Reform UK has taken £20m from crypto investors since 2024, more than half of all its donations
Where Reform UK’s crypto money came from When Nigel Farage talks about his party’s war chest, he tends to frame it as evidence of momentum: an insurgent outgrowing the establishment it wants to replace. The composition of that war chest is now under a rather different kind of scrutiny. Reform UK has received £20m in […]
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Church minister accused of stealing £1 million in cryptocurrency scheme says ‘Lord told us to’
The cryptocurrency was ‘practically worthless’ A pastor who is accused of stealing $1.3 million through a cryptocurrency fraud scheme has claimed that the “Lord told us to.” Eli Regalado and his wife Kaitlyn marketed their own cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, to Christian communities in Denver, Colorado. The pair managed to raise nearly $3.2 million from 300 people […]
2 years ago
Man had two guesses to remember forgotten password or lose £200million worth of Bitcoin
‘I would just lay in bed and think about it’ A man had just two attempts to try and remember his password in order to access $240m worth of Bitcoin. Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, had 7,002 bitcoins that were given to him in 2011. The cryptocurrency had been given to […]
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Crytocurrency founder Tiantian Kullander found dead aged 30
Tiantian Kullander was ‘widely recognised as a pioneer for the industry’ The co-founder of a cryptocurrency has suddenly died at the age of 30. Tiantian Kullander, the co-founder of Hong Kong-based digital asset company Amber Group, died in his sleep on November 23. The company confirmed Tiantian’s passing on its website “with the deepest sadness […]
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Justin Bieber paid $1.3 Million for a Bored Ape NFT which is now only worth around $70,000
Hell of an investment return Justin Bieber’s Bored Ape NFT, which he bought for $1.3 million (£1.09m) earlier this year, is now worth a fraction of the price, at around $67,000 (£56,310). In January, the pop star purchased his first Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for 500 Ethereum, a blockchain currency, the equivalent of $1.3 million, Insider […]
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Elon Musk files for Twitter to become a payment platform for dogecoin and crypto
Musk is hoping to turn Twitter into a ‘super app’ Elon Musk plans to turn Twitter into a money service business where users could send currency back and forth – including cryptocurrencies such as dogecoin and bitcoin. On November 4, the Tesla CEO submitted an application with the US Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]
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