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Hackers take down a major fuel pipelineOne of the U.S.’s biggest pipeline operators, Colonial Pipeline, disclosed late last week that it was forced to shut down after it was hit by ransomware. It’s a sobering reminder that...

Istanbul, Turkey – Hulya Ozkal thought she was investing wisely when she ploughed her savings into Bitcoin. “Maybe it wasn’t millions but I saved half a Bitcoin for the future,” the 65-year old pensioner told Al Jazeera....

With additional reporting by Brenden Rearick On April 20, SafeMoon (CCC:SAFEMOON-USD) overtook Dogecoin (CCC:DOGE-USD) as the top-searched cryptocurrency in the world. The one-month-old DeFi token had all the makings of a breakout success: a large social media...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has questions about cryptocurrency, including whether it takes advantage of smaller investors. The progressive senator also wonders whether bitcoin is too easy to steal.The former presidential candidate has been pushing for government intervention...

This British street artist is destroying his own mural -->Why?He’s creating crypto-artworkby converting the piece into an NFT (non-fungible token)(SOUNDBITE) (English) STREET ARTIST, NATHAN MURDOCH, SAYING: “The way I'm going into this space, I essentially create art...

Dive Brief: Chicago-based tech company Basecamp will no longer allow "societal and political discussions" on the company’s internal platform, Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, announced in a blog post April 26. The company offered severance...

BloombergSecretive Billionaire Kenneth Dart Makes $6.7 Billion Bet on Tobacco Stocks(Bloomberg) -- It took decades for sustainable investing to become mainstream, but now every week one giant investor after another announces their commitment to ESG.Kenneth Dart will...

Corporate America takes on anti-Asian discriminationTop business leaders and corporate giants are pledging $250 million to a new initiative and an ambitious plan to stem a surge in anti-Asian violence and take on challenges that are often...

BloombergThere’s Plenty Worrying Investors as Europe’s Stocks Hit Records(Bloomberg) -- European equities are at records, vaccination rates are picking up and central banks are funneling trillions of dollars into the economy. But there is still plenty that...