Reporting from San Diego — A bitcoin entrepreneur who pitched an elaborate vision for a cryptocurrency Utopia in the Nevada high desert pleaded guilty to wire fraud in San Diego federal court this ...

On 21 October Morgan Rockcoons tweeted at Donald Trump, after the president’s sweeping visit to Nevada before the midterms: “Thanks for coming to Elko, we are building a brand new MegaCity here that ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who dreamed up Bitcointopia, a city of the future in the Nevada desert, then sold plots of land he didn't own to unsuspecting investors, was ...

A series of legal troubles experienced by well-known Bitcoin evangelist and lifestyler Morgan Rockcoons, 31, have concluded in California with Rockcoons being sentenced to 21 months in prison. In two ...

Morgan Rockcoons, also known as Morgan Rockwell, has pleaded guilty to two cryptocurrency-related charges in San Diego federal court this week. Rockcoons admitted both to selling land he didn't have ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A barren stretch of high desert in the northeast corner of Nevada is where Bitcointopia would rise. Residents would live in homes built by 3D printers, or in shipping containers.

About eight months ago, a man facing jail for allegedly taking more cash than is legally allowed in a Bitcoin transaction began heavily promoting a “Bitcointopia” project he’d conceived to develop in ...

A Bitcoin entrepreneur who once had a vision of a “crypto utopia” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and selling land he didn’t own. Bitcointopia founder Morgan Rockcoons pleaded guilty to the charges ...