Two Israeli brothers have reportedly been arrested for phishing attacks and a successful hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and other crypto-related phishing attacks, finance news outlet Finance Magnates reports on June 23. An Israeli police spokesperson reportedly told Finance Magnates […]
Continue Reading
A 46-year-old New York resident Patrick McDonnell admitted to stealing funds obtained from his clients instead of investing them in cryptocurrency. 46-year-old New York resident Patrick McDonnell admitted to stealing funds obtained from his clients instead of investing them in cryptocurrency, Bloomberg reports on June 21. Per the report, McDonnell — who calls himself the […]
Continue Reading
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced that it will be offline for up to seven hours next week. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced that it will be offline for up to seven hours next week in a Medium post published on June 20. Per the announcement, the exchange will go offline for up to seven hours to carry […]
Continue Reading
The Electric Coin Company, the firm behind second-biggest anoncoin zcash, is building a new scalable zcash blockchain. The Electric Coin Company (ECC), the firm behind second-biggest anoncoin zcash (ZEC), intends to build a new scalable zcash blockchain, cryptocurrency news outlet Forklog reports on June 22. Per the report, chief engineer at ECC Nathan Wilcox said […]
Continue Reading
Is the recovery in cryptocurrencies about to hit a roadblock? The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the […]
Continue Reading
After crossing $11,000 recently, bitcoin has corrected downward to trade under $10,700. Monday, June 17 — Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) trades under the $10,700 mark. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is currently down over 4.65% on the day, trading […]
Continue Reading
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are portrayed as the good guys this time in Ben Mezrich’s new book. This interview has been edited and condensed. I don’t normally write the stories here at Cointelegraph — I edit them. But when I got an email from a publicist asking if I was interested in speaking with Ben […]
Continue Reading
As Bitcoin’s price soared past the key $10K, the main factors driving the rally this time around are much different than they were in late 2017. As bitcoin’s price keeps setting new yearly highs, the question on everyone’s mind right now is whether it’s different this time. Let’s take a closer look at why this […]
Continue Reading
How and why to pay taxes in crypto. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. This discussion should not be regarded as legal advice. Bitcoin and other crypto prices have recently been highly volatile. If you are holding bitcoin or other […]
Continue Reading
In 2019, centralized exchanges and individual hodlers are losing record-breaking sums of digital money to hackers and scammers. Much of digital assets’ appeal stems from the fact that many of them are not affiliated with or controlled by governments, central banks or transnational corporations (at least, not yet). The price paid for the independence from […]
Continue Reading