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Stolen Coincheck NEM tokens laundered through network of anonymous accounts

The Coincheck disaster did not end when the exchange lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth o...

📅 Apr 18, 2018

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US crypto investors file far fewer tax returns than expected

As the 2018 U.S. tax deadline approached, one awkward question hovered over the crypto market lik...

📅 Apr 16, 2018

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Crypto thefts exceed $1.7 billion according to industry research

By early 2018 cryptocurrency markets had already delivered extraordinary returns to early adopter...

📅 Apr 12, 2018

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India Coinsecure exchange loses $3.6 million in suspicious internal hack

India’s Coinsecure managed to produce one of the least reassuring exchange statements of 2018, wh...

📅 Apr 10, 2018

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Verge cryptocurrency suffers embarrassing 51 percent attack

Verge liked to market itself as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency with a rebellious edge, which in...

📅 Apr 8, 2018

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Celebrity crypto giveaway scams continue targeting Twitter users

Few internet scams have been as persistent or strangely effective as the celebrity cryptocurrency...

📅 Apr 5, 2018

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British hacker Grant West jailed eleven years for cryptocurrency fraud

When British hacker Grant West was sentenced to eleven years in prison, the case offered a useful...

📅 Apr 2, 2018

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Telegram's massive ICO raises concerns among analysts

When Telegram announced plans for one of the largest initial coin offerings in history, the crypt...

📅 Mar 28, 2018

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Miroskii ICO used stock photos including Ryan Gosling

The ICO boom produced some bizarre projects, but few managed to combine laziness and audacity qui...

📅 Mar 20, 2018

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Coincheck customers consider legal action after massive hack

The massive hack of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck triggered one of the most sign...

📅 Mar 15, 2018

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Virt Coin scam falsely linked to Virtu Financial

When a cryptocurrency appears claiming to be associated with a well known financial institution, ...

📅 Mar 10, 2018

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Litecoin user loses over 2300 LTC after downloading fake wallet

When a Reddit user loses 2,349 Litecoin after downloading the wrong wallet installer, the story l...

📅 Mar 5, 2018