$1.7B Stolen in 2018 – Cryptocurrency Theft Skyrockets as...
According to the Q4 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering report by CipherTrace blockchain intelligence agency, criminals stole a massive $1.7 billion of cryptocurrency last year...
Kraken CEO Warns: Don’t Keep More Coins Than Needed on...
Binance and Kraken CEOs weighed in on industry best practices for storing cryptocurrency in the wake of Cryptopia getting hacked. The question remains, which means of storage has the...
‘How to Use Bitcoin Anonymously’ Article Gets Banned on...
Publishing platform, Medium, has allegedly jumped on the censorship “ban-wagon”, after suspending an account which posted a Bitcoin anonymity guide. Whilst Medium has not...
Bitcoin 51% Attack is Unrealistic, New Study Concludes
A Bitcoin 51% attack would be futile for attackers as it would require “significant expenditure” and “little financial returns,” according to a new study...
Negotiating Bitcoin Ransomware With Cyber-Criminals as a Service
Despite oft-repeated advice to never pay in response to a ransomware attack, the reality is that this is not always a possibility. However, the desire to pay as little as possible...
‘Very Scary’: Bitcoin Core Developers Confirm Duplicate...
Bitcoin developers released a new version of the Bitcoin Core client September 18 after fixing a “very scary” bug which could have seen a malicious party take many nodes offline...
New Samourai Wallet Feature Makes Bitcoin Transactions Private
A 2-wallet Samourai Stowaway offers to make transactions private by masking user identity while keeping funds safe. Bitcoin Transactions Are Pseudo-Anonymous Bitcoin (BTC) transactions...
Over $6 Billion in Daily Trading Volume Faked Across Top 100...
A new report found that over 70% of the top 100 exchanges on CoinMarketCap are engaging in excessive wash trading from three to thousands of times their stated volume. [Note: This is a...
United States is Number One in Cryptocurrency Crime, Data Shows
With the increasing popularity of digital assets, more sophisticated means are being developed to obtain ownership of these highly sought-after coins illegally. A recent study has put...
Russian Intelligence Officers Mined Bitcoin To Fund Attacks Against...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The indictment alleges these officers...
Bithumb Hack Update: Cryptocurrency Exchange Recovers 45% of Stolen...
Bithumb has managed to recover roughly 45 percent of the cryptocurrencies stolen during the June 20 hack. The platform announced the news in an update published on June 28 — while...
Factors That Will Push Bitcoin’s Price Higher Are Gathering Steam
The hacking of exchanges and relentless attacks from financial powers have, in the short run, adversely affected the price of Bitcoin. However, once the news about these adverse...