A U.N. Security Council report states that North Korean hackers obtained $670 million in crypto and foreign fiat from 2015 to 2018 North Korea has reportedly amassed $670 million in fiat and cryptocurrencies by conducting hacking attacks, Asia-focused financial newspaper Nikkei Asian Review reports on Friday, March 8. The publication cites a U.N. Security Council […]
Continue Readingsponsored The new BlockShow conference will focus on the most promising projects that have weathered the challenges of the recent crypto bear market. BlockShow, an international blockchain event powered by Cointelegraph, announced its new conference, BlockShow Asia 2019, which will be held at Marina Bay Sands Expo in Singapore on Nov. 14-15. The conference will […]
Continue ReadingHacked crypto exchange Cryptopia relaunched its website on Feb. 5, resuming user balances to the state held on Jan. 14. Recently hacked crypto exchange Cryptopia has relaunched its website in a read only format, along with resuming user balances to its pre-hacked state, the exchange tweeted on March 5. Following last week’s announcement of a […]
Continue ReadingParity CEO Jutta Steiner said that the new controversial Create2 Ethereum function would have prevented the Parity multisig freeze. Parity CEO Jutta Steiner has said that the new controversial Create2 Ethereum (ETH) function would have prevented the Parity multisig freeze. Steiner spoke on the subject during an interview with Fortune published on March 5. As […]
Continue ReadingLast month was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem. The beginning of the year was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem, which is generally considered to be a major part of the industry. First of all, Japan’s Central Bank (BoJ) issued a study on the role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in […]
Continue ReadingThe Ledger developers team posted a warning on Monero’s subreddit advising users not to use the Nano S Monero app. The Ledger developers team posted a warning on Monero’s (XMR) subreddit on March 4 advising users not to use the Nano S Monero app. Apparently, a bug associated with the app had been discovered when, […]
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Former CEO of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was denied his motion to stay a U.S. lawsuit against him. Former CEO of now-defunct Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox, was denied his motion to stay the United States lawsuit against him in light of rehabilitation proceedings in Japan, fintech news agency FinanceFeeds reported on March 1. […]
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7,096 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018. More than 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018, a more than tenfold increase from the 669 cases over a nine month period during the previous year. The news was […]
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The exchange has been closed for almost two months following a major hack that could have involved around 10 percent of its funds. Hacked New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia will reopen for business on Monday next week, officials confirmed on social media on Feb. 26. In a series of updates, Cryptopia revealed its two founders […]
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Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spellchecker servers in unencrypted text. Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spell checker servers in plain (unencrypted) text. The company refuted the claims in an official statement published on […]
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