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Canadian Drug Dealer Ordered to Forfeit $1.4 Million in Bitcoin
As part of an ongoing criminal case, a judge in Canada has ordered that a local online drug dealer must forfeit about 281. 41 bitcoin (worth about $1. 4 million) after it was found that he used the cryptocurrency to fund his illegal activities. дальше »
2019-4-5 20:02 | |
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Bitcoin [BTC] fraudster in Canada asked to forfeit $1.14 million obtained using dark web
The hacks and fraudulent activities seem to happen in tandem with the developments and updates from the world of cryptocurrencies. On April 3, Superior Court Justice of Canada Jane Kelly ordered that 281. дальше »
2019-4-5 01:30 | |
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Canada confiscates $1.4M in Bitcoin from dark web drug dealer
A Canadian judge has ordered the forfeiture of approximately $1. 4 million in Bitcoin found on a drug dealer’s computer as part of a criminal investigation. On Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly ordered that 281. дальше »
2019-4-4 11:48 | |
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Actor-Turned-Crypto Whiz Brock Pierce Buys $1.3 Million Mansion with Bitcoin
By CCN. com: Actor-turned-crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce used bitcoin as collateral to purchase a $1. 3 million mansion in Amsterdam. The real estate transaction represents the first-ever crypto-backed mortgage. дальше »
2019-4-4 09:35 | |
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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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Lazarus Hacker Group Continues to Target Crypto Using Faked Trading Software
This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi. дальше »
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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Lambo, Land Rovers taken during $22M ICO fraud investigation
In Canada, authorities have seized luxury cars and frozen bank accounts owned by the ringleaders of FUEL, an allegedly fraudulent $22-million initial coin offering (ICO) from 2017. Court documents claim “blockchain services company” Vanbex raised $22 million (CAD$30 million) in cryptocurrency and fiat by with absolutely no intention to develop the FUEL token, reports CoinDesk. дальше »
2019-4-1 17:04 | |
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Coinbase Earn adds Stellar’s XLM to list of Cryptos to be Earned on Learning Platform
In April last year, Coinbase made a $100 million acquisition of Earn. com. The firm started out as 21 Inc and used to be a Bitcoin mining start-up before it evolved. Today it is now called Coinbase Earn which is a service that allows its users to make money for acquiring knowledge about cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2019-3-27 11:12 | |
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Tron’s TRX Listed on Social Trading Platform eToro and a Few More Crypto Exchanges
The Tron Foundation announced on March 25 that eToro, a social investment platform with a user base of more than 10 million, listed Tron’s native token TRX on its trading platform, taking the total number of digital assets listed on the platform to 15. дальше »
2019-3-26 19:29 | |
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Could Bitcoin Reach $1 Million BTC/USD as John McAfee Predicted 612 Days Ago?
More than 600 days ago, John McAfee predicted that Bitcoin was going to reach $1 million by 2020. On July 17, 2017, McAfee said on Twitter that when he predicted Bitcoin to reach $500,000 by the end of 2020 he used a model that predicted $5,000 by the end of 2017. As he explained Bitcoin […] дальше »
2019-3-25 23:01 | |
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Ripple’s XRP Can Now Be Used at 3.3 Million Online Stores Globally
CoinSpeaker Ripple’s XRP Can Now Be Used at 3. 3 Million Online Stores GloballyAll users have to do is to download the plugin on GitHub and follow the instructions that came with it to begin accepting XRP. дальше »
2019-3-18 13:28 | |
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MercadoLibre Dumps Crypto Days after PayPal’s $750 Million Investment
MercadoLibre, a Latin American e-commerce giant with a presence in nearly 20 countries, recently started warning users that cryptocurrency-related listings will be banned from its platform. The company made the announcement just days after receiving a $750 million investment from PayPal. дальше »
2019-3-16 20:30 | |
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Japanese Police Arrests 18-Year Old Hacker for Stealing $134,000 in Monacoin
Local prosecutors in Japan have charged an 18-year old male with cryptocurrency theft. Per a report published in a local news outlet, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Japan are accusing the young adult of stealing 15 million Yen ($134,310) worth of stealing MonaCoin (MONA)—a Litecoin hard fork. дальше »
2019-3-16 11:39 | |
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Ripple Bets Big on Blockchain Gaming with $100 Million Fund via Xpring
According to a press release this morning, Ripple’s Xpring developer initiative and Forte, a blockchain gaming company, have teamed up to create a $100 million fund for game development. Forte provides tools for blockchain integration to game developers. дальше »
2019-3-14 11:41 | |
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NBC’s tool will tell you if IBM’s used your photos to train its AI
In January, IBM published a research study dubbed ‘Diversity in Faces‘ to explore whether AI-based systems developed biases against people based on their appearance. The company used a dataset consisting of nearly a million pictures of people’s faces from photo-hosting site Flickr. дальше »
