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Bitcoin [BTC]: Danish man sentenced to four years in prison for money laundering using Bitcoin
A 33-year-old Danish man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of laundering Bitcoin. According to the verdict, the perpetrator bought Bitcoins from funds he received from identifiable criminal sources and sent it to unidentified offshore accounts. дальше »
2019-4-10 06:30 | |
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Mismanagement and Misdirected Funds: The ’21 Million’ Chainstarter ICO Story
A couple years ago, a person named Nick Ayton and his partner, David Lofts, launched an ICO to fund a television show. They then went on to found Chainstarter, which helps ICO-backed projects get off the ground. дальше »
2019-4-8 10:04 | |
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Hacked Bitcoin Exchange Bithumb Tells Traders to Halt Deposits
Bithumb, the exchange recently hacked last week to the tune of around $20 million, sent out an e-mail this morning asking customers to cease making deposits until further notice. The exchange reiterates its claim that no customer funds are lost. дальше »
2019-4-4 18:33 | |
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Coinbase Reveals Insurance for up to $255 Million in Crypto Hot Wallets
Coinbase users have another reason to sleep well at night as the exchange revealed on April 2, 2019, that they have taken out insurance for up to $255 million of the funds in their hot wallets. Covered Most, if not all crypto users are concerned about the possibility of their funds being stolen, and forRead More дальше »
2019-4-3 19:00 | |
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In Fourth Report, QuadrigaCX Court Monitor Recommends Bankruptcy Proceedings
QuadrigaCX monitor Ernst & Young suspects that the beleaguered exchange’s late CEO, Gerald Cotten, may have been financing personal expenditures with company funds, and it is now recommending that the assets in Cotten’s estate be placed under a preservation order. дальше »
2019-4-3 01:19 | |
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Volumes Up 5X As Ripple (XRP) Prices Break-out From a 3-Month, 4 Cents Range
Ripple price revival, up 12 percent SWIFT competition increase, after Ripple now CIPS After 20 million XRPs were stolen from BitHumb, exchanges should put in place measures to jealously protect their reputation as well as shield user funds. дальше »
2019-4-3 22:00 | |
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How a Blockchain Startup Is Using Data to Revolutionize the Music Industry
Slovenian music startup Viberate, founded in 2015, was one of the first in the country that managed to successfully acquire funds for their startup with an ICO. Their overnight success set an important milestone and encouraged many other entrepreneurs to follow. дальше »
2019-4-2 14:31 | |
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Changelly Puts Stolen Funds Of $76,000 In XRP And $480,000 In EOS On Hold From Bithumb Hack
Changelly Hacks $76K In XRP And $480K In EOS Stolen From Bithumb For the second time in the previous year, Bithumb (a cryptocurrency exchange) has been hacked. According to several journalist reports, $20 million XRP and $13 million in EOS is said to be in the circulation currently. As a number of the hawk-eyed devotees […] дальше »
2019-4-1 23:14 | |
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$20 Million Bithumb Hack Exposes Alarming Threat to Bitcoin Exchanges
Bithumb, the largest bitcoin exchange in South Korea alongside Upbit, has been hacked for around $20 million. The company said that user funds stored in crypto cold storage wallets were not hacked, but corporate funds were moved. дальше »
2019-3-31 21:45 | |
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Cryptopia hacker transfers over $4 million worth of stolen Ethereum [ETH] to unknown wallet
Cryptopia, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange, was in the news earlier this year after it was hacked in January, resulting in many customers losing their cryptocurrency funds. Now, new reports have emerged elucidating an update on the hacker’s activity, with regard to the stolen funds. дальше »
2019-3-30 21:00 | |
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Ripple (XRP) Performance Poor despite Increasing Bank Partnerships
Ripple prices stable but bullish Federal Bank has a partnership with Ripple Inc Increasing prices will lift participation levels above 20 million Fidelity Investment will forge on and develop supporting infrastructure as they aim at hedge funds, pension funds and professional investors despite falling—but recovering digital asset prices. дальше »
2019-3-30 20:00 | |
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Crypto Winter Thaws as Bitcoin Investment Firms Raise Nearly $275 Million
Down more than 82 percent from its all-time high at $813 billion, the crypto market technically remains neck-deep in a 15-month long bear market that began in January 2018. But, in recent months, with support from some of the largest financial institutions in the global market, the crypto industry has seen significant progress in areas including institutionalization, regulation, and adoption. дальше »
2019-3-29 20:40 | |
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Singapore’s DragonEx Reports Hack, Releases Suspected Wallet Addresses
The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx has announced a security breach to its users via its official Telegram channel. In the message, a company administrator revealed that the hackers stole assets belonging to both the exchange and its users. дальше »
2019-3-27 22:58 | |
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Toronto Bitcoin Trader Tempts Fate, Loses $75,000 as QuadrigaCX Collapses
The QuadrigaCX failure has claimed another victim. More than 100,000 investors lost a combined $190 million in crypto as a result of the exchange’s comedy of errors that were exposed by the death of CEO Gerald Cotten. дальше »
2019-3-26 01:21 | |
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US regulator blacklists Colorado trader for orchestrating $1.5M Bitcoin scam
