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In July 2024, the cryptocurrency sector suffered a series of devastating attacks, culminating in losses amounting to approximately $266 million. Blockchain research firm PeckShield revealed in an X post on Aug. origin »
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The cryptocurrency sector faced a significant security crisis in July 2024, as hackers orchestrated 16 major breaches that resulted in approximately $266 million in stolen assets. This dramatic spike in thefts highlights a concerning trend, with July’s losses surpassing June’s $176 million across 20 incidents.
2024-8-2 18:11 | |
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A new database called the Blockchain Litigation Database is making easier for law firms to provide legal services to crypto-sector clients concerned about compliance issues with the SEC and CFTC.
2019-8-7 23:12 | |
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Net outflows show that more than half a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin left BitMEX in July, making the month the single-biggest for total customer withdrawals on record. With a net outflow of $524 million in BTC, July was the first month the exchange (the largest crypto margin trading platform by daily volume) had parted […] The post $524 million Bitcoin withdrawn from BitMEX in July appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-8-6 16:32 | |
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Following a major hack in the month of July, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, BitPoint, had closed down its services to prevent loss to wallets. The exchange is back in the news after it announced the resumption of its services, assuring everyone that proper safety precautions had been implemented.
2019-8-6 15:00 | |
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Outflows on BitMEX, the second top crypto exchange by reported trading volume to date, exceed $500 million in July
2019-8-6 16:06 | |
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Bitcoin derivatives giant BitMEX continues to feel the pressure this week as data shows July delivered its worst performance in history. BitMEX $524 Million Lighter In July As Blockchain intelligence resource Token Analyst reported, BitMEX saw over half a billion dollars leave its platform last month.
2019-8-5 13:00 | |
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold almost 1 million Amazon shares worth $1. 8 billion in the last three days of July 2019. The sales reduced Bezos’ stake in Amazon to about $110 billion. According to an SEC filing, Bezos sold 960,000 Amazon shares for $1,900 a share from July 29 to July 31 in three separate […] The post Jeff Bezos Sold $1.
2019-8-2 22:30 | |
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It seems Google is losing the battle against sketchy Android software big time. The company hosted over 205 harmful apps on the Play store in July only. The kicker: these apps were downloaded over 32 million times in total in the past month alone.
2019-8-1 17:26 | |
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Binance Coin (BNB) is one of the newest cryptocurrencies on the block. It comes from one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges of the same name, Binance. The token launched in July 2017 as an ERC20 token based on the Ethereum blockchain, raising over $15 million in an initial coin offering (ICO).
2019-8-1 14:34 | |
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The blockchain is here to bring us the future. S7 Airlines, a major aviation company that is a part of the Oneworld alliance, has recently revealed to the media that it was able to process $1 million USD in its new blockchain payment system during the month of July. This made July the best month […]
2019-8-1 00:13 | |
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Russia's second largest airline is touting the benefits of blockchain after a ticketing platform it developed raked in over $1 million in a month.
2019-7-31 14:30 | |
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A cryptocurrency whale has moved a groin-thumping Bitcoin fortune worth $468. 5 million — and they paid just a few hundred bucks for the pleasure. 49,756 #BTC (468,491,827 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.
2019-7-29 17:33 | |
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Coinspeaker BTC-e Exchange and Alexander Vinnik Sued $100 Million by the USOn 25th July, FinCEN, an agency within the US treasury department, levied a fine on both Vinnik and BTC-e to the amount of $88,596,314 and $12,000,000, plus interest as provided by law for the involvement in certain monetary related criminal activities.
2019-7-29 14:29 | |
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The Vienna based fintech Bitpanda continues to grow. Ahead of the launch of the Bitpanda Global Exchange, the trading platform has surpassed 1 million users. Vienna, 25th of July 2019 – Since the launch of their cryptocurrency broker platform in 2014, the Bitpanda community has been growing steadily.
2019-7-27 11:05 | |
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Irish man Gary Davis, also known as “Libertas,” has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for helping to run the now defunct Silk Road website on the dark web. The Irish national, who was extradited to the US in July last year, was arrested in January 2014.
2019-7-26 17:35 | |
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A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.
2019-7-26 07:45 | |
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BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen publicly accused Justin Sun of not making the final payment on the TRON Foundation’s $140 million acquisition of BitTorrent, Inc. Anybody know if Justin Sun is hard up for cash? He isn't letting the last payment for BitTorrent get out of escrow.
2019-7-26 04:08 | |
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The Vienna based fintech Bitpanda continues to grow. Ahead of the launch of the Bitpanda Global Exchange, the trading platform has surpassed 1 million users. Vienna, 25th of July 2019 – Since the launch of their cryptocurrency broker platform in 2014, the Bitpanda community has been growing steadily.
