The Dark Side

Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia 243939
Legality of bitcoin by country or territory - Wikipedia 243965
Library of Congress - Regulation of cryptocurrency around the world 243930
Crypto Is a Victim of Its Own Success - Atlantic 16.02.26 509219
World ‘may not have time’ to prepare for AI safety risks, says leading researcher - Guardian 04.01.26 503415
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate? - Guardian 03.01.26 503401
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice - Guardian 02.01.26 503406
Crypto: The Currency of the (Uninhabitable) Future - Mother Jones 29.03.25 463155
Cryptocurrencies are making investors very rich – and making it harder to stop financial scammers - Conversation 14.11.24 442192
US court orders FTX to pay $12.7bn to customers - Al Jazeera 08.08.24 427396
US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining - Inside Climate News 11.07.24 423643
Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison - Al Jazeera 28.03.24 404616
Binance executive detained in Nigeria in crypto case escapes custody - Al Jazeera 25.03.24 404276
Cryptocurrency Companies Must Now Report Their Energy Use to the Government - Inside Climate News 06.02.24 397265
All bets are off: why the Guardian has decided to reject gambling advertising - Guardian 15.06.23 356152
US SEC sues world’s largest crypto exchange Binance and founder - Al Jazeera 05.06.23 350081
New Probe Reveals 'Real-World Harm' of Crypto Mining Operations - CD 05.04.23 341583
US regulator sues top crypto exchange Binance, CEO - Al Jazeera 28.03.23 337788
Binance moved $346m for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato - Al Jazeera 24.01.23 326753
FTX founder Bankman-Fried consents to be extradited to US - Al Jazeera 21.12.22 321147
Washington Needs a Crypto Rethink - NewYorker 20.12.22 320811
Crypto was supposed to solve financial corruption. But FTX shows it’s just got worse - Guardian 15.12.22 319759
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with defrauding investors - Guardian 13.12.22 319599
US charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors - BBC 13.12.22 319389
Crypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors - Atlantic 12.12.22 319852
How to Decarbonize Crypto - Atlantic 06.12.22 318466
Climate damage from Bitcoin mining grew more than 125 times worse in just five years - Mongabay 05.12.22 319203
Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy after FTX collapse - Guardian 28.11.22 317557
If greed can ever be good, that philosophy didn’t work at FTX’s charity - Guardian 26.11.22 318379
After the FTX crash, here’s what you need to know – the crypto bubble is already bursting - Guardian 23.11.22 316973
FTX collapse: A damning exposure of the criminality of capitalism - WSWS 15.11.22 315787
What happened to FTX and could the crisis spill over to the rest of crypto? - Guardian 10.11.22 319376
Why Is Congress Still Writing Crypto Regulations? - American Prospect 10.11.22 315782
UNM researchers find Bitcoin mining is environmentally unsustainable - Sonnenseite 01.10.22 308343
Bitcoin climate impact greater than gold mining, study shows - Guardian 29.09.22 307796
Crypto crash: how a teacher’s dream investment turned into a nightmare loss - Guardian 29.08.22 302577
The amateur investors ruined by the crypto crash - Guardian 12.07.22 294862
What is cryptocurrency’s dirty environmental secret? - Green Biz 29.06.22 293336
Cryptocurrency titan Coinbase providing 'geo tracking data' to ICE - Intercept 29.06.22 294692
Crypto needs to be eradicated - Al Jazeera 26.06.22 292807
TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money - Guardian 22.06.22 292124
El Salvador’s government is gambling on bitcoin - Economist 16.06.22 291772
Did you know that the crypto industry is spending more on lobbying than the entire United States defense sector combined? - @smdiehl 04.06.22 291998
Crypto Is Making Everything Worse - Jacobin 10.03.22 276594
Is this the new face of organized crime? Decoding Razzlekhan, the rapping bitcoin fraudster - Guardian 24.02.22 274370
Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared - Guardian 18.02.22 273820
Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme - Jacobin 21.01.22 270561
As Cryptocurrency Becomes Mainstream, Its Carbon Footprint Can’t Be Ignored - Pressenza 16.01.22 269985
North Korean hackers stole $400m in crypto last year: report - Al Jazeera 14.01.22 269550
How cybercriminals turn paper checks stolen from mailboxes into bitcoin - Conversation 05.01.22 269028
Nayib Bukele: El Salvador’s Bitcoin messiah - Al Jazeera 16.07.21 250126
Unregulated cryptocurrency bubble could send the economy into a tailspin - Truthout 29.05.21 246246
Iran bans crypto mining after summer power cuts strike early - Al Jazeera 26.05.21 245743
US Treasury wants crypto transfers above $10,000 reported to IRS - Al Jazeera 20.05.21 245043
Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin over climate concerns, says Musk - BBC 13.05.21 243959
How bad are Bitcoin and Dogecoin for the environment? - Independent 13.05.21 243960
Analysis: Elon Musk wants a greener bitcoin. Has he got a plan or a pipedream? - Reuters 13.05.21 243963
Bitcoin alternatives: The 'green cryptocurrencies' that want to solve Elon Musk's crypto climate concerns - Independent 13.05.21 243962
Beware of these top Bitcoin scams - The Balance 24.04.21 243941
UK banks are getting tough on crypto, but money-laundering rules are the real problem - Conversation 23.04.21 243955
Bitcoin has a regulation problem - Investopedia 22.04.21 243931
Turkish cryptocurrency platform founder vanishes, fraud suspected - DW 22.04.21 243942
Why Bitcoin is bad for the environment - New Yorker 22.04.21 243957
Bitcoin cryptocurrency adds to Venezuela money laundering risk - Insight Crime 07.04.21 243956
Tax havens for the masses: How crypto makes tax evasion easy - Coin Insider 24.03.21 243948
Climate concerns to crime: Bitcoin’s dark side draws scrutiny - Al Jazeera 17.03.21 243935
India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners, traders - Reuters 14.03.21 243966
John McAfee charged with fraud over cryptocurrency - BBC 06.03.21 237781
Bitcoin and Robinhood will end badly for those who can least afford it - Guardian 03.03.21 239384
Bitcoin's 'staggering' energy consumption raises climate concerns - EcoWatch 01.03.21 236764
How Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble - BBC 27.02.21 237783
Electricity needed to mine bitcoin is more than used by 'entire countries' - Guardian 27.02.21 243958
Bitcoin isn’t getting greener: four environmental myths about cryptocurrency debunked - Conversation 17.02.21 243961
Cryptocurrency crime drops in 2020 but 'DeFi' breaches rise, study finds - Reuters 28.01.21 243938
Bitcoin: be prepared to lose all your money, FCA warns consumers - 11.01.21 232159
Crypto tax evasion is a criminal offense - Forbes 16.10.20 243947
Decentralized dark pool trading platforms - Investopedia 14.12.20 243933
Latin American crime cartels turn to cryptocurrencies for money laundering - Reuters 08.12.20 243952
The hidden truth behind money laundering, banks and cryptocurrency - Forbes 27.09.20 243954
Bitcoin dark web activity up 340% since 2017: Report - Forbes 19.05.20 243964
Bitcoin has lost steam. But criminals still love it - NY Times 28.01.20 243953
Cryptocurrencies complicate effort to stop opioid dealers - Roll Call 29.10.19 243951
Seven countries where cryptocurrency investments are not taxed - Forbes 24.06.19 243945
There's no good reason to trust blockchain technology - Wired 02.06.19 243949
Countries where Bitcoin is legal & illegal - Investopia 09.05.19 243967
How criminals and terrorists use cryptocurrency: and how to stop it - Forbes 31.08.18 243940
Bitcoin and the bandits: how Wall Street captured the Occupy of money - Red Pepper 21.12.17 125701
BitFloor exchange robbed of US$250,000, all trading halted - ZNet 9/12 125717
Bitcoin woes: users file lawsuit over $460k in missing funds - The Verge 8/12 125719
Porn, gambling, and malware: Bitcoin as the 'Net's Wild West - Ars Technica 6/12 125723
New Malware Steals Your Bitcoin - Wired 6/11 125736
Can Bitcoin Survive? Is It Legal? - Forbes 6/11 125735
UK’s Crown Prosecution Service braces for rise in cryptocurrency scams - FT 243943
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