A man in the US has been barred from trading following his alleged involvement in a Bitcoin scam that resulted in losses of approximately $1. 5 million in investors’ funds. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA) – a non-governmental organization that regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets – looked into claims that Daniel Todd Levine, of Englewood (Colorado), offered investors a chance to buy discounted Bitcoin in return for significant returns on their investment. дальше »
2019-3-25 18:55 | |
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Crypto Firm BlockFi Trims Interest Rates of Bitcoin Savings Accounts
BlockFi trims payouts for hedge funds and VCs provides a boost for “average crypto investors”. The BlockFi Interest Account (BIA), which launched as a private beta in January, before rolling out to the public at the start of March, has so far been dubbed a “huge success” by the firm. дальше »
2019-3-24 14:02 | |
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New Documents Published In Mt. Gox’s Second Creditors Meeting, Revealing $623 Million Balance
Nearly everybody in cryptocurrency knows the story of Mt. Gox. As the exchange went down in flames in 2014, investors saw the loss of $450 million in their own funds, which was approximately 850,000 BTC. дальше »
2019-3-21 02:35 | |
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New Interest-Yielding BlockFi Accounts Gather $25 Million from Investors for Institutional Borrowers
Even before the emergence of BlockFi, the crypto marketplace had welcomed a host of crypto-backed lending startups. Some had even announced a lot of irresistible offers, including zero-interest loans for all and instant disbursement of funds. дальше »
2019-3-21 23:55 | |
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Compound Finance Introduces New Risk Model For Their Upcoming Release
Compound Finance, the company behind the concept of Decentralized Finance Applications (DeFi), alongside MakerDAO, among others, has registered $9 million in crypto collateralized loan. It just took six months for the firm to reach this amount of funds, after being launched back in September 2018. Now, the firm is planning to release a new risk […] дальше »
2019-3-20 13:59 | |
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Bitcoin Accepted as Payment Option by Major US Electronics Company
Avnet has become the latest major enterprise to begin accepting payment in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. On March 19, 2019, the company announced that it will allow customers to pay for goods and services using bitcoin and bitcoin cash. дальше »
2019-3-20 19:08 | |
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Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Reveals Customer ‘Rebate’ Plan after $16 Million Theft
More than a fortnight since Cryptopia hinted at reimbursing users affected by a security breach that occurred in mid-January, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange has confirmed to customers that it will offer a ‘rebate’. дальше »
2019-3-18 15:21 | |
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Karpeles Beats Embezzlement Charges in Mt Gox Ruling
The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust. дальше »
2019-3-16 22:01 | |
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Tendermint Raises $9 Million Series A Funding
Coinciding with the launch of their Cosmos Mainnet, Tendermint announced on March 14, 2019, that they have raised $9 million in Series A funding. Incoming Funds Bear market or not, crypto and blockchain firms are steadily raising impressive amounts of funding such as Chainalysis and Ciphertrace. дальше »
2019-3-15 20:00 | |
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How an 18-Year-Old Hacker Stole Millions of Yen from a Crypto Project
According to local publications, an 18-year-old hacker stole 15 million yen, which is equivalent to $134,640, worth of a crypto asset called Monacoin. On Monappy, a platform that enabled Monacoin users to store their funds, the hacker initiated a large number of transactions in a short period of time to overload the system. дальше »
2019-3-15 19:20 | |
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Tel Aviv Court Gives Moshe Hogeg a Timeframe of 30 Days To Settle $4 Million ICO-Related Lawsuit
Moshe Hegog, the chairman and co-founder of Singulariteam, an important VC fund in Israel, has been sentenced to settle a $4. 2 million USD lawsuit with a Chinese investor in 30 days. According to local media outlets, the investor won a $4. дальше »
2019-3-15 17:15 | |
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QuadrigaCX Scandal Jolts Canada to Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The infamous QuadrigaCX scandal has culminated in the losses of $150 million in user’s cryptocurrency funds. Now, Canada has called for “input” on tailoring new regulation to cryptocurrency exchanges operating within its borders. дальше »
2019-3-15 12:35 | |
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Kakao Follows $90M ICO With Fresh $90M Funding Goal
South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp has seen major success during its private initial coin offering (ICO) and will raise more funds this week. Kakao Doubles Down As Bloomberg reported March 10, Kakao, which confirmed it has raised $90 million from token sales, wants to double the figure to $180 million — and could even do so this week. дальше »
2019-3-11 14:00 | |
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North Korea amassed small cryptocurrency fortune through hacking, says UN panel
North Korea has obtained some $670 million in virtual and fiat currency in a bid to bypass economic sanctions put in place as a result of its nuclear and missile programs. The country amassed the funds through cyber attacks, Nikkei says citing an expert panel reporting to the UN Security Council. дальше »
2019-3-8 14:24 | |
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QuadrigaCX Exposed? Founder Allegedly Traded $8 Million in Bitcoin
According to pseudonymous cryptocurrency researcher “I am Nomad” and a report from The Block, QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn traded large Bitcoin positions on BitMEX surpassing the tune of $8 million. дальше »
