Gabriel Jiménez hated the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. But he loved cryptocurrency. When he built the regime a digital coin, he nearly paid with his life.
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How Libra, Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Would Work for You
We break down the new cryptocurrency and what the company hopes you will be able to do with it, even though it hasn’t quite arrived.
Cryptocurrency Was Their Way Out of South Korea’s Lowest Rungs. They’re Still Trying.
A generation of the young with dead-end social and economic prospects, calling themselves “dirt spoons,” aimed to strike it rich. They’ve ended up with big losses.
Crypto-Exchange Says It Can’t Pay Investors Because Its C.E.O. Died, and He Had the Passwords
Quadriga CX said that Gerald W. Cotten died while visiting India in December, and he was the sole person able to access $250 million in client holdings. Some investors are skeptical.
Cryptocurrency Ransom Demanded for Wife of Norwegian Tycoon
The police have been investigating the woman’s kidnapping for months but only recently made the case public.