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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves eleven spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in a landmark decision.
2024-01-10

A United States federal jury orders Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgian election officials with false electoral fraud claims.
2023-12-15

The value of the Lebanese pound falls to 35,600 pounds against the U.S. dollar, its lowest value ever.
2022-05-26

The cryptocurrency market loses US$200 billion following stablecoin TerraUSD's collapse in value. Bitcoin and Ether fall to their lowest value in 16 and 11 months, respectively.
2022-05-12

During a meeting with Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tehran, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi urged Japan to release $3 billion in Iranian assets frozen in Japan due to international sanctions against Iran.
2021-08-22

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces at a Bitcoin conference in Florida that his country will adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, making El Salvador the first country to do so. He plans to introduce the relevant legislation to the Legislative Assembly next week.
2021-06-5

Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, the founder of the Indonesian hardline Islamist group Islamic Defenders Front, is sentenced to eight months in prison for holding several mass events in violation of Indonesia's COVID-19 regulations, and is fined Rp 20 million (US$1,400) for a specific event held at an Islamic boarding school in West Java.
2021-05-27

U.S. Attorney David Anderson confirms that United States seized US$1 billion worth of bitcoin from an account tied to the former darknet market Silk Road earlier this week.
2020-11-5

Apple, Inc. becomes the first company in the world to close with a market capitalization over $700 billion.
2015-02-10

Police in El Salvador discover barrels containing US$9 million in suspected drug money.
2010-09-5