Bitcoin faces a crucial weekly close, the mystery of coins moved for the first time in 11 years, and Times Square billboards call for the release of Ross Ulbricht. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation […]
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The teenage hacker who allegedly stole $23.8 million in crypto from Michael Terpin may have threatened the life of a 16-year-old enlisted to help launder the money. Ellis Pinksy, the hacker who allegedly masterminded the theft of $23.8 million worth of crypto from pioneering investor, Michael Terpin, planned on retiring after the heist at the […]
Continue ReadingA billboard demanding for the release of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will reside in Times Square for several months. The ‘Free Ross’ movement has hired a billboard in New York’s Times Square as part of its campaign for the release of the Silk Road darknet market founder Ross Ulbricht. According to the Twitter account […]
Continue ReadingBittrex to carefully review the facts of a 24M STEEM transaction from an unknown Steem account, co-founder Richie Lai says. Soon after an unknown entity “rescued” $5.7 million worth of STEEM tokens from a “New Steem” hard fork seizure, Bittrex confirmed that the funds reached their account. The crypto exchange now faces a difficult decision […]
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AT&T’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it was negligent for failing to prevent the theft of $1.8 million worth of crypto has been rejected. U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall has rejected AT&T’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the company was negligent for failing to prevent the theft of $1.8 million in crypto […]
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Don’t worry, Mrs. Rowling. We’ll have you understanding Bitcoin before you can say “Quidditch”. As part of a recent tweet calling on all novelists to message her with their questions on Bitcoin, CoinDesk journalist Leigh Cuen publicized a tweeted response from none other than beloved Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling. “I don’t understand Bitcoin,” […]
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The latest reports suggest that North Korea could be encouraging the Lazarus group to steal crypto globally. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, is reportedly backing a group of hackers. Their goal? Stealing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) using phishing scams. Sources indicate that the country has ramped up these efforts in an attempt to prevent a […]
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South Korea’s smart city Sejong will be establishing a blockchain-based identity verification platform for self-driving vehicles. The government of South Korea’s planned city Sejong — which is the country’s testing ground for major smart city solutions — announced Friday that it will be establishing a blockchain-based platform for storing and verifying the digital identities of […]
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Ransomware leaks social security numbers and other sensitive information from plastic surgery studios. A cybercrime group recently infected two plastic surgery studios with ransomware. They subsequently leaked patient’s social security numbers and other sensitive information onto the internet. Emsisoft threat analyst, Brett Callow, told Cointelegraph on May 5 that Maze recently took credit for hacking […]
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An anonymous blogger has again accused Satoshi claimant Dr. Craig Wright of plagiarism — this time in his doctoral thesis. The man who claims to have written the Bitcoin whitepaper has been accused of committing plagiarism again, this time in his doctoral thesis. PaintedFrog, the pseudonymous writer who previously accused Dr. Craig Wright of plagiarizing […]
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