2019-3-13 15:28 | |
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Bitcoin scammers used Facebook ads to swindle Chinese businessmen out of $250K
Authorities have sentenced three criminals for robbing a group of Chinese businessmen in Dubai. The crooks stole over $250,000 (Dh1 million) from four businessmen after luring them to an apartment in Al Rafaa, Dubai at the end of March, local news reports. дальше »
2019-3-11 18:14 | |
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Tipping Point Receives $1 Million Grant From Ripple to Fight Poverty in San Francisco Bay Area
Ripple, a U. S. -based remittance network built on a distributed open source protocol, announced on March 7 that it is partnering with the non-profit organization Tipping Point through a $1 million grant aimed at alleviating poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area. дальше »
2019-3-10 19:27 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Reveals His Latest Bitcoin Purchase to 4 Million Followers
If Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter and Square, isn’t heralding wide-scale adoption of bitcoin, no one is. The tech entrepreneur’s 4. 15 million Twitter followers now know that he owns a Trezor hardware wallet and he used BTC to make the purchase via the Square Cash app. дальше »
2019-3-10 14:46 | |
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Ethereum Creator Suffers Blowback for Proposing New Crypto Wallet Fees
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has proposed a “sustainable” way to fund cryptocurrency wallet development: a tiny per-transaction fee that goes to the wallet’s developers. Ethereum Creator: Crypto Wallets Should Charge Transaction Fees In his view, the fee should be the smallest unit of Ethereum and should be a flat fee, rather than a percentage, so as not to “create a perverse incentive to not optimize gas fees. дальше »
2019-3-9 02:00 | |
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Deutsche Boerse and Commerzbank Complete Blockchain Repo Transaction Platform Test
Deutsche Boerse and Commerzbank have successfully carried out an $11. 3 million repo transaction using a jointly developed blockchain platform, as reported on March 6, 2019. Testing New Waters In the financial services industry, blockchain has found a wealth of applications. дальше »
2019-3-7 18:00 | |
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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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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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WEX (Formerly BTC-e) Used to Clean Up to $6 Million From SamSam Ransomware
According to a report by respected accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the individuals behind the SamSam ransomware attack are connected to the controversial cryptocurrency exchange WEX (formerly BTC-e). дальше »
2019-3-5 02:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report
Big four accountancy group PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has issued a special bulletin connecting the Iranian nationals behind notorious SamSam ransomware and the incredibly infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX (formerly BTC-e). дальше »
2019-3-4 20:20 | |
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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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ThunderCore Secures $50 Million For Platform Improvements And Implementation Of Blockchain
ThunderCore Raises $50 Million, Aimed To Be Used Towards Developer Platform Improvements And Implementation Of Blockchain Technology Blockchain technology has a way of expanding to other industries and companies, primarily due to the security and transparency it offers in various transactions. дальше »
2019-2-28 21:57 | |
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Citing Executive Embezzlement, Korean Crypto Exchange Declares Bankruptcy
Coinbin, a South Korean crypto exchange, declared bankruptcy on February 22, 2019, citing foul play from inside the company. Business Korea reported on Coinbin’s recent failure, claiming that the company had lost $26 million as a result of theft and the subsequent bankruptcy declaration. дальше »
2019-2-27 23:13 | |
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Sounds.com now integrates with Maschine 2 and I’m in producer heaven
Native Instruments recently updated its Maschine software to include full integration with Sounds. com accounts. I spent a few hours toying with it, and I’ve never been more inspired to start new music projects. дальше »
2019-2-27 22:41 | |
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Fusion, Automotive eXchange Platform (AXP) Intend on Digitizing 10 Million Used Cars via Blockchain
There are two cryptocurrency startups, the Fusion Foundation, and the AUtomotive eXchange Platform (AXP) that will be working in order to put 10 million used cards on a blockchain. The intention is to integrate Fusion’s blockchain platform digitizing 10. дальше »
2019-2-26 00:45 | |
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QuadrigaCX and the Million Dollar Questions: What We Do and Don’t Know
QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him. дальше »
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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Eos to Be Used by 300 Million Users on Tapatalk, Real Mainstream Use Case
Those questioning the blockchain projects for their underlying utility should look at EOS. The smart contracts platform recently paved its way into the working model of Tapatalk, a Reddit-like forum application. дальше »
2019-2-25 22:00 | |
