All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency

Veteran and grandad Bob Nelson from Florida thought he was getting his big break but was fooled into piling his money into a fake replica of a popular cryptocurrency trading website

’Wall Street ’hustlers’ – what a surprise’, says the heroine of the movie ’Dump Money’, released in September 2023, which tells the true story of small investors’ struggle with the big players on the American stock market.

On average, Lloyds Banking Group found that scam victims were losing an average of around £10,741 - this is more than any other type of consumer fraud

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been convicted on fraud and money laundering charges, potentially facing a 110-year prison sentence, while his co-founders are likely to receive prison terms too

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will soon be jailed after a New York jury found him guilty on charges of fraud and conspiracy. We've taken a look at the Bahamas lair he called home

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's former girlfriend and CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison, testified against her ex-boss at a month-long trial at Manhattan federal court

One of the biggest financial fraudsters the world has ever seen was yesterday convicted - and now faces decades in prison. But how did young maths prodigy Bankman-Fried become a $10 billion fraudster?

Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford Law School professors, broke down in tears in the courtroom as they learned their son had been found guilty of fraud and money laundering

Cheated investors take matters into their own hands after getting no help from police

A judge said there was probably cause to believe the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his arrest

A close friend of Christian Peev, grieving his devastating loss, has told the Mirror that the alleged murderer always hated anyone who has money and was envious of Chris because he partnered with someone he didn't like

Investigators believe Christian Peev, an American who built a fortune off of investments in cryptocurrency, had helped his alleged killer, Vesco Valchinov, make money before being killed in Sofia, Bulgaria

The death of crypto king Christian Peev leaves unanswered questions after the American was found chopped up and stiffed down a toilet in a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria

Cops believe a crucial piece of evidence could shine a light on Christian Peev's death after the suspect, Vesco Valchinov, was accused of chopping up his body and flushing some parts down the toilet in Sofia, Bulgaria

Christian Peev was found in pieces in a sewer after he was allegedly murdered by Vesco Valchinov and his body parts flushed down an apartment's toilet in Sofia, Bulgaria

Gabe Bankman-Fried, brother of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was eyeing up the Pacific island of Nauru to act as an apocalyptic bunker where he and his mates could hole up in case '50%-99.99% of people die' across the world, a lawsuit claims

Simon Hoadley was convinced to start investing in cryptocurrency during the coronavirus pandemic - but he ended up handing over £80,000 to unscrupulous scammers

An undercover investigation revealed training grounds for sex workers where they were taught how to set up a cryptowallet, how to trade the currency and also the difference between good coins and 'the s**t ones'

VST Enterprises boss Louis-James Davis claimed innovations would be revolutionary but company went into administration

Award-winning journalist Ian Halperin went undercover to lift the lid on the mysterious world of cryptocurrency finding out shocking details about the scale of deaths among the new crypto millionaires

Does Russian billionaire and "Putin’s wallet" Arkadiy Rotenberg control a monopoly over Ukraine’s gambling market via Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?

The father of Aiden Pleterski, 23, claims his son was kidnapped and tortured as angry investors tried to recoup their money. Mr Pleterski is accused of frittering away investor cash on cars and luxury planes

A study has revealed young adults are becoming fed up with high-street banks - and are looking at other options, like cryptocurrency or shares

Gustavo Scarpa joined Nottingham Forest from Brazilian club Palmeiras in January but returned to his homeland after losing £1million in an alleged cryptocurrency fraud

The price of NFTs has crashed since a number of the game's biggest figures began promoting them less than 18 months ago - offering a cautionary tale around investing in products just because athletes adored by millions suggest it is a good idea