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Two years after the cryptocurrency market crashed, internet cafes for playing crypto-earning video games are opening and farmers have started harvesting virtual crops from the games for income.

Bitcoin just hit a record high, but there are big differences between now and the last crypto boom, when digital currencies became a cultural phenomenon.

Bitcoin’s price surged above $69,000, breaking the record the digital currency set in November 2021 when the crypto industry was booming.

Pushed by an advocacy group, Arkansas became the first state to shield noisy cryptocurrency operators from unhappy neighbors. A furious backlash has some lawmakers considering a statewide ban.

The products, known as exchange-traded funds, were approved by federal regulators this week, a watershed moment for the crypto industry.

The Securities and Exchange Commission authorized financial firms to offer a Bitcoin investment product that some hope will accelerate adoption of the technology.

The X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the approval of an investment product linked to Bitcoin. It wasn’t true.

Una disputa legal en un pequeño pueblo de Texas revela inesperadamente cómo los ciudadanos chinos pueden mover dinero a Estados Unidos sin llamar la atención de las autoridades de ninguno de los dos países.

A legal dispute in a tiny Texas town unexpectedly reveals how Chinese nationals can move money to the U.S. without drawing the attention of authorities in either country.