2019-7-26 21:34 | |
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group claims it has hosted trading of over 2 million bitcoin futures contracts with $70 billion worth of volume since inception. The derivatives marketplace said in a tweet Wednesday that it traded over 2 million contracts – which equals more than 10 million bitcoins – from December 2017 until July 21.
2019-7-25 20:12 | |
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On July 14, Bitpoint Japan, a cryptocurrency exchange operated by Remixpoint, reported that crypto assets valued at about JPY 3.02 billion ( USD 28 million) had been stolen.
2019-7-24 22:00 | |
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Fundament, a blockchain firm focused on developing products for the real estate industry, has reportedly obtained approval for issuing a crypto token-backed bond to individual traders and investors. The Berlin-headquartered company announced on July 23,.
2019-7-23 16:18 | |
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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase signed up 5 million new users in the last ten months, according to reports. America’s largest cryptocurrency trading portal detailed its upside in a document.
2019-7-23 22:05 | |
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During July, XRP ahs outperform both Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of the numbers of transactions processed by the network. According to data provided by BitInfoCharts, the XRP Ledger registered more than 1.
2019-7-22 23:52 | |
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XRP had been the highest transacted cryptocurrency in the past 24 hours, leaving Bitcoin and Ethereum far behind in the competition. Whale Alert, the tracker of large cryptocurrency transactions alerted the community of a large XRP movement.
2019-7-21 12:30 | |
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Eliyahu Gigi, a notorious Israeli hacker who allegedly stole NIS 6. 1 million ($1. 7 million) in bitcoin (BTC) ether (ETH) and other altcoins from foreign citizens through illegal means, has been indicted by Israeli authorities, reports local news source Globes on July 18, 2019.
2019-7-19 01:00 | |
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It’s good news for XLM holders as Binance declares its intention to support the crypto as one of the coins on its staking list. Starting July 20, 2019, Binance exchange will give out staking rewards to customers with XLM in their accounts.
2019-7-18 21:23 | |
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According to a post published July 17, 2019 on BusinessWire, the video game studio and blockchain infrastructure company Horizon Blockchain Games (Horizon) raised $3. 75 million in a seed round, led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund, Initialized, with participation from Golden Ventures, Polychain, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group, and Inovia Capital.
2019-7-18 19:00 | |
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Horizon Games on July 17 revealed that Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and husband of lawn tennis great Serena Williams is leading the raise of $3. 75 million in seed funding to take on ‘’Magic: The Gathering’’ and Hearthstone.
2019-7-18 00:03 | |
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Two years have passed since cybersecurity wild-man John McAfee first told the world he would eat his own dick if his Bitcoin price prediction didn’t come true — and things still aren’t looking good.
2019-7-17 17:32 | |
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Polychain Capital, founded by renowned cryptocurrency investor Olaf Carlson-Wee, has taken the lead on a $7 million investment round in Altonomy, a trading desk and market maker for digital assets, as per a press release, July 15, 2019.
2019-7-16 19:00 | |
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Bulgaria has suffered what has been described as the biggest data leak in its history. The stolen data, which hackers emailed to local media on July 15, originates from the country’s tax reporting service – the National Revenue Agency (NRA).
2019-7-16 15:40 | |
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Bitpoint, a Japan-based Bitcoin trading venue that suffered a 3. 5 billion yen ($32 million) heist last week, has reportedly found over 250 million yen ($2. 3 million) of the stolen digital assets, bringing down the total sum of lost cryptocurrencies to $28 million, reports local news source, The Mainichi on July 14, 2019.
2019-7-16 23:00 | |
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Munroe College in Manhattan has been hit by a ransomware attack that has shut down the college’s computer systems. The hackers are demanding 170 bitcoin (BTC), which is roughly $1. 9 million. The malware infection came to light on the morning of July 10, but the specifications of the infection are still largely unknown, as reportedRead MoreRead More.
2019-7-15 13:00 | |
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15th July, Singapore, Singapore – The numbers are in and fast-growing exchange BiKi. com is proving it is no flash in the pan. According to official reports, BiKi. com’s revenue figures in the second quarter exceeded USD 15 million, which is a 500% increase when compared to figures from the first quarter.
2019-7-15 10:21 | |
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Bears showed up en masse to administer a proper beatdown to Bitcoin price today. Where do we go from here? Big Players Orchestrate a ShakeOut On Sunday bears launched a coordinated assault on Bitcoin price which resulted in the price dropping below $10,000 for the first time since July 2.
2019-7-15 08:07 | |
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On July 11, US President Donald Trump gave 61.9 million people exposure to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Though, it might not be positive, yet, it’s a start. Awareness, curiosity, knowledge, and maybe acceptance will make its way to not only Trump's audience of million people but all over the world. This is basically the validation of […]
2019-7-13 19:03 | |
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Binance, the current biggest cryptocurrency exchange announced their quarterly burn. This is the destruction of the exchange’s Binance coin (BNB) tokens. So this July 12, 808,888 BNB Tokens worth over $25 million were burned, Tokens that Binance says were allocated only for the Binance Team and not any tokens that belonged to private users.
