Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how bitcoin, crypto and blockchain can change the world. The bitcoin price, which crashed to around $60,000 per ...

Mere data exfiltration is no longer a lucrative approach for ransomware groups, and threat actors may increasingly rely on encryption to regain leverage, Coveware notes in a new report. Following a ...

It wasn't supposed to go this way for the crypto industry. President Trump got re-elected vowing to make the U.S. "the crypto capital of the world." Since he retook office, he has appointed regulators ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Bitcoin tokens are seen on April 3, 2013, in Sandy ...

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE/LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in ...

Bitcoin is the world's largest cryptocurrency, but it isn't immune to the extreme volatility that plagues all crypto. The cryptocurrency has suffered two declines of more than 70% during the past ...

Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. More than $2 billion of bitcoin long and short positions have been liquidated since Thursday, according to data from Coinglass. The ...

At first glance, the $19 billion liquidity wipeout on Oct. 10 looked routine: a rapid chain of liquidations, or forced closures of trading positions, across major exchanges as bitcoin BTC $66,560.19, ...

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in part by fast growth among Chinese-speaking groups, ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

We all keep secrets. Whether you are trying to protect messages to loved ones, company accounts or vital state intelligence, the technology that allows you peace of mind in our increasingly online ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo As Congress continues its effort to pass a federal crypto market structure bill, many states are ...