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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026819 stories
Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place↗ stephendiehl.com · HN · 526 comments · 426 points · Jun 23, 2026
Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%↗ twitter.com · HN · 807 comments · 484 points · May 05, 2026
€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs↗ discuss.ai.google.dev · HN · 296 comments · 400 points · Apr 16, 2026
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator↗ nytimes.com · HN · 845 comments · 636 points · Apr 08, 2026
Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran↗ nytimes.com · HN · 265 comments · 552 points · Feb 23, 2026
20251,463 stories
I wasted years of my life in crypto↗ twitter.com · HN · 1007 comments · 691 points · Dec 07, 2025
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder↗ wsj.com · HN · 1221 comments · 1055 points · Oct 23, 2025
The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custody↗ tftc.io · HN · 559 comments · 782 points · Sep 12, 2025
DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes↗ nytimes.com · HN · 1462 comments · 1092 points · Feb 22, 2025
El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender↗ ticotimes.net · HN · 858 comments · 927 points · Feb 04, 2025
20241,518 stories
Fair coins tend to land on the side they started (2023)↗ researchgate.net · HN · 182 comments · 401 points · Nov 19, 2024
Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn↗ blockchain.com · HN · 393 comments · 437 points · Sep 15, 2024
Sell for half a billion and get nothing (2021)↗ fundablestartups.com · HN · 324 comments · 404 points · Mar 05, 2024
Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC↗ cointelegraph.com · HN · 988 comments · 479 points · Jan 10, 2024
Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antenna (2022)↗ nofreelunch.co.uk · HN · 304 comments · 426 points · Jan 02, 2024
20232,303 stories
NYU Student Owns a $6M Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out↗ nytimes.com · HN · 64 comments · 67 points · Dec 25, 2023
The NSA Invented Bitcoin?↗ twitter.com · HN · 40 comments · 77 points · Sep 21, 2023
The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS↗ waxy.org · HN · 37 comments · 130 points · Apr 05, 2023
US CFTC Sues Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao↗ web3isgoinggreat.com · HN · 33 comments · 108 points · Mar 27, 2023
Coinbase cuts staff by a further 20%↗ coinbase.com · HN · 91 comments · 81 points · Jan 10, 2023
20225,262 stories
Binance to acquire FTX↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 737 comments · 740 points · Nov 08, 2022
Bitwarden raises $100M↗ bitwarden.com · HN · 497 comments · 967 points · Sep 06, 2022
Coinbase is reportedly selling geolocation data to ICE↗ theintercept.com · HN · 417 comments · 769 points · Jun 30, 2022
Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs↗ blog.coinbase.com · HN · 593 comments · 778 points · Jun 14, 2022
Tether starting to lose its peg too, after Terra did↗ community.intercoin.org · HN · 948 comments · 823 points · May 12, 2022
20215,149 stories
NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites↗ every.to · HN · 652 comments · 797 points · Oct 01, 2021
It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency↗ twitter.com · HN · 1143 comments · 949 points · May 30, 2021
NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap↗ seths.blog · HN · 752 comments · 772 points · Mar 07, 2021
MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies↗ reuters.com · HN · 875 comments · 975 points · Feb 11, 2021
Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index↗ cbeci.org · HN · 1812 comments · 982 points · Feb 10, 2021
20201,795 stories
Bitcoin is a disaster↗ metzdowd.com · HN · 959 comments · 881 points · Dec 31, 2020
‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase↗ nytimes.com · HN · 623 comments · 486 points · Nov 27, 2020
Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission↗ theblockcrypto.com · HN · 1258 comments · 681 points · Sep 30, 2020
Bitcoin Halving Just Occured↗ blockchain.com · HN · 661 comments · 541 points · May 11, 2020
How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin↗ reperiendi.wordpress.com · HN · 198 comments · 998 points · Apr 03, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 276 comments · 320 points · Sep 17, 2026
How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)↗ thepricer.org · HN · 79 comments · 114 points · Sep 14, 2026
Hackers have withdrawn ~4k BTC (~$320M) from the Liquid Federation wallet↗ twitter.com · HN · 88 comments · 126 points · Sep 06, 2026
Kalshi to allow trading on borrowed funds↗ semafor.com · HN · 9 comments · 23 points · Sep 23, 2026
Crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding↗ reuters.com · HN · 14 comments · 43 points · Sep 12, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 276 comments · 320 points · Sep 17, 2026
Hackers have withdrawn ~4k BTC (~$320M) from the Liquid Federation wallet↗ twitter.com · HN · 88 comments · 126 points · Sep 06, 2026
How Much Has Trump Made from Crypto? ($1.4B from 2025 Federal Disclosure)↗ thepricer.org · HN · 79 comments · 114 points · Sep 14, 2026
Crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding↗ reuters.com · HN · 14 comments · 43 points · Sep 12, 2026
Kalshi to allow trading on borrowed funds↗ semafor.com · HN · 9 comments · 23 points · Sep 23, 2026
Bitcoin's Momentum Cools as Washington's Crypto Promise Faces a Reality Check↗ predx-article.fika.bar · HN · 1 comments · 13 points · Sep 15, 2026
A Trump-backed crypto bill just suffered a bruising defeat in the Senate↗ npr.org · HN · 1 comments · 11 points · Sep 16, 2026
China, Egypt to do away with the use of the US dollar↗ africa.businessinsider.com · HN · 6 comments · 11 points · Sep 03, 2026
Crypto Blew Its Big Moment–and the Blame Game Has Begun↗ wsj.com · HN · 2 comments · 8 points · Sep 20, 2026
Senate Blocks Cryptocurrency Regulation↗ latimes.com · HN · 4 comments · 8 points · Sep 16, 2026

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