2019-7-13 11:18 | |
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Dennis Blieden, a former executive at StyleHaul Inc. , a marketing services, media, and technology firm that represents influencers on YouTube and Instagram, has been arrested for embezzling $22 million from the company.
2019-7-13 23:00 | |
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On July 11, 2019, Props, an Ethereum-based blockchain token announced that it has qualified under Reg A+ by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Props is the second consumer-facing crypto token qualified by the SEC after Blockstack earlier this week.
2019-7-13 22:57 | |
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint, owned by Remixpoint, halted all operations on Friday, July 12. The exchange lost $32 million worth of cryptocurrency in a hack. Bitpoint Clients Lose $22.
2019-7-12 17:00 | |
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Bitpoint has just issued a notice and apology to its customers after the Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange lost $32 million to a hack. The security breach occurred on July 11, 2019, where five different cryptocurrencies were stolen from the exchange’s hot wallet.
2019-7-12 16:12 | |
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The United States SEC has given Blockstack clearance to raise capital under Regulation A+, an alternative method to IPO’s for growing businesses to facilitate a capital raise. The offering will be for $28 million and goes public on July 11, as reported by Wall Street Journal, on July 10, 2019.
2019-7-11 14:06 | |
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Vienna, 9th of July 2019 – Vienna-based fintech Bitpanda have today launched the public sale of their own ecosystem token. BEST (Bitpanda Ecosystem Token) is the coin of the globally expanding investment platform, Bitpanda.
2019-7-10 10:14 | |
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Binance hackers are moving stolen funds from the recent Binance hack. Two transactions coming from one of the hacker’s wallet were tracked on July 8, 2019. The transactions had a combined value of over $8 million – nearly 10 percent of the digital loot.
2019-7-10 23:00 | |
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A Poland-based Bitcoin exchange has abruptly shut down operations, taking away the cryptocurrency funds of thousands of users alongside. BitMarket announced on Monday that it ran out of liquidity on July 8, which prompted them to cease their operations for an indefinite period.
2019-7-10 20:17 | |
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John McAfee is helping Cuba with a Cuba-backed cryptocurrency, the ECB President wants to regulate Bitcoin, six Amazing ways to get Bitcoin, but only one is safe. We also interview GitCoin founder and CEO Kevin Owocki who talks about the over $1.
2019-7-9 16:30 | |
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Vienna, 9th of July 2019 – Vienna-based fintech Bitpanda has today launched the public sale of their own ecosystem token. BEST (Bitpanda Ecosystem Token) is the coin of the globally expanding investment platform, Bitpanda.
2019-7-9 16:00 | |
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The group that hacked cryptocurrency exchange Binance for 7,000 Bitcoins in May appear to be capitalizing on BTC’s bullish price move above $12,000. $8 Million in Stolen Bitcoin From Binance on the Move As reported by TNW, on July 8 more than $8 million in stolen Bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange, Binance was moved.
2019-7-9 07:27 | |
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Xpring, the incubation and investment arm of Ripple, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) project in charge of the XRP altcoin, has hinted that it has invested $500 million in over 20 startups. Each of the small businesses is using Ripple’s platforms and products to grow the decentralized ecosystem, reports Finance Magnates’ report on July 4,Read MoreRead More.
2019-7-5 21:00 | |
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Global crypto markets saw a flurry of political and corporate developments last week, including Trump pardons and leadership picks.
WazirX will resume trading on Oct. 24, as part of a phased relaunch that aims to restore full functionality by Oct. 27. The post WazirX to Restart Trading with Zero Fees appeared first on Coinspeaker.
WazirX, once India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is set to restart operations on 24 October 2025, a year after a crippling $230 million cyberattack forced it into bankruptcy. The relaunch marks the final stage of a court-approved restructuring and represents one of the most significant recoveries in India’s digital asset sector. According to […]
The Indian crypto exchange WazirX has cleared a major legal hurdle in its recovery journey after last year’s $234. 9 million hack. The Singapore High Court has approved its debt restructuring plan, paving the way for the exchange to resume operations and begin repaying creditors.
WazirX, one of the largest crypto exchanges in India, has gained a majority vote of more than 95% for its latest restructuring proposal. It is now awaiting court approval. In a recent release from WazirX, the crypto exchange has proposed…
WazirX creditors will revote on an amended scheme from July 30 to August 6, 2025, after Singapore court approval shifts operations to Zanmai Labs.
The Singapore High Court has scheduled a pivotal hearing in case HC/SUM 940/2025 involving crypto exchange WazirX, now set for July 15, 2025, at 7:30 AM IST, with a backup date on July 16. This new date follows the court’s decision to give WazirX additional time to present further arguments related to its ongoing restructuring […]