The bloat was especially severe on Coinbase’s customer-service team. New staff members often felt as if they didn’t have enough to do. “I got maybe four phone calls a day […]
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Back to news homeThe Crypto Market Crashed. They’re Still Buying Bitcoin.
“If you call out someone’s risks they’re taking, and they’re otherwise healthy, you can be accused of creating a run on the bank or being a troll,” said Michael Saylor, […]
Crypto Crash Widens Divide Between Rich and Amateur Traders
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The cryptocurrency market was in ruins. But Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were jamming.The billionaire twins, best known for their supporting role in the creation of Facebook, twirled […]
Bitcoin Plummets Below $20,000 for First Time Since Late 2020
Square, another payments company, bought $50 million of Bitcoin and changed its name to Block, in part to signify its work with blockchain technology. Tesla bought $1.5 billion of it. […]
Crypto Firms Quake as Prices Fall
SAN FRANCISCO — No one wanted to miss out on the cryptocurrency mania.Over the last two years, as the prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies surged, crypto start-ups proliferated. […]
All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now
In the latest commercial from the virtual currency exchange Crypto.com, titled “Bravery Is a Process,” the star basketball player Joel Embiid walks through Philadelphia while Bill Self, his former college […]
Cryptocurrencies Melt Down in a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Fear and Panic
Cryptocurrency prices also dropped precipitously. The price of Bitcoin fell as low as $26,000 on Thursday, down 60 percent from its peak in November, before rising somewhat. Since the start […]
Bitcoin Is Increasingly Acting Like Just Another Tech Stock
SAN FRANCISCO — Bitcoin was conceived more than a decade ago as “digital gold,” a long-term store of value that would resist broader economic trends and provide a hedge against […]
Jordan Belfort, Still the Wolf, Likes Crypto Now
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Jordan Belfort was lounging by the pool on a sunny April morning, sipping Red Bull and sharing a cautionary tale. Not the usual one about his […]
Crypto Industry Helps Write, and Pass, Its Own Agenda in State Capitols
In July, the state ordered a dozen A.T.M. providers that sell crypto in exchange for cash — including Cash Cloud, Coin Now and DigiCash — to register as money transmitters, […]