...
Tether, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, is stepping further out from behind the rails with the launch of its self-custodial wallet, which it says is designed to put its payments infrastructure directly in the hands of users, rather t
Mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto is 'unmasked' as British nerd who could secretly be worth $70bn
I'm on a mission to understand what happens when someone comes into direct conflict with the system itself, so I sit down with Joby Weeks, an early Bitcoin entrepreneur now on house arrest, to explore how power operates when challenged, what his ca
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Ray Youssef (cryptocurrency pioneer) on his arrest at Monerotopia and why the gov't is coming after him; Ray was dramatically arrested at Monerotopia and he will discuss the U.S. government’s case against him following his work building the peer-to
A new research paper from Google has intensified debate over whether Bitcoin can adapt in time to withstand advances in quantum computing, pushing developers and investors to confront a risk long treated as theoretical.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched a new Innovation Task Force aimed at developing clear regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies in U.S. derivatives markets.
Trump just stacked his science council and crypto has a seat at the table, while Circle's worst day is looking more like an overreaction.
For the past 6 years, Joby has lived under a house arrest. He spent 11 months in jail without any conviction. He and the lawyers alleged these are frivolous charges brought on by the DOJ in 2019 related to bitcoin mining.
The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.
The host of The Rice Report stops by to discuss the precious metals pump & dump, the Bitcoin price suppression, and the Epstein stain on the crypto industry.
We're back after a week away, diving into *Free Joby*, a documentary about early Bitcoin advocate Joby Weeks, who was arrested and later convicted on fraud-related charges tied to crypto promotions during the industry's chaotic early years.