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Following JPM Coin, Japan’s Mizuho Bank Announces plans to Develop their Own Cryptocurrency
Mizuho Bank just announced that they will be making the move to blockchain by creating their own cryptocurrency. The J-Coin Pay platform will be used by more than 60 institutions and reach 56 million users across Japan. дальше »
2019-2-23 06:20 | |
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Brian Armstrong Speculates the Death of Quadriga’s CEO Was Used as Cover for Mismanagement
Brian Armstrong, the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase, made a public statement speculating that QuadrigaCX—the exchange that lost $135 million in customer funds—may have used its CEO’s death as cover for earlier mismanagement. дальше »
2019-2-22 12:35 | |
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BTC Developer Leader Wlad van der Laan Doesn’t Anticipate Bitcoin’s 21 Million Coin Issuance to Sway
A lead maintainer of Bitcoin’s most used software called Wladimir van der Laan has recently made some harsh affirmation about the future of the most famous and powerful cryptocurrency in the world. According to him, people should not expect Bitcoin’s total supply to ever change. дальше »
2019-2-22 06:15 | |
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Op Ed: Why It’s Unsafe to Store Private Crypto Keys in the Cloud
There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data. дальше »
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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XRP Acceptance Reaches 40 Million Locations in 180 Countries
Ripple’s XRP is gaining more acceptance, the cryptocurrency can now be used in over forty million locations, in one hundred and eighty countries. Even as most banks which are currently signed on to Ripple network are not using XRP, Ripple coverage has further pushed the acceptance of its native token. дальше »
2019-2-18 18:14 | |
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Hackers In Turkey Steal $2.5M While Chatting Through An Online Game
Hackers in Turkey made away with $2. 47 million worth of cryptocurrencies. And while this may not be the biggest hack in the recent past, this one was quite unique. The hackers used an online game chatting platform to communicate. дальше »
2019-2-17 20:01 | |
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Using social media to measure air pollution’s psychological toll
People are less happy on days when the air is more polluted, according to an analysis of 210 million posts on the Chinese social media site Sina Weibo. Researchers have suspected air pollution takes a psychological toll generally, and dirty air due to industrialization, coal burning, and motor vehicles has become a drag on well-being for Chinese city dwellers. дальше »
2019-2-15 11:16 | |
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Australians Can Now Buy Their Groceries with Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin
Melbourne, Australia – Cryptocurrency just took another big step into the mainstream in Australia. myCryptoWallet, one of Australia’s leading exchanges, has launched the myCryptoCard which enables consumers to spend cryptocurrency at one million locations and withdraw money at 30,000 ATMs. дальше »
2019-2-15 09:36 | |
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Cryptocurrency Criminals Use PUBG to Orchestrate $2.47M Hack
A group of online criminals from Turkey have been detained by local authorities on suspicion of hacking a domestic cryptocurrency company. Those behind the security breach are thought to have used the popular video game PUBG to communicate prior to the attack. дальше »
2019-2-14 00:00 | |
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$15 Million Venture Proposed By Ethereum Foundation For Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs)
$15 Million Venture Proposed By Ethereum Foundation For Verifiable Delay Functions Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs) is a new technology that the Ethereum foundation is examining, offering an unpredictable and unbiased computer-generated response system. дальше »
2019-2-7 23:42 | |
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$275 Million ZCash’s Fix of Deadly ‘Infinite Counterfeit’ Vulnerability Earns Praise from Edward Snowden
According to a disclosure made Tuesday by the development team behind ZCash, the most highly capitalized privacy-focused cryptocurrency (with a market cap in excess of $270M at the time of publication), has secretly fixed a critical security flaw in ZCash’s design, which was discovered by ZCash cryptographer, Ariel Gabizon, about a year ago. дальше »
2019-2-7 11:15 | |
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Blockstream Open Sources Development of Its Proof of Reserves Tool
On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves. дальше »
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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Scandinavians Can Now Buy Cryptocurrency Within the Opera Mobile Browser
Opera Ltd (NASDAQ: OPRA), the Norway-headquartered company behind the web browsers used by over 320 million people, now lets users buy cryptocurrency directly within its mobile app. This service is being rolled out in Scandinavia first due to a local partnership. дальше »
2019-2-6 18:30 | |
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Hacker Gets 10 Years in First SIM-Swapping Sentencing in the U.S.
According to a recent report, Joel Ortiz, the 20-year-old student from Boston who was indicted by prosecutors in Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what is believed to be the very first SIM swapping conviction in the United States. дальше »
2019-2-6 01:17 | |
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