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FBI warns crypto industry as North Korea ramps up raiding campaigns
By Mark Tyson published
DPRK is increasing its crypto heist activity's persistence, scale, and sophistication.
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Cryptominers made $100,000 from mining at an Airbnb for three weeks
By Jeff Butts published
After guests' electricity use cost her thousands of dollars, an Airbnb host was forced to implement what she considers bizarre new rules for her guests.
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Cryptominer with palm-sized $179 ASIC hits the jackpot with $206,000 in Bitcoins
By Jowi Morales published
An individual miner successfully mined a complete block using a small, open-source Bitaxe miner with ~500Gh/s hash rate, winning approximately $206,000.
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Mt. Gox customers benefit from 3500 percent increase in value, recoup losses despite only 15 percent of coins being returned
By Jowi Morales published
Although only 15% of cryptocurrency has been recovered, the massive increase in bitcoin prices means customers are getting much more than they lost in 2014.
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Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million
By Mark Tyson published
Ruja Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and is now on the FBI's ten most-wanted list.
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Bitcoin Mt. Gox creditors will soon benefit from $9 billion payback
By Christopher Harper published
Mt. Gox begins paying back users, ten years after it began collapsing in February 2014.
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Bitcoin wallet with 20-character password cracked open by researchers
By Dallin Grimm published
Two hackers helped a netizen in need who had lost his Bitcoin wallet password back in 2013. The 10-year wait was thankfully worth his while.
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Brothers charged with stealing $25 million in Ethereum in 12 seconds — Cryptocurrency heist exploited transaction validation process
By Jeff Butts published
The pair allegedly used their education in mathematics and computer science to exploit a weakness in the Ethereum blockchain.
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Translucent orange Web3 gaming handheld mines and stores tokens while you game, will cost $500
By Christopher Harper published
A dubiously-priced "Web3 gaming" handheld with play-to-earn mechanics appears on the market, using cheap hardware akin to machines less than a fifth of its asking price.
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