ASK TONY: I was conned out of my cash by Bitcoin boiler-room scam 

You must get plenty of letters about older people being scammed out of their money by shysters. Unfortunately, I am a stupid woman who has been conned out of £12,500. Only when I asked my husband for more money did the scam, which started with a phone call, come to light.  The first £1,000 was … Read more

Bitcoin breaks above $20,000 for first time

Bitcoin is valued above $20,000 for the first time: Cryptocurrency has gained 170% in 2020 with investors predicting it will go mainstream Bitcoin’s value jumped more than 4.5 per cent to reach $20,440 on Wednesday Some investors believe the cryptocurrency could challenge gold as a safe haven  By Reuters Published: 14:03 GMT, 16 December 2020 … Read more

Bitcoin price: Why has it fallen 12.5% in a day?

Bitcoin price falls 12.5% in a day: After touching a record high the cryptocurrency falls sharply – what’s behind the drop? Bitcoin was touching all-time highs and close to $20,000 a coin  Over the last 24 hours panic selling saw it lose momentum  It sat at $16,858 this afternoon after the biggest slump since September … Read more

Bitcoin breaks $19,000 for first time in three years

Bitcoin breaks $19,000 for first time in three years with analysts predicting it could hit $300,000 in next 12 months By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 24 November 2020 The value of bitcoin has smashed through $19,000 for the first time in almost three … Read more

Bitcoin price: Is it set to surpass $20,000 a coin – an all-time high?

Enthusiasm from institutional investors, investment banks and payment companies and continued money printing by central banks means the price of bitcoin is close to its all-time high. The cryptocurrency has seen its price surge 52 per cent since the start of September and currently sits at a three-year high of more than $18,000, or £13,600. … Read more

Bitcoin price: Why has it reached its highest price for nearly three years?

A surging appetite for bitcoin since the end of September has seen the price of the cryptocurrency soar to levels last seen in January 2018, with one of America’s largest banks even suggesting it could prove an alternative to gold.  At one point on Wednesday, it almost touched the $14,000 barrier – but despite a … Read more

ASK TONY: Bitcoin con cost me £82,532 but HSBC refuses to refund me

Last summer I was tricked into transferring my life savings to criminals posing as cryptocurrency brokers.  My friends had told me that lots of people were investing in Bitcoin and doing very well, so I found an online firm claiming to offer Bitcoin and entered my details. I was then contacted by a number of … Read more

Twitter reveals its high-profile bitcoin hack was due to a spear phishing attack

Twitter claims a phishing attack on a small number of its employees was what enabled bitcoin scammers to hack the accounts of Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and other high-profile users Hackers used spear phishing attack to steal personal information of Twitter staff  This gave access to the internal account management tools of high-profile users  Attackers targeted 130 … Read more