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The under-the-radar bull case for bitcoin that's got nothing to do with the election or the Fed

"There's a slight upside risk if they identify someone who is deceased, as this would effectively '…

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Bitcoin plummets as $9 billion Mt. Gox payout begins and government selling adds pressure

The bankrupt Mt. Gox crypto exchange still holds about 140,000 bitcoin and has started to repay cre…

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A crypto data leak led the FBI to America's most wanted sex trafficking fugitive. Now, the victims want his bitcoins.

Michael Pratt was on the run for three years until a data leak involving crypto wallets he'd bought…

Laura Italiano   


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Bitcoin's slide under $58,000 could mark a bigger correction to come, analyst says

Bitcoin fell below $58,000 on Thursday as selling pressure keeps pushing investors out. The drop si…

Filip De Mott   


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Bitcoin price surges: How to buy bitcoin

Here's everything you need to know about how to invest in bitcoin, from choosing an exchange and cr…

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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam

Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…

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India’s second largest government-owned hydrocarbon producer hit by a major cyberattack, hackers demand 196 bitcoins in ransom

Oil India Limited (OIL) is a state-run hydrocarbon explorer headquartered in the north-eastern stat…

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Hackers steal $120 million from DeFi protocol BadgerDAO — platform hits indefinite pause on all smart contract activity

A hacker, or perhaps a group of hackers, have stolen $120.3 million in crypto by hacking into decen…

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Hackers stole $100 million worth of cryptos from Harmony's blockchain in another blow to digital assets

The hack is the third attack on a crypto bridge so far this year, bringing the total stolen to roug…

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Bitfinex cryptocurrency linked to 2016 hack soars 51% after US recovers $3.6 billion, raising hopes that the token will be burned

US authorities arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, a rapper also known as Razzlekhan, fo…

Harry Robertson   


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Justice Department leaders are expanding their crackdown on cyber criminals and cryptocurrency abuse, a top official said

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said DOJ has a 12-member team led by a computer crimes prosecut…

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Agents had to 'wrest' a phone out of the hands of one of the accused bitcoin launderers as she repeatedly tried to lock the device

Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein allegedly had a "contingency plan" to flee to East…

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Suspect in 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin heist made raunchy TikTok raps on her 'hacker mindset' and wrote a cybersecurity article

Heather R. Morgan had an alter-ego as rapper "Razzlekhan," and dubbed herself the "Crocodile of Wal…

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US Justice Department makes largest-ever financial seizure after recovering $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin tied to 2016 hack of Bitfinex

"Today, federal law enforcement demonstrates once again that we can follow money through the blockc…

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The US network of bitcoin ATMs is vulnerable to hacks, according to crypto exchange Kraken

Bitcoin ATMs may seem like a safe proposition, but a report by crypto exchange Kraken showed the ne…

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Narendra Modi's Twitter account hacked with Bitcoin post — 'India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender'

"The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated t…

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Twitter staff can tweet from any account in 'GodMode' because loopholes weren't closed after Bitcoin scam hack, former engineer reportedly says

It follows a 2020 incident when hackers got access to Twitter's internal systems and made $120,000 …

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Jack Dorsey’s crypto platform Cash App falls prey to hack – SEC filing reveals that a former employee stole customer data in December

Jack Dorsey’s Block, the company that was formerly known as Square, has become the latest crypto-re…

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Taiwan police arrest 14 suspects who allegedly ran a crypto scam worth $5.4 million, report says

14 people have reportedly been arrested by police in Taiwan in connection with a $5.41 million cryp…

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