North Korea-obsessed Ethereum dev gets 5 years for breaking sanctions

Virgil Griffith, a former Ethereum (ETH) developer has been sentenced to 63 months in prison and will pay a fine of $100,000 for attending a conference and assisting North Korea use blockchain technology in contravention of economic sanctions imposed by the United States. On Tuesday, April 12, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel of the Southern […]

Canadian prime minister's sibling goes bananas for Dogecoin at Bitcoin 2021

The big crypto news out of Miami over the weekend may have been El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s decision to proceed with making Bitcoin legal tender, but another figure connected to a world leader made his own mark in supporting Dogecoin. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, Kyle Kemper, the […]