cryptocurrency

Criminals posing as Elon Musk and other celebrities have defrauded investors in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

Since becoming a “dogecoin millionaire” on April 15, Glauber Contessoto has continued to hold — despite the ups and downs, he tells CNBC Make It.

“I grew up really poor, so this is a huge deal for me,” says Glauber Contessoto, who says he invested over $180,000 in dogecoin in February at about 4.5 cents.

Should more companies hold bitcoin like Tesla, or stay away due to cryptocurrency mining climate concerns like those Elon Musk just raised? Maybe neither.

Once a proponent of bitcoin, Musk appears to have reversed course in recent weeks in favor of dogecoin.

While it’s easier than ever to buy ether using an app such as Coinbase, that’s not the only way to get your hands on cryptocash. You can also mine for it.

Dogecoin’s price soared as high as 56 cents early Friday, according to Coin Metrics data.

Aziz McMahon, a Goldman Sachs executive in London, quit the bank after making a fortune on cryptocurrency.

In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC, Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas spoke with Jim Cramer about the adoption of crypto currencies and volatility in digital coins.

Coinbase revenue tripled from last quarter, as the price cryptocurrencies took off in 2021.

Thursday’s weakness continues a brutal week for dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started as a joke nearly a decade ago but has risen to prominence this year.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would suspend car purchases using bitcoin, wiping off billions of dollars of value from the cryptocurrency market.

Elon Musk’s decision to stop Tesla from accepting bitcoin as payment has led to fresh scrutiny of the cryptocurrency’s environmental impact.

Billy Markus, who co-created dogecoin in 2013, says the community that has formed around the cryptocurrency is a big part of its appeal.

Formerly known as Libra, Facebook’s vision for a digital currency was met with a severe backlash from regulators when it was first announced in June 2019.

Tesla has “suspended vehicle purchases using bitcoin,” Elon Musk said, citing environmental concerns.

Gary Vaynerchuk invests in everything from start-ups to baseball cards. Here’s how the media mogul chooses where to put his money.

Here’s how to use Coinbase to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and others.

CryptoPunks were one of the original NFT experiments when they were created in 2017. Tuesday, Christie’s sold a collection for millions in a historic auction.

Internet Computer, a cryptocurrency that launched on Monday, now has a market value of over $35 billion.