Sources: AP
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases. 2025-03-6
The value of a Bitcoin surpasses US$100,000 for the first time, after increasing 130% in the past year. 2024-12-5
Eight hundred protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide, Germany, in protest of the environmental impact of the company's expansion. 2024-05-10
American car manufacturer Tesla, Inc. recalls thousands of Cybertrucks due to "safety concerns" involving the truck's accelerator pedals. 2024-04-19
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic publishes a bitcoin wallet report showing that $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments were made to DarkSide or DarkSide affiliates over the last year, originating from 47 distinct wallets. According to a DarkTracer release of 2,226 victim organizations since May 2019, 99 organizations have been infected with the DarkSide malware – suggesting that approximately 47% of victims paid a ransom, and that the average payment was $1.9 million. The DarkSide developer has received bitcoins worth $15.5 million (17%), with the remaining $74.7 million (83%) going to the various affiliates. 2021-05-20
Venezuelan officials are accused of using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in order to circumvent United States sanctions. 2019-07-29
Under the terms of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk and Tesla, Inc. agree to pay $20 million each to financial regulators, and Musk is expected to resign as chairman, but will remain as chief executive. 2018-09-29
South Australia finalizes a deal with Tesla, spearheaded by tweets originating from CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, to install a battery system in the state. Tesla said in a statement that upon completion by December 2017, the system would be the largest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world, overtaking an 80 megawatt-hour power station at Mira Loma in California also built using Tesla batteries. 2017-07-7
China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%. 2013-12-18
The price of one Bitcoin breaks above $1,000 for the first time, and marks a rise of over 7,600 percent so far this year. 2013-11-27