2019-3-8 20:36 | |
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CipherTrace CEO Becomes First-Ever Bitcoin Expert Witness in $1.4 Million Darkweb Crypto Case
A very high-profile court case involving cryptocurrencies is currently happening in Canada. No, we’re not talking about QuadrigaCX, the exchange which has lost all its funds after its owner died and took the private keys to the clients’ funds with him. дальше »
2019-3-6 23:10 | |
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QuadrigaCX granted another extension to find lost $134M in cryptocurrency
QuadrigaCX, the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange embroiled in an ongoing mystery about the disappearance of $134 million in customers’ funds, has been granted an extension on its 30-day order for creditor protection. дальше »
2019-3-6 13:34 | |
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A Forensic Analysis of Blockchain Surveillance Companies
Blockchain analysis is big business. The U. S. government alone has spent $6 million on transaction mapping tools, while cryptocurrency exchanges routinely partner with compliance companies that promise to track and trace the origin of customer funds. дальше »
2019-3-6 07:20 | |
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As Court Reconvenes for QuadrigaCX, Questions Surround Empty Cold Wallets
As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends. дальше »
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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Quadriga Update: Wallet Empty, Unused Since April 2018, Says Ernst & Young
QuadrigaCX, the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange that purportedly lost $250 million CAD ($190 million USD) of customer funds when the… The post Quadriga Update: Wallet Empty, Unused Since April 2018, Says Ernst & Young appeared first on Invest In Blockchain. дальше »
2019-3-5 00:55 | |
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QuadrigaCX mystery deepens after cryptocurrency cold wallets found empty
Following weeks of speculation, QuadrigaCX’s court-appointed auditor has finally revealed the addresses for the struggling cryptocurrency exchange’s offline Bitcoin wallets. According to EY, which published its third report into the investigation on Friday, the cold storage wallets are empty – aside from a transfer of $400,000 worth in Bitcoin which was inadvertently sent last month – meaning $100 million in user funds continues to be unaccounted for. дальше »
2019-3-4 15:15 | |
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QuadrigaCX Wallets Found Empty, Mystery of $150 Million Missing Crypto Deepens
The cold wallets of QuadrigaCX, once the largest crypto exchange of Canada, have reportedly been found to be empty. According to Bloomberg, most of the Bitcoin funds from the exchange’s cold wallets were moved out in April 2018, more than 9 months before QuadrigaCX revealed it had lost $150 million in customer funds after its CEO Gerald Cotten passed away with sole control of the company’s wallets. дальше »
2019-3-4 13:21 | |
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$90M Worth of ETH Lost by QuadrigaCX Has Been Located – Is There Hope for Quadriga Users?
The infamous QuadrigaCX case, where $190 million in user funds went missing following the death of Quadriga CEO Gerald Cotten,… The post $90M Worth of ETH Lost by QuadrigaCX Has Been Located – Is There Hope for Quadriga Users? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain. дальше »
2019-3-1 21:43 | |
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Newsflash: $90 Million of QuadrigaCX’s Missing Crypto Found, Claims Researcher: Is it Recoverable?
Zerononcense, a cryptocurrency blog run by editor James Edwards, claimed that it found the trails of the missing $90 million worth of crypto from the now-defunct exchange QuadrigaCX. The detailed report curated by Edwards discovered the transfer of 649,708 Ethereum from the wallets of QuadrigaCX to cryptocurrency exchanges including Poloniex, Bitfinex, and Kraken. дальше »
2019-3-1 10:12 | |
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Kraken Offers $100,000 Reward for Tips Leading To the Recovery of QuadrigaCX’s Lost Funds
The mystery surrounding the events that led to the loss of $190 Million in cryptocurrencies at the QuadrigaCX has led to multiple theories as to what might have happened at the exchange. Just days ago. дальше »
2019-3-2 08:26 | |
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EVM-compatible blockchain protocol ThunderCore raises $50 million
ThunderCore, a technology company specializing in decentralized solutions, today announced a successful raise of $50 million. ThunderCore is developing an optimized protocol delivering swift and scalable blockchain transactions on its proprietary platform. The company accepted funds from... Source дальше »
2019-3-1 02:07 | |
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Singapore Govt’s Wealth Fund Invests in Coinbase’s $300 Million Round
GIC Private Limited, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, was one of the investors in Coinbase’s $300 million fundraising round last year, it has now been revealed. While there were other investors in the Series E round, GIC’s participation was closely guarded until now, per Bloomberg. дальше »
2019-2-28 13:29 | |
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Cryptopia Calculates That 9.4 Percent of Assets Stolen in January Hack
The New Zealand-based crypto asset exchange Cryptopia has made their assessment of a January hack, claiming that up to 9. 4 percent of all their assets were stolen. дальше »
2019-2-28 20:50 | |
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Report Links Members of CoinBase’s Latest Acquisition, Neutrino, with the Hacking Team
The first thing you will notice when you visit Neutrino’s homepage is this pop-up, a notification that the blockchain analytic firm has been acquired by the US crypto exchange, CoinBase. With $300 million of funds. дальше »
2019-2-28 20:48 | |
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